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| “ | Life is full of possibilities. You just need to know where to look. Don't miss out on the joys of life. | „ |
| “ | But I do know... I’m going to live every minute of it. | „ |
| ~ Joe's last words in the end of the movie |
Joseph "Joe" Gardner is the main protagonist of the 2020 Disney/Pixar film Soul. He is a piano player and middle school music teacher.
He is voiced by Jamie Foxx, who also played Django Freeman, Nico, Will Stacks, Vincent Downs, Max Durocher, and Bug.
Bio[]
Joe is a middle school band teacher who dreams about performing jazz music onstage thus getting the chance to do so after impressing other jazz musicians during an opening act at the Half Note Club. One day he fell down a manhole which leads him to a coma (as in a state where he's not neither dead nor alive) and turned into a soul. He wants to get his soul into his body, but he has to put up with 22 who happens to be a soul from The Great Before.
Appearance[]
As a human, Joe is African-American with a black mustache and has black-rimmed glasses on to see better. He wears a grey fedora, a black sweater, brown pants, and red shoes.
As a soul, his nose is not featured but his glasses and fedora are now part of him.
Personality[]
Joe is an excellent musician as he's got a heart for jazz. It's like he feels so passionate about jazz. Speaking of his passion, Joe had this serious talk with his mom about his passion as he knows that he wants to be a musician.
