A theatre studies graduate (Acadia University, Canada), Joe has maintained his connection to the stage while in Hanoi.
Shortly after arriving, he directed the Hanoi International Theatre Society's production of Arsenic and Old Lace. (He assisted with later productions, including musicals A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Beauty and the Beast.)
After establishing himself in the Vietnamese entertainment industry, Joe spent time with Hanoi's renowned Youth Theatre Group (Nhà Hát Tuổi Trẻ), joining performances directed by comic actor Chí Trung and featuring famous names including Vân Dung, Hoa Thúy and Lê Khanh. His favourite role was that of the Western Inspector in When the Internet Came to the Village (Internet về Làng), a one-act comedy which toured Hà Nội, Hải Phòng, Bắc Giang, Bắc Ninh, Nam Định and other provinces and cities in the North.
Joe's upbringing in British Columbia, Canada, offered little exposure to Vietnam, a country he assumed was as island (there were palm trees) until well into grade eleven. That exposure, however, was to come.
After receiving his Bachelor of Arts from Acadia University in 2002, Joe left for Asia with no long-term plan, as Bachelor of Arts graduates do. A rough summer in South Korea spawned a smooth flight to Hanoi, and soon after a full-time research position with Unicef Vietnam.
During his three years with Unicef, Joe studied Vietnamese at Hanoi's respected University of Social Sciences and Humanities. In 2006, a friend encouraged him to start a blog in Vietnamese. This he did, posting humorous observations and cheeky anecdotes on 'immigrant' life in Vietnam. Later that year the Vietnamese blogosphere exploded – blogs marked the first time individual creative content became available to a mass audience – and Joe's exploded with it, attracting close to 10 million hits in less than two years.
The blog became a syndicated column and best-selling paperback, the resultant attention drawing film and television invites; Joe appeared in dramas, sitcoms, and gameshows, eventually co-hosting a nationally-broadcast teen debate show for two years. He is now recognized most places he goes, often as Dâu, a Vietnamese play on his English name pronounced "zo" and translating loosely as "Berry".
Joe is unmarried and divides his time between Hanoi and Saigon.
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