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Joseph May
Joseph May in 2014
Joseph May in 2014
Alma materLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
OccupationActor
Years active1997–present
AgentCharacters Talent Agency[1]

Joseph May is a British-born Canadian actor, who has appeared in television and film. He is best known for his role as Andy Button in the television series Episodes, Paul who was the boyfriend of Sam Colloby, in Casualty, Luke in I Live with Models and for voicing Thomas the Tank Engine in the US dub of the children's television series Thomas & Friends from 2015 to 2021.

His other television roles include Adam Moseby in Bugs, Dan Sanders in Hollyoaks, Sgt. Markham in Stargate: Atlantis and Justin Trudeau in The Windsors.

His voice work in animation and video games include Link in G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom, Mr. Wexler in The Barbie Diaries, Autolycus in Class of the Titans, Michael Corleone in The Godfather, Perdido in Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Chase McCain in Lego City Undercover, Jost and Saravad in Horizon Zero Dawn, Hiro in The Crew 2 and Ellis in Blair Witch.

Early life

Born in England and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May returned to the UK to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Career

May may be most recognised by British-American television viewers as Paul, the unemployed partner of gay nurse Sam Colloby in Casualty's 12th season. He also starred in the final season of the sci-fi series Bugs as the naive and misguided Adam Mosby. May has also appeared in the television series Stargate: Atlantis as Sgt. Markham of the United States Marine Corps, Episodes as Andy Button, a television casting director, and as Larry Schwarz in the BBC television movie We'll Take Manhattan.

May's initiation into film was as a miner in the Brian Gilbert 1997 Oscar Wilde biopic, Wilde. Since then, he has appeared in the critically acclaimed World War II miniseries Band of Brothers as second lieutenant Edward Shames, 2001's Investigating Sex as Roger, Resident Evil as Dr. Blue and Holby City as surgeon George Kerwan in 2010.

May voiced the character of main protagonist Chase McCain for the 2013 video game Lego City Undercover and its prequel, Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins.

In 2015, he joined the US voice cast of Thomas & Friends as Thomas the Tank Engine (following Martin Sherman's departure from the title role after the eighteenth series), starting with the special The Adventure Begins. In 2021, May left the show due to Thomas & Friends airing a reboot titled All Engines: Go! for the twenty-fifth series. May voiced the character of the mercenary Phantom in the team-based first-person shooter Dirty Bomb.

In 2019, he went to play Brett Huntley in the television miniseries Dark Mon£y, which featured Babou Ceesay and John Schwab.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Wilde First Miner
FairyTale: A True Story Houdini's Assistant
2001 Investigating Sex Roger Also known as Internal Affairs
2002 Resident Evil Mr. Blue Film
2004 G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom Link (voice) Direct-to-video film[1]
2006 The Barbie Diaries Mr. Wexler (voice) Film[2]
Circumference Steve Short film
2007 White Noise: The Light EMT
They Wait Paramedic
2009 Last Flowers Harvey Short film
2012 Resident Evil: Retribution Dr. Blue Archival footage
2015 Thomas & Friends: The Adventure Begins Thomas the Tank Engine (voice) US version
Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure[1]
Viking Gallery Assistant Short film
2016 Resident Evil: The Final Chapter Dr. Blue Archival footage
Thomas & Friends: The Great Race Thomas the Tank Engine (voice) US version
Bb Officer Henry Harris
2017 Poles Apart Grizzly Bear (Aklak) (voice) Short film
Journey Beyond Sodor Thomas the Tank Engine (voice) US version
2018 Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie
2019 Thomas & Friends: Digs and Discoveries (Part 1 & 2)
Thomas & Friends: Steam Team to the Rescue
2020 Thomas and the Royal Engine

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Bodyguards Courier Episode: "Know Thine Enemy"
Casualty Paul 8 episodes
1998–99 Bugs Adam Moseby 6 episodes
1999–2000 Hollyoaks Dan Sanders Regular role
A Dinner of Herbs Ben Hamilton 3 episodes
2001 Band of Brothers Lieutenant Edward Shames Episode: "The Breaking Point"
2001–2007 Scooter: Get a Clue! Ben (voice) Main role
156 episodes
2002 American Bikers Young Michael Baldwin (voice) Episode: "The Age of Bikers: Part 1"
2003 Da Vinci's Inquest Police Constable #2 Episode: "Send in the Clowns"
2004 Stargate: Atlantis SGT# Markham Episodes: "Thirty Eight Minutes" and "The Defiant One"
Dead Like Me Ken Episode: "The Shadow End"
2005 Godiva's Cop #1 Episode: "The Hungry Ghost"
Class of the Titans Autolycus (voice) [2]
Killer Instinct Max Keller Episode: "Game Over"
2006 The Dead Zone Young Nolan Episode: "Revelations"
2007 Blood Ties Jude Marstens Episode: "Drawn and Quartered"
Psych Bruce/Father Episode: "Gus's Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy"
2009 Batman Black and White Superman / Robbie (voice) 2 episodes[2][1]
2010 I Shouldn't Be Alive Dr. Andy Wolf Episode: "Nightmare on the Mountain"
2010–14 Holby City George Kerwan / Kristopher Wyngarten 5 episodes
2011–17 Episodes Andy Button 22 episodes[3]
2012 Titanic Victor Giglio 3 episodes
Television miniseries
2013 Dracula Ewan Telford 1 episode
2014 Mistresses Mickey Episodes: "Rebuild" and "Open House"[4]
2015–present I Live with Models Luke Main Role
2015–21 Thomas & Friends Thomas the Tank Engine (voice) Main US Role; succeeding Martin Sherman
2017 The Windsors Justin Trudeau[5] Episode: "#2.5"
2018 Sky Comedy Shorts Producer Episode: "Kris Marshall's Whodunnit"
2019 Living the Dream TJ Starmer 3 episodes
Dark Mon£y Brett Huntley Television miniseries
Episodes: "Shattered Dreams" and "The Valiant One"[6]

Video games

Year Title Voice role Notes
2005 SSX on Tour Mackenzie "Mac" Fraser Credited as Joe May
2006 The Godfather Michael Corleone [1]
Need for Speed: Carbon Samson Credited as Joe May
2009 Dead Space: Extraction Nathan McNeill
2011 Battlefield 3 Sanders
LittleBigPlanet 2 Green Lantern [2]
2012 LittleBigPlanet PS Vita
2013 Lego City Undercover Chase McCain [1]
Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins Chase McCain
Killzone: Shadow Fall VSA Soldier [2]
Trials Fusion Rider [2]
2015 Blues and Bullets Osmond Burke, Carmine, Hank Sörensen, Additional voices
Dirty Bomb Phantom
Lego Dimensions Chase McCain [1]
Soma Peter Strasky and Brandon Wan [2]
2017 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands Nomad Male
Lego Dimensions Chase McCain
Horizon Zero Dawn Jost / Saravad
Forza Motorsport 7 The Racing Expert [2]
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Perdido [2]
Need for Speed: Payback Additional voices
2018 A Way Out Additional voices
The Crew 2 Hiro
2019 The Division 2 Manny Ortega
Blair Witch Ellis [7][8]
2020 Cyberpunk 2077 Thompson

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Joe May". Voice Chasers. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Joseph May (visual voice guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 19 December 2018. Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  3. ^ Foley, Rachel (April 12, 2019). "Back To Life: Episodes' Daisy Haggard on playing a 'relentless optimist'". www.bbc.com/news. BBC News. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  4. ^ Slezak, Michael (February 11, 2014). "Mistresses Exclusive: Episodes Co-Star Set to Recur as April's 'Fabulous' Gay Pal". www.tvline.com. TV Line. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  5. ^ Dowell, Ben (July 6, 2017). ""Dreamboat" Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau causes a stir with the "British Royal Family"". www.radiotimes.com. Radio Times. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  6. ^ White, Peter (January 15, 2020). "'Dark Money': Streamer BET+ Snaps Up Levi David Addai's BBC Drama". www.deadline.com. Deadline. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  7. ^ "Blair Witch Game Review: Return to the Black Hills Forest". Den of Geek. 30 August 2019.
  8. ^ Boo, Bernard (September 3, 2019). "Blair Witch game review: the dog is great, but the scares are lacking". Den of Geek. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
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