Joe Dallesandro
Joe Dallesandro and John Hurt at the Teddy Award ceremony in 2009
Joe Dallesandro was born on December 31, 1948 and currently lives in Hollywood with his wife Kim.
The first Andy Warhol film that Joe Dallesandro appeared in was Loves of Ondine.
He also appeared in Andy Warhol's Lonesome Cowboys, San Diego Surf and Heat (Heat was directed by Paul Morrissey). All three films also featured Warhol star Eric Emerson who later died of a heroin overdose. (See Who Killed Wonderboy?)
In addition to Heat, the films that Joe Dallesandro appeared in that were directed by Warhol's colleague, Paul Morrissey, were Flesh and Trash (starring in Trash with Holly Woodlawn - the "Holly" (the "he" who became a "she") in Lou Reed's song, Walk on the Wild Side.
After parting ways with Andy Warhol, Joe Dallesandro moved to Europe where he appeared in quite a few films including Serge Gainsbourg's Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus with Jane Birkin who became a lifelong friend and Louis Malle's Black Moon.
Joe Dallesandro also appears in The Cotton Club and The Limey.
A documentary about Joe Dallesandro, Little Joe, was released in 2009. In February 2009, it was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival where he was also given a special award. (The previous year the festival gave Tilda Swinton a similar award for her work with Derek Jarman.) In the U.K. the documentary was shown at the National Portrait Gallery in September 2009.
Joe Dallesandro also won a special Teddy Award that year, along with John Hurt.
In January 2014 Joe Dallesandro appeared with his Trash co-star, Holly Woodlawn, at Hollywood Forever, for a Q&A and a screening of the documentary, arranged by his wife Kimberly who he re-married in 2011. (They were first married in June 1988 but divorced about seven years later.)
Joe Dallesandro meets Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol's The Loves of Ondine