Joe Drinkwalter

Joe Drinkwalter is a professional film, television, and theatre actor born in Northern Ontario and based out of Toronto. As a kid, you may have found him picking dandelions on the soccer field or singing to himself on the ice during youth hockey games. Thankfully, Joe discovered his love for acting through youth drama programs, and knows firsthand how fantabulous theatre is for kids (Joe also has an English Minor and knows that fantabulous is, in fact, a real word in the English language). Joe is a graduate of the Performance: Acting program at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson), and you can find him on screen in film and television productions such as The Handmaid’s Tale, SkyMed, Drive Back Home, and many more. As an educator, Joe has spent time leading workshops at the NTS provincial drama festival, working at Dreamcoat Fantasy Theatre, where he first stepped on stage, and running workshops in drama classes at his former high school. Joe began teaching at YPT as a Teacher’s Assistant for the 2025 Summer Camp and is thrilled to continue teaching at YPT!