Joe Dempsie

Joe Dempsie
Joe Dempsie in 2007
Born Joseph Maxwell Dempsie
22 June 1987 (1987-06-22) (age 31)
Liverpool, England
Residence London, England[1]
Education West Bridgford Comprehensive School
Alma mater Central Junior Television Workshop
Occupation Actor
Years active 2000–present
Home town West Bridgford, Greater Nottingham

Joseph Maxwell Dempsie (born 22 June 1987) is an English actor, known for the roles of Chris Miles in the E4 teen comedy-drama Skins (2007–2008) and Gendry in Game of Thrones (2011–2013, 2017-present).

Dempsie's earlier acting credits include the medical dramas Peak Practice (2000), Doctors (2001, 2003), and Sweet Medicine (2003), as well as the films One for the Road and Heartlands (2003). He also appeared in This is England '86 (2010) and This is England '90 (2015), Born and Bred, a BBC documentary-drama about Norfolk farmer Tony Martin, and the villainous John in The Fades (2011).

Early life and career

Dempsie was born in Liverpool in 1987, but grew up in West Bridgford in Nottingham.[2] He received his acting training from the Central Junior Television Workshop, Nottingham. He was also educated at The West Bridgford School.

He has been the voice of the Clearasil advertisements in the UK. Dempsie is a keen Nottingham Forest football fan and attends many home and away matches, he appeared on the UK Saturday morning football show Soccer AM wearing a Nottingham Forest football shirt. He appeared alongside Skins co-star Nicholas Hoult.

In episode 6 of the fourth series of Doctor Who, "The Doctor's Daughter", that aired on 10 May 2008, Dempsie played the character Cline,[3] a soldier who watches his comrades die.[4] On 18 April 2008, Dempsie appeared on Friday Night Project with Geri Halliwell.[5] On 20 July 2008, he appeared at T4 on the Beach in Weston Super Mare alongside fellow Skins cast members. He appeared as Duncan McKenzie in 2009's The Damned United alongside Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Graham and Timothy Spall. In November 2008, he appeared in The Moment of Truth, episode 10 of the BBC show Merlin. He plays Will, who is an old friend of Merlin's, from the village in which they grew up together.

In 2010, he voiced Steven, a gay teenager from Nottinghamshire in the Radio 4 play Once Upon a Time. He plays the character of Gendry in HBO's series Game of Thrones based on George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels.[6] As of 2017, he has appeared in the first three and seventh of its seven seasons. He also appeared in the Channel 4 mini-series This Is England '86, as well as the follow-ups This Is England '88 and This Is England '90. He has also appeared in Harry & Paul on BBC Two, appearing as a northerner who was presented as a gift from the character Harry was playing to his daughter. Recently he has appeared in the BBC Three series The Fades (episodes 3 to 6), as John.[7]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Peak PracticeLeonSeries 10, episode 10, "Playing God"
2001 DoctorsLee LindsaySeries 3, episode 1, "Sins of the Brother"
2003 Sweet MedicineBen CampbellSeries 1, episode 2
2004 DoctorsDannySeries 6, episode 132, "Rabbit in the Headlights"
2005 Born and BredHumphrey 'Bogie' LockeSeries 4, episode 3, "Community Spirits"
2007–2008 SkinsChris MilesSeries 1, 2
2008 Doctor WhoClineSeries 4, episode 6, "The Doctor's Daughter"
MerlinWilliamSeries 1, episode 10, "The Moment of Truth"
2010 This Is England '86HiggyEpisodes 1 and 3
2011–2013
2017–present		 Game of ThronesGendryRecurring (season 1–2; 9 episodes)
Main cast (season 3, 7; 10 episodes)
2011 The FadesJohnEpisodes 3, 4, 5 and 6
Moving OnKieran MurphyEpisode 5
2012 Murder: Joint EnterpriseStefanOne-off drama
AccusedMartin CormackEpisode 2
2013 SouthcliffeChris Cooper
2014 New WorldsNed Hawkins
2015 The GamechangersJamie KingOne-off drama
This Is England '90Higgy
2016 One of UsRob Elliot
2016 EllenJasonOne-off drama
2018 Deep State Harry Clarke

Film

Year Film Role Notes
2002 HeartlandsCraig
2003 One for the RoadJoyrider
2009 The Damned UnitedDuncan McKenzie
2010 EdgePhilip
2011 BlitzTheo Nelson
2014 Monsters: Dark ContinentFrankie
2015 Burn Burn Burn James
2017 Dark River David
2018 Been So Long Krestel

Radio

Year Title Role Station
2009 Black Hearts in BatterseaSimonBBC Radio 4
2010 Once Upon A TimeStevenBBC Radio 4
2013 Saturday Night and Sunday MorningArthur SeatonBBC Radio 4
2016 The Beach (Book at Bedtime)NarratorBBC Radio 4
2016 Waiting for the BoatmanCeccoBBC Radio 4

Voiceover work

Year Title
2008 Clearasil 'Lipstick' advert
2011 Sky One
2017 Final Fantasy XIV 'Warrior of Darkness, Arbert'

References

  1. ↑ "Game of Thrones star Joe Dempsie on his life and career". Archived from the original on 17 July 2015.
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150717011559/http://www.nottinghampost.com/Games-Thrones-star-Joe-Dempsie-life-career/story-26130405-detail/story.html. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "Saturday 10 May". Radio Times. No. 10–16 May 2008. BBC. April 2008. p. 68.
  4. ↑ 1 April 2008, 16:44 BST (1 April 2008). "Digital Spy article". Digital Spy article. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  5. ↑ Friday Night Project on Channel 4
  6. ↑ Take a Bow 10 August 2010 at 10:12 PM (10 August 2010). "Not A Blog – Take a Bow". Grrm.livejournal.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "BBC iplayer credits". Bbc.co.uk. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
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