Paterson Joseph

Paterson Joseph
Joseph waiting at St Pancras railway station in 2008.
Born	Paterson Joseph
Occupation	Actor

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

Career

Born in London, England, Joseph trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). In recent years he has had a high number of prominent roles in continuing British television programmes: as 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 (2005).

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 the joint patron, with comedian Kathy Burke, of www.offwestend.com, a new listings site for theatre outside the mainstream. His recent stage appearances include the leads in The Royal Hunt of the Sun and The Emperor Jones at the Olivier Theatre, London.

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 sci-fi drama of the same name.

Since October 2008 there has been widespread media speculation that Joseph has been cast as the newest incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC's long running serial Doctor Who. No official announcement about this has been made.

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

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 11 episodes
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 Maddox	Appeared in four episodes
	Chop Socky Chooks	KO Joe
2008	Survivors	Greg Preston	Episode 1.1, 1.2
	Boy Meets Girl	Jay Metcalfe	In post-production

External links

• Paterson Joseph at IMDb