Joseph "Joe" Maxwell Dempsie (born June 22, 1987 in Liverpool) is an English actor best known for playing the role of Chris Miles in the E4 television show Skins. Dempsie's earlier acting credits include the medical dramas Doctors, Peak Practice and Sweet Medicine, as well as the films One for the Road and Heartland. He also appeared in Born and Bred and a BBC documentary-drama about Norfolk farmer, Tony Martin.
Joseph Dempsie | |
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 Dempsie in July 2008 | |
| Born | Joseph Maxwell Dempsie |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2000 - present |
Career
He received his acting training from the Central Junior Television Workshop, Nottingham. Dempsie was also educated at The West Bridgford School in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.
He is now the voice of the Clearasil advertisements in the UK.
Dempsie is a keen Nottingham Forest football fan and attends many home and away matches, he appeared on the UK Saturday morning football show Soccer AM wearing a Nottingham Forest football shirt. He appeared alongside Skins co-star Nicholas Hoult.
In episode 6 of the fourth series of Doctor Who, "The Doctor's Daughter", that aired on 10 May 2008, Dempsie played the character Cline[1], a soldier who watches his comrades die.[2] In addition to this appearance, he conducted a small interview with Doctor Who Magazine which appears on the final page of issue 396 (June 2008).
On April 18, 2008, Dempsie appeared on Friday Night Project with Geri Halliwell.[3] On July 20, 2008 he appeared at T4 on the beach in Weston Super Mare alongside fellow Skins cast members.
He appeared as Duncan McKenzie in 2009's 'The Damned United' alongside Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Graham and Timothy Spall.
In November 2008, he appeared in The Moment of Truth, episode 10 of the BBC show Merlin. He plays Will, who is an old friend of Merlin's, from the village in which they grew up together.
In 2010 he voiced Steven, a gay teenager from Nottinghamshire in the Radio 4 play Once Upon a Time. It was also announced that he would play the character of Gendry in HBO's Spring 2011 series Game of Thrones, a character expected to recur. The series is based upon George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels.[4] He also stared in the Channel 4 mini series This is England 86.
List of credits
Television
| Year | Titel | Role | Network | Notes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Peak Practice | Leon | Series 10 Episode 10 "Playing God" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doctors | Lee Lindsay | Series 3 Episode 1 "Sins of the Brother" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sweet Medicine | Ben Campbell | Series 1 Episode 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doctors | Danny | Series 6 Episode 132 "Rabbit in the Headlights" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born and Bred | Humphrey 'Bogie' Locke | Series 4 Episode 3 "Community Spirits" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skins | Chris Miles | Series 1, 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doctor Who | Cline | Series 4 Episode 6 "The Doctor's Daughter" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Merlin | William | Series 1 Episode 10 "The Moment of Truth" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This is England '86 | Thug |
Film
Radio
Voiceover Work
Self-appearances
References
External links
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