section_path: Career
section_name: Career
paragraph_text: Career
  
  In 1994, he appeared on the television series Walker, Texas Ranger. Joss provided the voice of John Redcorn from seasons 2 to 13 of the animated series King of the Hill, replacing the original actor Victor Aaron after Aaron's death in 1996. He also portrayed the recurring role of Chief Ken Hotate in Parks and Recreation.
  
  Joss was a musician, and performed as part of The Red Corn Band, a reference to the character he voiced in King of the Hill. In later seasons, inspired by Joss's offscreen performances, writers for King of the Hill introduced the fictional band Big Mountain Fudgecake, which Joss's character leads. He collaborated with the Graywolf Blues Band on the songs "Boogey Man" and "Still No Good", which were released on Graywolf Blues Band's album Dancing in the Rain.
  
  In 2011, Joss launched a line of spice rubs.
  
  Before his death in June 2025, Joss returned for the King of the Hill revival series and had begun recording. On June 1, just hours before his death, he uploaded an Instagram video of himself walking around Austin and noting how he already recorded lines for four King of the Hill episodes.
  
  At the time of his death, he was writing a Western graphic novel titled Two Sides to Every Coin.
  
  In 1994, he appeared on the television series Walker, Texas Ranger. Joss provided the voice of John Redcorn from seasons 2 to 13 of the animated series King of the Hill, replacing the original actor Victor Aaron after Aaron's death in 1996. He also portrayed the recurring role of Chief Ken Hotate in Parks and Recreation.
  
  Joss was a musician, and performed as part of The Red Corn Band, a reference to the character he voiced in King of the Hill. In later seasons, inspired by Joss's offscreen performances, writers for King of the Hill introduced the fictional band Big Mountain Fudgecake, which Joss's character leads. He collaborated with the Graywolf Blues Band on the songs "Boogey Man" and "Still No Good", which were released on Graywolf Blues Band's album Dancing in the Rain.
  
  In 2011, Joss launched a line of spice rubs.
  
  Before his death in June 2025, Joss returned for the King of the Hill revival series and had begun recording. On June 1, just hours before his death, he uploaded an Instagram video of himself walking around Austin and noting how he already recorded lines for four King of the Hill episodes.
  
  At the time of his death, he was writing a Western graphic novel titled Two Sides to Every Coin.