Joel Rush (born August 26, 1981) is an American actor and model, best known for his role as Edward "Eddie" Willis in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, If Loving You Is Wrong.
Life and career Rush was born in Logansport, Indiana. In 2009, he was the runner-up of the first season of ABC competition reality show True Beauty. He later began appearing on television, include a recurring role on the NBC daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives, and guest starring roles in Make It or Break It, Big Time Rush, Betty White's Off Their Rockers, and Femme Fatales. Rush also appeared in a number of gay romantic comedy films, including Eating Out: Drama Camp (2011), Eating Out: The Open Weekend (2011), and Love or Whatever (2012).
In 2014, Rush was cast as Edward 'Eddie' Willis in the Oprah Winfrey Network prime time soap opera, If Loving You Is Wrong. He later has appeared in films Bachelors (2015), Naked (2017), Honey: Rise Up and Dance (2018), This Is Our Christmas (2018), A Madea Family Funeral (2019) and The Trap (2019). On television, he had a recurring role on Netflix series Lucifer as Zadkiel in 2021, and on HBO comedy The Righteous Gemstones in 2022.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes2011Eating Out: Drama CampAndy2011Eating Out: The Open Weekend2012Love or WhateverPete2013Four of HeartsKevin2013Out WestBuck Wildstone2015BachelorsJesse2017NakedGroom2018Honey: Rise Up and DanceLuke2018Runnin' from My RootsCameron Somers2018This Is Our ChristmasMike Davenport2019A Madea Family FuneralOfficer2019The TrapPowers2021Beverly Hills Christmas 2 Director's CutMike Davenport2021The ShallowSimpson
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2009–2011Days of Our LivesAssistant Manager / Chez Rouge Patron7 episodes2010Make It or Break ItCarlosEpisode: "Are We Family?"2010Party DownSatoEpisode: "Party Down Company Picnic"2010Big Time RushHunky ManagerEpisode: "Big Time Christmas"2012The RopesRalph2 episodes2012Betty White's Off Their RockersHunky Police Officer2012Femme FatalesPecsEpisode: "16 Minutes of Fame"2013MarkedRyanTelevision film2013My Synthesized LifeSamEpisode: "Turn the Music Off"2013IronsideBrianEpisode: "Sleeping Dogs"2013Christmas in the CityHunky Santa #1Television film2014–2017If Loving You Is WrongEdward 'Eddie' Willis61 episodes2018MacGyverDarrylEpisode: "Riley + Airplane"2021GeniusFirst Famous ProducerEpisode: "Aretha: Young, Gifted and Black"2021LuciferZadkiel3 episodes2022The Righteous GemstonesSky6 episodes
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