JOSEPH CULP Actor/Filmmaker - Joseph has been working in theatre, film and television since 1982. He is the son of iconic actor Robert Culp. He was notably seen by television audiences as “Archie Whitman”, the Depression-Era father of “Don Draper” in the hit series Mad Men. He is the first actor to ever play Marvel super-villain “Doctor Doom” in The Fantastic Four. As an actor and filmmaker he won international critical acclaim for his performance as the starving writer in the award-winning film Hunger, an adaptation of Nobel winner Knut Hamsun’s 1890 existentialist masterpiece, which he also produced. Hunger is the first digital feature film to be based on a classic work of literature and won Best Feature awards at Moondance Film Festival and FAIF Film Festivals. Joseph also produced and co-starred in the award-winning indie feature The Reflecting Pool, the first investigative drama to challenge the official version of the 9/11 attacks. Called the ”All The President’s Men of its time”, the controversial film screened internationally to rave reviews, garnering a Columbine Award at Moondance Film Festival and a Special Jury Prize at Chicago’s Polish Film Festival. Joseph directed the short film TRACES , a drama about two desperate women on the run, an official selection at Nordkapp Film Festival in Norway, Palm Springs International, Tucson, and Hollywood Film Festivals. He produced and co-starred in Voice of Life by Knut Erik Jensen, which won Grand Prix at Northern Character Festival in Murmansk, Russia. He recently wrote, directed and co-starred in Welcome to the Men’s Group, a comedy-drama based on the men’s movement.

SYNOPSIS
WELCOME TO THE MEN’S GROUP takes us inside the intimate dynamic of an all male support group when they gather one morning for a ritual breakfast and their
unique form of male bonding. One Sunday a month, these eight men refrain from
beer and football to sit in a circle where they share their personal issues, in the
noble hope of becoming a bit more evolved than their fathers.
On this particular Sunday things do not go as planned when one member appears
headed for a breakdown. When stressed out corporate attorney, Larry (Timothy
Bottoms), wakes to find his severely depressed wife missing, he’s in no mood to host the monthly “Men’s Group” at his newly built upscale home. But that doesn’t stop the oddball “band of brothers” from descending on his new house for their ritual breakfast and unique brand of male bonding.
Business schemer, Carl, (Stephen Tobolowsky) recently separated from his wife,
casually mentions plans for suicide, which puts everyone on alert.
Latino exmarine, Eddie, (Terence Rotolo) starts berating a young newcomer, Tom (Mackenzie Astin), for not standing up to his wife; while Michael (Joseph Culp), the passionate college professor, initiates a group exercise involving fathers, sons and Greek mythology that goes off the rails. Meanwhile uptight restaurateur, Mohammed (Ali Saam), accuses a New Age social worker, Neil (Phil Abrams), of trying to steal his wife, while the elder Fred (David Clennon), an ex-accountant turned poet, does his best to be the Zen-like voice of harmony.
Against their best efforts to maintain a civilized therapeutic forum, the group
descends into chaos, as long-standing conflicts and secrets come to the surface and
threaten to destroy the group’s trust forever. The film delves frankly into themes of male identity, competition, sexuality, and grief.


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