
Joseph Coleman is an American painter, illustrator actor and performance artist. He has been described as the ‘Walking ghost of Old America’, by his wife photographer, Whitney Ward, for his over-riding interest in the historical arcana and personae that often populate his paintings.

Scarlet Diva
2000 · as Mr. Paar

The Broken Giant
1997 · as Samuel Woodbridge

Don Peyote
2014 · as John the Baptist

Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation
2007 · as Self

Mondo New York
1988 · as Professor Mambuzu

How Dark My Love
2025 · as Self

Where Evil Dwells
1985

The Bowery
1994 · as Self

No Age New York
1993 · as Himself

Disinfo.Con
2007 · as Self

Pranks!
1988

R.I.P. Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman
1997 · as Himself

Shadows in the City
1991 · as Professor Mephisto

Trail of Blood
1997

Llik Your Idols
2007

The Cruel Tale of the Medicine Man
2015

Collectors
2000 · as Self

Black Hearts Bleed Red
1992 · as The Misfit