Joseph Bernard Fuqua (born May 3, 1962 in Washington, D.C.) is an American actor, director, instructor and playwright.
Fuqua attained his Actor's Equity card after a two-year internship with the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (this after three years at James Madison University). Fuqua received his graduate-level training at the Yale School of Drama and moved back to New York City upon graduation. He joined the Cuccaracha Theater of Soho and spent six years as a company member.
He is perhaps best known for his role as J.E.B. Stuart in the films Gettysburg and Gods and Generals. Fuqua also appears in the films David Searching opposite Camryn Manheim, Heyday, Something Else, and has an uncredited appearance as Bond Trader Boyce, a stockbroker, in Ed's Next Move.
He has guest starred in such popular television series as The X-Files (in the episode "Synchrony"),Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (in the episode "Rocks and Shoals"), Chicago Hope (in the episode "Gun with the Wind"), Becker, NYPD Blue, Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, Profiler, G vs E, Brooklyn South and The Wright Verdicts. Joseph also appeared in the pilots for Second Nature, Born and Bred,Elementary and Numb3rs.