1. Joseph Maxwell Dempsie is an English actor, best known for his roles as Chris Miles in the E4 teen comedy-drama Skins and Gendry Baratheon in Game of Thrones.
13 Facts About Joe Dempsie
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Joe Dempsie's earlier acting credits include the medical dramas Peak Practice, Doctors, and Sweet Medicine, as well as the films One for the Road and Heartlands.
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Joe Dempsie appeared in This is England '86 and This is England '90, Born and Bred, a BBC documentary-drama about Tony Martin, and as the villainous John in The Fades.
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Joe Dempsie's father was a social worker and his mother an educational psychologist.
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Joe Dempsie was educated at West Bridgford School, and received acting training from the Central Junior Television Workshop in Nottingham.
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Joe Dempsie has been the voice of the Clearasil advertisements in the UK.
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In episode 6 of the fourth series of Doctor Who, "The Doctor's Daughter", that aired on 10 May 2008, Joe Dempsie played the character Cline, a soldier who watches his comrades die.
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On 18 April 2008, Joe Dempsie appeared on Friday Night Project with Geri Halliwell.
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Joe Dempsie appeared as Duncan McKenzie in 2009's The Damned United alongside Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Graham and Timothy Spall.
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Joe Dempsie plays Will, who is an old friend of Merlin's, from the village in which they grew up together.
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Joe Dempsie appeared in the first three, seventh and eighth of its eight seasons.
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Joe Dempsie 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.
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In January 2021, it was announced that Joe Dempsie was cast as Nick in the upcoming Netflix thriller series Pieces of Her, which is adapted from the Karin Slaughter novel of the same name.