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Joseph at the reception for Sancho at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2015
Born	Paterson D. Joseph (1964-06-22) 22 June 1964 (age 60) London, England
Alma mater	London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present
Office	Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University
Spouse(s)	Emmanuelle Joseph
Children	1

Paterson D. Joseph (born 22 June 1964) is a British actor. He appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company productions of King Lear and Love's Labour's Lost in 1990. On television he is best known for his roles in Casualty (1997–1998), as Alan Johnson in Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show (2003–2015), Green Wing (2004–2006), Survivors (2008–2010), Boy Meets Girl (2009), as DI Wes Layton in Law & Order: UK (2013–2014), as Holy Wayne in The Leftovers (2014–15), as DCI Mark Maxwell in Safe House (2015–2017), and as Connor Mason in Timeless (2016–2018). His film roles include The Beach (2000), Greenfingers (2001), Æon Flux (2005) and The Other Man (2008).

Early life

Joseph was born on 22 June, 1964 in Willesden Green, London to parents from Saint Lucia. He attended Cardinal Hinsley R.C. High School in north-west London, a predominantly Irish-Catholic school. He has described himself as a "terrible bunker" whilst at school, opting to spend the best part of two years in the local public library instead.

He worked briefly as a catering assistant at a hospital, before deciding to pursue acting as a profession. Joseph first trained at the Studio '68 of Theatre Arts, London (South Kensington Library) from 1983 to 1985 with Robert Henderson. He later attended LAMDA, before going on to perform for the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Royal National Theatre.

Career

Theatre

In 1991, Joseph won second prize in the Ian Charleson Awards, for his 1990 performances of Oswald in King Lear, Dumaine in Love's Labour's Lost, and the Marquis de Mota in The Last Days of Don Juan, all at the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1992 he starred as Richard Henry in Blues for Mister Charlie by James Baldwin, directed by Greg Hersov at the Royal Exchange, Manchester.

Joseph's theatre credits include the title role in Othello at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, as well as parts in Henry IV, King Lear, and Hamlet for a performance in New York City. In 2012 he played Brutus in a performance by the RSC of Julius Caesar set in Africa. 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. Other stage appearances in 2006 and 2007 include the leads in The Royal Hunt of the Sun and The Emperor Jones at the Olivier Theatre, London. In 2015, Sancho: An Act of Remembrance, a solo play written and performed by Joseph and based on the life of Ignatius Sancho, was staged in Oxford and Birmingham, and toured in the US starting in October.

In late 2019 and early 2020 Joseph starred as Ebenezer Scrooge at the Old Vic Theatre in London in their production of A Christmas Carol.

Television

He has played many roles in 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.

Joseph also appeared in the 2005 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, a contestant on a futuristic version of the Weakest Link game show. 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, in which he played Simon, a contestant on the game show Numberwang.

In 2007, Joseph played Space Marshall Clarke in two series of the BBC sci-fi sitcom Hyperdrive, and was Benjamin Maddox in the BBC drama series Jekyll. Joseph also provided the voice of K.O. Joe in Chop Socky Chooks.

From 2008 - 2010, he played Greg Preston in Survivors, the BBC remake of the 1970s science-fiction drama of the same name. Also in 2008, Joseph appeared as former hitman Patrick Finch in Series 1, Episode 5 of The Fixer.

In 2009, he was the bookmakers' favourite to become Doctor Who's Eleventh Doctor, but the role was awarded to Matt Smith.

Joseph played DI Wes Layton in Law & Order: UK from 2013 to 2014.

He played the messianic "Holy Wayne" Gilchrest on the original HBO dramatic series The Leftovers, which began airing in 2014, and General Arnold Gaines on You, Me and the Apocalypse.

He took up the main role of Connor Mason in the television series Timeless, which ended in 2018.

In 2020, Joseph played the part of Home Secretary Kamal Hadley in the series of Noughts + Crosses.

As voice actor, Joseph provided the narration for the National Geographic series Mega Cities from 2005 to 2011, Wild Russia in 2009 and the BBC Two documentary Inside Obama's White House in 2016. He played Tyler in the BBC Switch film Rules of Love in 2010.

Film

Joseph's first feature film role was as Benbay in Jim Sheridan's In the Name of the Father.

In 2000, Joseph appeared as Keaty in Danny Boyle's adventure drama film The Beach, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio. In the same year, he also appeared in The Long Run and Greenfingers.

In 2005, he portrayed Giroux in the science-fiction action film Æon Flux, which starred Charlize Theron. Then in 2008 he played a supporting role in The Other Man, opposite Liam Neeson and Antonio Banderas.

Joseph is set to star as villain Arthur Slugworth, alongside Timothée Chalamet as Willy Wonka, in the upcoming musical fantasy film Wonka, directed by Paul King.

He has also appeared in several short films, including Stop the World, directed by Richard Leaf. He will voice the character Victor in upcoming drama short film Bet Your Bottom Dollar.

Voice work

In 2011, Joseph returned to Doctor Who, where he appeared in the audio drama Earth Aid, playing Victor Espinosa. In November 2016 he played the title role in the BBC radio adaptation of the short story by Neil Gaiman, How the Marquis Got His Coat Back. Joseph had previously played the part of the Marquis de Carabas in the 1996 BBC TV six-part drama Neverwhere. He played the role of Colonel Arbuthnott in the Audible production of Murder on the Orient Express.

Joseph read the BBC Radio 4 abridgement of George Lamming's 1953 debut novel In the Castle of My Skin first broadcast in December 2020.

Writing

In October 2022, Joseph's debut novel The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho was released. The book charts the life of Charles Ignatius Sancho through fictionalised diary entries, letters and commentary.

Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University

In October 2022 it was announced that Joseph will be the next Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University.

Personal life

Joseph lived in the Loire Valley with his French wife Emmanuelle and their son, before moving back to his native London. Joseph supports the Brazilian national football team.

Filmography

Television

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Streetwise	Dave	9 episodes
1990	South of the Border	Julian Henry	Episode 2.7
1992	Bunch of Five	Compton	Episode: "Dead at Thirty"
1992	The Bill	Michael Tapscott	Episode: "Soft Target"
	Between the Lines	Sgt. Viv Jones	Episode: "Words of Advice"
1993	Screenplay	Busi	Episode: "Not Even God Is Wise Enough"
1994	Funky Black Shorts	Ellis	Episode: "Home and Away"
	Soldier Soldier	Fusilier Eddie Nelson	Episode: "Changing the Guard"
	Casualty	Michael	Episode: "Hidden Agendas"
1996	Neverwhere	Marquis de Carabas	6 episodes
1997–98	Casualty	Mark Grace	42 episodes
2000	Safe as Houses	Gabriel James	TV movie
2001	Armadillo	Alan	3 episodes
	Now You See Her	Mark	TV movie
	Cold Feet	Suggs	Episodes: 4.5 and 4.6
2002	Waking the Dead	Dermot Sullivan	Episodes: "Life Sentence Part 1" and "Life Sentence Part 2"
	Silent Witness	Sergeant Terry Harding	Episodes: "The Fall Out Part 1" and "The Fall Out Part 2"
	Bodily Harm	Undertaker Two	1 episode
2003	Loving You	Felix Fisher	TV movie
	Touch of Frost, AA Touch of Frost	Colin Stokes	Episode: "Close Encounters"
	Ghosts of Albion: Embers	Nigel Townsend	5 episodes
2003–05	William and Mary	Reuben	10 episodes
2003–15	Peep Show	Alan Johnson	16 episodes
2004	Murphy's Law	Dr. Mark Maddison	Episode: "The Group"
	Dead Ringers	Mickey Stone	2 episodes
	Ghost of Albion: Embers	Nigel Townsend	5 episodes
	My Dad's the Prime Minister	Detective Gary McRyan	6 episodes
	My Shakespeare	Self	TV movie documentary
2004–06	Green Wing	Lyndon Jones	9 episodes
2005	Dalziel and Pascoe	Mr Alisdair Collinson	Episodes: "Heads You Lose Part 1" and "Heads You Lose Part 2"
	Elmina's Kitchen	Deli	TV movie
	Doctor Who	Rodrick	Episodes: "Bad Wolf" and "The Parting of the Ways"
	Rose and Maloney	Harry Callaghan	Episode: "Carl Callaghan"
	Jericho	Shorty	Episode: "A Pair of Ragged Claws"
	Open Wide	Neil	TV movie
2006	Mayo	Dr. Rossi	Episode: "Cast a Cold Eye"
2006-08	That Mitchell and Webb Look	Various characters	8 episodes
2006–07	Hyperdrive	Space Marshal Clarke	7 episodes
2007-08	Mega Cities	Narrator	Episodes: "Hong Kong" and "Taipei"
2007	Jekyll	Benjamin Lennox	4 episodes
	Chop Socky Chooks	KO Joe	26 episodes
2008–10	Survivors	Greg Preston	12 episodes
2008	Fixer, TheThe Fixer	Patrick Finch	Series 1, Episode 5
	Thrilla in Manila	Narrator	TV movie documentary
2008-09	World of Quest	General Ogun	26 episodes
2009	Japan's Wild Secrets	Narrator	Tv movie documentary
	No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, TheThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency	Cephas Buthelezi	Episodes: "Beauty and Integrity" and "A Real Botswana Diamond"
	Boy Meets Girl	Jay Metcalfe	4 episodes
	10 Minute Tales	Paul	Episode: "Let It Snow"
2010	Blood and Oil	Ed Daly	TV movie
	Clash of the Continents	Narrator	Episode: "End of Eden"
	Rules of Love	Tyler	TV movie
	On Christmas Night	Presenter	Reading from the Gospel of John
2011	Case Histories	Patrick Carter	2 episodes
	Coming Up: Food	English man	1 episode
	Death in Paradise	William	1 episode
2012	Hollow Crown, TheThe Hollow Crown Henry V	Duke of York	TV film
	Julius Caesar	Brutus	Live recording performance by RSC
	Hustle	Dexter Gold	Series 8, Episode 1
	In Love with...	Sir Robert Chiltern	Episode: "In Love with Wilde"
2013	Wild Thailand	Narrator	2 episodes
	Wild Burma: Nature's Lost Kingdom	Narrator	3 episodes
2013–14	Law & Order: UK	DCI Wes Leyton	Series 7–8
2014	Babylon	Assistant Commissioner Charles Inglis	Series 1
2014-15	Leftovers, TheThe Leftovers	"Holy" Wayne Gilchrest	Season 1 Season 2, two episodes
2015	Thunderbirds Are Go	Robert Williams (voice)	1 episode
	You, Me and the Apocalypse	General Arnold Gaines	Main Role
	Safe House	Mark
2016	Inside Obama's White House	Narrator	4 episodes
	The Coopers vs the Rest	Toby	Pilot episode
2016–18	Timeless	Connor Mason	26 episodes
2017	Rellik	Dr Isaac Taylor	6 episodes
2018	The Prosecutors: Real Crime and Punishment	Narrator	2 episodes
	Urban Myths	Chuck D	Episode: "Public Enemy (feat Kev Wells)"
2019	Grantchester	Reverend Nathaniel Todd	1 episode
	Counterpart	Elan	Episode: "You to You"
	End of the F***ing World, TheThe End of the F***ing World	Kevan	1 episode
	Avenue 5	Harrison Ames	2 episodes
2020	Unprecedented	George	1 episode
	Noughts + Crosses	Home Secretary Kamal Hadley	6 episodes
2021	Inside No. 9	Pantalone	Episode: “Wuthering Heist”
	The Mosquito Coast	Calaca	2 episodes
	Vigil	Commander Neil Newsome, Captain of HMS Vigil	6 episodes
2022	That Dirty Black Bag	Thompson	8 episodes
	Unearthed Narratives	Himself	TV mini series
	Twilight of the Gods	Loki	1 episode
2023	Boat Story	Samuel	TV mini series

Film

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1993	In the Name of the Father	Benbay	Jim Sheridan
2000	Long Run, TheThe Long Run	Gasa	Jean Stewart
	Beach, TheThe Beach	Keaty	Danny Boyle
	Greenfingers	Jimmy	Joel Hershman
2004	Baby Juice Express, TheThe Baby Juice Express	Sean Boetang	Michael Hurst
2005	Æon Flux	Giroux	Karyn Kusama
2008	Other Man, TheThe Other Man	Ralph	Richard Eyre
2011	Stop the World	Pat	Richard Leaf	Short film
2015	Between Lambs and Lions	President Nebuchadnezzar	Ted Wilkes
	Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny	Narrator	Rhodri Huw
2019	Since Yesterday	Old friend	Alexander Bradley	Short film
2022	Daddy's Girl	Saul	Jessica Magaye
	Geronimo	Doctor	Geraint Morgan
2023	Bet Your Bottom Dollar	Victor	Brandon Ashplant
	Wonka	Arthur Slugworth	Paul King

Stage

Audio and radio