Joseph Michael Teixeira, aka Joe Tex, was born on June 20th, 1972 on Long Island, NY. A former US Marine and Operation Desert Storm veteran, Joe Tex began acting in college at Daytona Beach Community College in DeLand Florida and later joined the Improv training ground Theatre Strike Force at The University of Florida in Gainesville. Joe Tex was a founding member of ACII comedy and later moved to Chicago to pursue a career in acting.Tex was cast in Chicago's production of Tony 'N Tina's Wedding (1999-2001) and played various roles. Joe Tex moved back to his native New York and was cast in Long Islands longest running improv comedy show Friday Night Face Off. In 2009 Tex was named Director of Operations for the newly formed comedy production company Face Off Unlimited.Joe Tex performs as a weekly contestant in Face Off's Japanese Game Show BATSU! in NYC's East Village, can be seen regularly at colleges and festivals around the country performing with Face Off's A Whole 'Nother Level, and other various shows and events produced by Face Off.In 2012, Joe Tex co-founded and is an on-air radio personality on the comedy podcast turned radio show In The Room with Jay Painter, Eric Robinson, and Lyle Pinder.