Joe Carnahan

ActorDirectorWriterProducerEditor May 9 (age 56) Sacramento, California, USA 1995–2026 (31 year career)

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Biography

Joseph Aaron "Joe" Carnahan (born May 9, 1969) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, producer and actor best known for his films Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane, Narc, Smokin' Aces and The A-Team. He is the brother of screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan.

Known For

Film

Bad Boys for Life

Screenplay

Film

The Blacklist

Director

Film

The Grey

Director

Film

The A-Team

Mike "The Operator"

Film

Boss Level

Customer at the Chinese Restaurant (uncredited)

Film

The Rip

Threatening Phone Voice

Film

Death Wish

Screenplay

Film

Smokin' Aces

Director

Filmography

Acting (19)

Movies (19)

The Rip

2026

as Threatening Phone Voice

7.1

Shadow Force

2025

as Shady Government Type

6.3

A Journey to Sundance

2023

as Self

Boss Level

2021

as Customer at the Chinese Restaurant (uncredited)

Out of Print

as Self

The A-Team

as Mike "The Operator"

6.4

Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock

2009

as Self

A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry

2008

as Self

4.5

Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock

2008

as Self

The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry

2008

as Self

5.8

The Evolution of Clint Eastwood

2008

as Self

7.0

The Business End: Violence in Cinema

2008

as Self

8.0

In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy

2008

as Self

7.0

Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro

2008

as Self

7.0

Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy

2004

as Self

6.5

Narc: The Friedkin Connection

2003

as Self

Narc: The Visual Trip

2003

as Self

Narc: Making the Deal

2003

as Self

Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane

1998

as Sid French

4.9

Crew (66)

Movies (53)

The Rip

Director

The Rip

Screenplay

The Rip

Story

Shadow Force

Director

Shadow Force

Writer

Not Without Hope

Director

Not Without Hope

Producer

Not Without Hope

Screenplay

Copshop

Director

Copshop

Producer

Copshop

Screenplay

Boss Level

Director

Boss Level

Producer

Boss Level

Writer

Bad Boys for Life

Screenplay

Bad Boys for Life

Story

Point Blank

Producer

El Chicano

Producer

El Chicano

Writer

Into the Ashes

Executive Producer

Death Wish

Screenplay

Wheelman

Producer

Stretch

Director

Stretch

Producer

Stretch

Screenplay

Stretch

Story

The Grey

Director

The Grey

Producer

The Grey

Screenplay

The Devil's Dosh

Executive Producer

The A-Team

Director

The A-Team

Screenplay

Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball

2010

Characters

5.3

Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball

2010

Executive Producer

5.3

Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball

Story

The Fourth Kind

Producer

Pride and Glory

Screenplay

Smokin' Aces

Director

Smokin' Aces

Writer

Narc

Director

Narc

Screenplay

Ticker

Director

Ticker

Writer

Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane

1998

Director

4.9

Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane

1998

Editor

4.9

Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane

1998

Producer

4.9

Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane

1998

Writer

4.9

The Devil Takes a Holiday

Co-Producer

Karate Raider

Screenplay

Felix

Producer

Five Against a Bullet

Screenplay

The Hire

Director

Motorcade

Director

Television (13)

Fightworld

Executive Producer

Those Who Kill

Director

Those Who Kill

Executive Producer

State of Affairs

Director

State of Affairs

Teleplay

The Blacklist

Director

The Blacklist

Executive Producer

The Blacklist

Story

The Blacklist

Teleplay

Faceless

Director

Faceless

Executive Producer

The Hire

Director

The Hire

Writer