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Joey Dedio (born September 11, 1963, in New York City)1 is an American actor, voice actor, producer, and writer of Puerto Rican and Italian descent.1 He is best known for voicing Wheeler, the fire-wielding lead Planeteer, across 113 episodes of the environmental animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990-1996).1 In the Ghostbusters franchise he provided a guest voice performance in the Extreme Ghostbusters episode "Rage" (1997).1
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Joey Dedio was born on September 11, 1963, in New York City. He is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent. He became active in the entertainment industry in the late 1980s, establishing himself quickly across animation, television, and stage work.
Dedio began his on-screen career with the NBC soap opera Another World, appearing during his early 20s.1 In 1989 he voiced Daniel LaRusso in the animated television adaptation of The Karate Kid, appearing across all 13 episodes of the single-season series.1
His most prominent voice role came with Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990-1996), DIC Entertainment's environmental action-adventure series produced in association with Turner Broadcasting. Dedio played Wheeler, the red-haired, fire-element Planeteer from Brooklyn, for 113 episodes over the course of the show's run.1 The role made him one of the most recognizable voices in early-1990s Saturday-morning animation. Other voice work from this period includes Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw (1988), Denver, the Last Dinosaur, and a guest appearance in the anti-drug television special Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990), which was introduced by President George H. W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush.1
In live-action television, Dedio later appeared in the primetime drama Sunset Beach and guest starred on Law & Order and Chicago Hope.1 His film career spans more than fifteen titles.2 Notable screen credits include Where the Day Takes You (1992), Strays (1997), Trick (1999), and Bomb the System (2004), on which he also served as associate producer.2
Dedio branched into writing and producing with increasing ambition through the 2000s and 2010s. He completed his first original screenplay, Downtown: A Street Tale, in 2006.1 He co-produced the documentary The Providence Effect1 and produced Musical Chairs (2013), directed by Academy Award nominee Susan Seidelman;3 that film received a GLAAD Award nomination.1 His most personal project was Tio Papi (2013), a family comedy he wrote, produced, and starred in. The film earned him a nomination for Best Actor at the 2013 Imagen Awards4 and the keys to the cities of Miami and Miami Beach.1
Off-screen, Dedio has maintained a parallel stage career. He appeared in off-Broadway productions including SoHo Rep's Skin and workshopped Joe Pintauro's The Dead Boy.1
Dedio provided a guest voice performance in the Extreme Ghostbusters episode "Rage," voicing the episode's central antagonist of the same name. Extreme Ghostbusters aired in 1997 and followed a new generation of Ghostbusters working under the guidance of Egon Spengler after the original team had gone their separate ways.
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"Joey Dedio," Wikipedia, accessed 2026-06-13, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Dedio. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14
IMDb, "Joey Dedio" (nm0214114), accessed 2026-06-13, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0214114/. ↩ ↩2
"Susan Seidelman," Wikipedia, accessed 2026-06-13, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Seidelman. Seidelman received an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film for The Dutch Master (1994). ↩
Imagen Foundation, "2013 Imagen Awards Winners and Nominees," accessed 2026-06-13, https://www.imagen.org/awards/past-imagen-awards/2013-imagen-awards-winners-nominees/. Joey Dedio is listed as a nominee for Best Actor/Supporting Actor in Feature Film for Tio Papi. ↩