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Joseph Wilson
(stage name Joseph Kennedy)
Born (1981-11-01) 1 November 1981 (age 43)
Oxford
Occupation(s)Actor, musician

Joseph Kennedy (born Joseph Wilson, 1 November 1981 in Oxford) is an actor, singer and musician.[1]

Education

Joseph was a student at Dragon School and then Abingdon School from 1995-2000 where he appeared in the productions Jesus Christ Superstar and Sweeney Todd. After having obtained the equivalent of a bachelor's degree in France, he joined the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.[2]

Acting

In 2008 he played the role of the assassin Carter, in the British television programme TV series Robin Hood, the character Carter was killed by the Sheriff of Nottingham at the end of season 2 in episode 13. Episode 8 "Get Carter!" was named after his character.[3]

More recently he appeared in the films The Incident and The Grind.[2] and in 2014 played the character Will Scarlet in the Doctor Who episode "Robot of Sherwood".[4]

In 2016 he appeared in Brimstone, directed by Martin Koolhoven.[5]

Solomon Grey

Kennedy co-created a band called Captive State in London alongside Tom Bootle before forming a band with Tom Kingston called Solomon Grey,[6] which was signed by Mercury KX in 2015.[7]

In 2017 Solomon Grey created the music for the BBC drama The Last Post and The Casual Vacancy, a TV adaptation of JK Rowling's novel.[8]

Career

Filmography

Theatre

See also

References

  1. ^ "An Introduction from Jeremy Taylor, Director of Drama". Abingdon School.
  2. ^ a b "Biography of Joseph Kennedy". Hypno Series.
  3. ^ "Get Carter episode - credits". BBC.
  4. ^ "Robot of Sherwood". BBC.
  5. ^ "Brimstone 2016". IMDb.
  6. ^ "New music to listen to this week: Solomon Grey". The Indepdendent.
  7. ^ "Its All About Music". Audio Network.com.
  8. ^ "SOLOMON GREY ON WRITING MUSIC FOR TV DRAMA". Creative Review.