PROFESSIONAL
BIOGRAPHY
NEVER NOT DOING SOMETHING
Joseph Paul Branca is a professional actor, singer, and dancer based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
He has worked extensively across the Wasatch Front and internationally, including principal theatrical roles in World and Regional premiere productions with revered companies such as Utah Symphony | Utah Opera, Universal Studios Japan, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Osaka, Salt Lake Acting Company, Hale Centre Theatre, The Ruth & Nathan Hale Theater, Hale Center Theater Orem, West Valley Arts, and Good Company Theatre, among others.
He has originated leading roles in several professional productions, such as Chrysanthemum in Fremont Jr. High is NOT Doing Oklahoma! by Dr. Paul Michael Thompson, Zeb in SLAC's Summer Show: Close Encounters in the Beehive by Olivia Custodio, Penelope Caywood, & David Knoell, Elder Mortenson in Saturday's Voyeur by Al Nevins and Nancy Borgenicht, Stryker in SLACabaret: Down the Rabbit Hole by Olivia Custodio, Emilio Casillas, & Michael Leavitt, The Narrator in The Velveteen Rabbit by David Paul Smith, and several characters in Hogwarts Magical Nights and Expecto Patronum Night Show with Universal Studios Japan, among others.
Joseph works regularly in television and film, with recent performances as Talmage in One Big Happy Family, James in Blood of the Undying, and Gordon Church in Dog Valley; he also began his professional career portraying Rudi Wobbe in the Emmy Award-winning Resistance Movement. Other film work includes Being Charlie, starring Cary Elwes, directed by Rob Reiner, and Brigsby Bear, starring Kyle Mooney, Andy Samberg, Claire Danes, and Mark Hamill. He has also done voiceover work for television, commercials, theme parks, and audiobooks.
He has done significant work in education, including as a guest artist for the Westminster University Opera Program, and as an original cast member and instructor for Hale Centre Theatre's Story Weavers and Hale Center Theater Orem's Hale's Adventure Writers, both touring theatrical education programs and collaborations with educator, playwright, and director David Paul Smith. His professional Theatre for Young Audiences roles include the titular characters in Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical!, The Pigeon Gets a Big Time Holiday Extravaganza!, and Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience by Mo Willems, Adam Tobin, and Deborah Wicks La Puma; as well as Pete the Cat by Sarah Hammond, and Diary of a Worm, a Spider, and a Fly by Joan Cushing, all directed by celebrated theatrical educator Penelope Caywood, and performed at Salt Lake Acting Company. He began working as an acting coach in 2019, with students including beginners, high school and university actors, early-career artists, and established professionals.
He has received several awards for his work on stage and screen, including the Best Stage Actor Award from the Best of Utah Awards in 2025, the West Valley Arts Ovation Award for playing Charlie Baker in The Foreigner, the Utah Film Award for his performance in Resistance Movement, the Westminster Theatre Society Award for Best Actor for his performance in the one-man show I Am Not Batman, and numerous regional BroadwayWorld Awards across various acting categories.
Joseph works as the Director of Communications for Salt Lake Acting Company and is both Actors' Equity (AEA) and SAG-AFTRA eligible.