Paterson Joseph

Paterson Joseph
Born	Paterson Joseph 22 June 1964 (1964-06-22) London, England, United Kingdom
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1988–present

Paterson Joseph (born 22 June 1964) is a British actor.

Career

Born in London. Attended Cardinal Hinsley R.C High School in North West London. Joseph first trained at the Studio '68 of Theatre Arts, London (South Kensington library) – 1983–85 with Robert Henderson, then at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). In recent years he has had a high number of roles in continuing British television programmes, both drama and comedy. These include Reuben in William and Mary alongside Martin Clunes; Mark Grace in Casualty; the Marquis de Carabas in Neverwhere; Alan Johnson in Peep Show; Lyndon Jones in Green Wing and Shorty in the first episode of Jericho.

He also appeared in the acclaimed drama Sex Traffic, in the TV version of Kwame Kwei-Armah's acclaimed play Elmina's Kitchen and in the Doctor Who episodes "Bad Wolf" and "The Parting of the Ways" as Rodrick. He has also appeared in various supporting roles in Dead Ringers. In 2006 he appeared in the television sketch show That Mitchell and Webb Look where he played Simon, a contestant on the game show Numberwang.

He appeared as Keaty in the Hollywood film The Beach alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and starred as Giroux alongside Charlize Theron and Peter Clarke in Paramount Pictures' Æon Flux.

Joseph played Space Marshall Clarke in two series of the BBC sci-fi sitcom Hyperdrive, and was Benjamin Maddox in the BBC serial-drama Jekyll. He also provided the voice of K.O. Joe in Chop Socky Chooks.

In 2008 he played Greg Preston in Survivors, the BBC remake of the 70s science fiction drama of the same name.

Joseph provided the narration for the National Geographic series Wild Russia in 2009. He played Tyler in the BBC Switch film Rules of Love in 2010.

In 2011, he returned to Doctor Who where he appeared in the audio drama Earth Aid in which he played Victor Espinosa.

Joseph's theatre credits include the title role in Othello, as well as parts in Henry IV, King Lear, and Hamlet for a performance in New York City. In 2004 he undertook a project, filmed for Channel 4 in a documentary entitled My Shakespeare, to direct a version of Romeo & Juliet, using 20 young non-actors from the deprived Harlesden area of London. In 2006, he became a patron of OffWestEnd.com, a listings site for theatre outside the mainstream. His more recent stage appearances include the leads in The Royal Hunt of the Sun and The Emperor Jones at the Olivier Theatre, London.

Personal life

Joseph lives in France with his wife and one son. He was a chef before becoming an actor.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role
1993	In the Name of the Father	Benbay
2000	The Long Run	Gasa
	The Beach	Keaty
	Greenfingers	Jimmy
2004	The Baby Juice Express	Sean Boetang
2005	Æon Flux	Giroux
2008	The Other Man	Ralph

Television

Year	Series	Role	Notes
1992	Between the Lines	Sgt. Viv Jones	Episode "Words of Advice"
1994	Soldier Soldier	Fusilier Eddie Nelson	Episode "Changing the Guard"
1994–1998	Casualty	Michael Mark Grace	Appeared in the 1994 episode "Hidden Agendas" as Michael Joined main cast in 1997 as Mark Grace appearing from "Give my Love to Esme" to "New Year and All That".
1996	Neverwhere	Marquis de Carabas	Appeared in all six episodes
2000	Safe as Houses	Gabriel
2001	Armadillo	Alan
	Now You See Her	Mark
	Cold Feet	Suggs	Episodes 4.5 and 4.6
2002	Waking the Dead	Dermot Sullivan	Episode "Life Sentence: Part 1"
	Silent Witness	Sergeant Terry Harding	Episode "The Fall Out", parts 1 and 2
2003	Loving You	Felix Fisher
	A Touch of Frost	Colin Stokes	Episode "Close Encounters"
2003–2005	William and Mary	Reuben	Appeared in ten episodes
2003–	Peep Show	Alan Johnson	Has appeared in eleven episodes to date
2004	Murphy's Law	Dr. Mark Maddison	Episode "The Group"
	Sex Traffic	Martin
	My Dad's the Prime Minister	Detective Gary McRyan	Appeared in six episodes
2004–2006	Green Wing	Lyndon Jones	Appeared in nine episodes
2005	Dalziel and Pascoe	Alisdair Collinson	Episode "Heads You Lose", parts 1 and 2
	Elmina's Kitchen	Deli
	Doctor Who	Rodrick	Episodes "Bad Wolf" and "The Parting of the Ways"
	Rose and Maloney	Harry Callaghan	Episode 2.1
	Jericho	Shorty	Episode "A Pair of Ragged Claws"
	Open Wide	Neil
2006	Mayo	Dr. Rossi	Episode 1.1
	That Mitchell and Webb Look	Simon Various characters
2006–2007	Hyperdrive	Space Marshal Clarke	Appeared in seven episodes
2007	Jekyll	Benjamin Lennox	Appeared in four episodes
	Chop Socky Chooks	KO Joe
2008–2010	Survivors	Greg Peston	Main character throughout series
2009	The No1 Ladies' Detective Agency	Cephas Buthelezi	Episode 5 "Beauty and Integrity" and Episode 6 "A Real Botswana Diamond"
	Boy Meets Girl	Jay Metcalfe
2010	Blood and Oil	Ed Daly	Appeared in both of the two episodes
	On Christmas Night	Presenter	Speaking a reading from the Gospel of John, chapter 1
2011	Case Histories	Patrick Carter	Appeared in two episodes
	Coming Up: Food	English man	Appeared in one episode
	Death in Paradise	William (the butler)	Appeared in one episode
2012	Hustle	Dexter Gold	Series 8 Episode 1

External links

• Paterson Joseph at the Internet Movie Database