Joe Matarese is an Actor and Comedian.

After doing Standup for three years in Philadelphia, Joe moved to New York City to pursue comedy more seriously.. He has since appeared on many TV shows including MTV's Spring Break, The Jim Bruer Show, MTV's Carson Daly Show, NBC's Late Friday, NY Metro's New Joke City with Robert Klein, numerous times on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central's Premium Blend, and CNBC's McEnroe.

In 2014, Joe participated in America's Got Talent (season 9). He was eliminated during Judgment Week.

Joe has hit the stage four times at the prestigious Montreal comedy festival leading to two development deals with major television networks. Joe was also the creator and star of 13-episode web series funded by Official Comedy, "Fixing Joe", a scripted comedy, based on Joe's first podacast of seven years with the same name. New Joe's podcast, "What's so funny?" is coming out in Autumn 2017.

Joe Matarese grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and now resides with his wife and two children in NY.