[1][2] He made his film debut in 1987 in Three Men and a Baby, and later starred in Hangin' with the Homeboys and Pootie Tang.
[3] He is a longtime friend and collaborator of comedians Chris Rock[4] and Jerry Seinfeld.
He also guest starred in the Seinfeld episodes "The Engagement" and "The Puerto Rican Day," playing two different characters, and voiced the character Jackson in the film Bee Movie.
He appeared in Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee with Jerry Seinfeld in July 2019.
[6] During the October 12, 2010, episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, in an interview with Congressman Eric Cantor, Stewart credited Joyner with the joke: "Sort of in the way that murderers get sometimes, like, 'I found Jesus and I'm OK now.'