Joseph Melito
- Actor
Joseph was born in the middle of a snowstorm to Joseph and Linda
Melito. Joseph is of mixed Italian, and Irish background. He never
wanted to act but fell into it almost accidentally. When he was ten
casting director Mike Lemon picked him out of thousands of Philadelphia
actors during an open call to play the part of young Cole in Terry
Gilliam's 12 Monkeys. Although 12 Monkeys only did modest numbers at
the box office Joseph, along with Brad Pitt, were considered the films
strong points. Pitt garnered a Golden Globe nod and Melito just
narrowly missed out. After that he was cast as Billy in M. Night
Shaymalans first ever movie, Wide Awake. Although the movie did poorly
again Melito was signaled out for his strong performance. After Wide
Awake Melito became disgusted with the movie scene and opted instead to
live a normal life in the Philadelphia suburb of Upper Darby.