Joe Roche is actor, writer and comedian located in Los Angeles. A student of Second City Chicago and Upright Citizens Brigade Hollywood, he has written and performed in scores of improvised films, TV pilots and and comedy sketches, including the comedy noir film "Kill Me Deadly" featuring the cast of CBS's Criminal Minds. In addition to appearing on several network TV shows, he has written over a dozen feature-length disaster movies, as well as co-written disaster films with writing partner Lauren Pritchard (MadTv, Stuck In The Middle, Show Offs), "mockbuster" films produced by The Asylum movie studio (Sharknado movie franchise, Z Nation TV series). He has also performed for numerous theater companies throughout his career, most notably Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago.