Joel West was born on April 6, 1975 in Indianola, Iowa, USA as Joel Adam West. He is an actor and producer, known for Blood Surf (2000), The Smokers (2000) and Starting Out in the Evening (2007). He has been married to Anna Bocci since August 2002. They have one child.
Has a younger brother Jake West, a brain surgeon in Florida.
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Was raised on a 60-acre horse ranch in Indianola, Iowa.
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His mother, Jan Gipple, is a veterinary technician. She and his father, Rob West, divorced in 1989.
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Attended Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, Iowa.
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Attended Indianola High School.
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Model for Boss Models. The same agency that represented Marcus Schenkenberg, who is considered to be the first male supermodel. Joel was often dubbed "Baby Marcus".
He was discovered by a photographer at a "Dairy Queen" and he has worked for Calvin Klein, Versace, and Hugo Boss, and has become one of the elite models in male model industry.
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