Eli Goree

Eli Goree
Character	Joel Goodson
Season(s)	S1
Date of Birth	May 26
Origin	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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	It gets ratcheted up almost consistently through the entire season. I was very impressed with the way they built each character and the way they always manage every week to come out with something that takes the whole story forward and also has a shock.

Eli Goree is one of the main actors of Dead of Summer, portraying the role of Joel Goodson.

Biography

Life and Career

Goree is a Canadian actor, comedian, journalist and talk show host. At six years of age, he appeared in Sesame Park, the Canadian version of Sesame Street. Goree has appeared in the Big Black Rap Show on the Canadian campus radio station CKDU-FM. In 2006, he became one of the hosts for the last season of the CBC TV series Street Cents. That same year, Goree also began working as a freelance journalist for Canada Now.

On stage, Goree played the lead role of Jake in the play Secrets of a Black Boy. In 2014, he was cast as Wells Jaha, one of the main characters in the first season of The CW's post-apocalyptic drama series The 100. Goree has had roles in the television series: Emilie Owens, M.D., Flashpoint, Heartbeat, Legends of Tomorrow and Supernatural. He has also appeared in the films: Abducted: The Carlina White Story, Race and the Warner Bros. film Godzilla.

In February 2016, Goree joined the main cast of Freeform's Dead of Summer as Joel Goodson.