Joseph B. Sagal (born February 12, 1957 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor and screenwriter. He is the son of film director Boris Sagal. Career highlights include, He originated the part of "The Visitor" on the Geffen Playhouse stage in the World Premiere Steppenwolf Production of the initial 357 performances of Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile.This production was the Los Angeles debut of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Played the D.C. Comics Villain, Gunn, in the D.C. Comics movie “Return of the Swampthing”. Wrote the screenplay for, acted in and executive produced the film Elvis & Nixon.The first film officially acquired by Amazon.Sagal met Elvis on the set of his father's 1965 film Girl Happy, which eventually inspired him to take the role of Elvis "The Vis