Joy Ride (also known as Roadkill in the UK and Australia) is a 2001 American road horror thriller film directed by John Dahl and written by J. J. Abrams and Clay Tarver. Joy Ride's Rusty Nail may not have the same status as some other horror icons, so here's why he deserves a little more love. Rusty Nail is an unknown trucker and the main antagonist of the Joy Ride film series. Rusty nail is a truck driver who is never seen in both of the movies all you see is some of his body in both . Pics of the Joy Ride voice actors (Movie). Although Ted Levine provides Rusty Nail's voice, he actually wasn't brought in until post-production, and, physically, Rusty Nail is played by the hulking actor Matthew Kimbrough. The 1980s was a big decade for iconic boogeymen, which introduced Friday The 13th's Jason Voorhees, A Nightmare On Elm Street's Freddy Krueger or Hellraiser's Pinhead. He was voiced by Ted Levine in all three movies, and portrayed by Matthew Kimbrough in Joy Ride, Mark Gibbon in Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead, and Ken Kirzinger in Joy Ride 3: Roadkill. 1 images (& sounds) of the Joy Ride cast of characters.