Shortly after, Mendicino moved to New York City to pursue acting professionally where he joined the esteemed HB Studios. After six months of sofa surfing and auditioning, he decided to re-locate to Los Angeles where he soon booked his first television role as a high school bully named Buck on Nickelodeons ‘Drake and Josh’. He then appeared in several television commercials and went on to guest star in ‘South of Nowhere’ for MTV/N, and ‘Close to Home’ on CBS. Joey was chosen to feature as the love interest in the platinum selling artist; Jem’s ‘Wish I’ video (SonyBMG)’. In 2006 Joey got his first lead role in the Warner Brothers/Raw Feed feature film ‘Rest Stop Dead Ahead’ and is also appearing in the upcoming sequel. (IMDb)
Rest Stop (2006) Review
Rest Stop is Closed Rest Stop (2006): 4 out of 10: Tedium is not a pleasant experience. Rest Stop has plenty of tedium. To paraphrase […]