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Joey Batey is an English actor, musician, singer, and songwriter. He is known for portraying the bard Jaskier in the Netflix fantasy series The Witcher. He is also known for singing "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher", as well other songs featured in episodes of the series where he starred.[1][2]

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Joey Batey
Joey Batey in December 2019
Born	Newcastle upon Tyne, England[citation needed]
Education	Robinson College, Cambridge
Occupation	Actor, musician
Years active	2008–present

Early life and education

Joey Batey was born in Newcastle upon Tyne.^{[citation needed]} He has said he grew up in a "musical family" and has always been around music.[3] He studied at Robinson College, Cambridge and L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq.[4] Whilst at Cambridge, he co-wrote and performed the comedic sketch show Good Clean Men with Alex Owen, Ben Ashenden and others,[5][6] of the comedy act, The Pin.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Acting

Batey acted in the 2013 British thriller, Murder on the Home Front, directed by Geoffrey Sax,[7] which was his film debut.^{[citation needed]} In 2014, he appeared in The Riot Club directed by Lone Scherfig.[8] In 2017, Paul McGuigan cast him as Eddie in Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool.[9] Batey also played in the British TV series Strike (2017),[10] and In The Dark (2017).[11] He appeared in the series Knightfall in 2017-2018, a 14th century period piece centered on the Knights Templar, where he played the role of Pierre, a spy after information on the Holy Grail.[12]

As of 2021, Batey was continuing to play the character of the bard, Jaskier, in Netflix's adaptation of The Witcher, based on the Polish novel series of the same name.[13][14]

Musical performance

Batey is a vocalist and musician for the indie folk band The Amazing Devil, as well as the primary writer and composer.[15] The band has released three albums including Love Run (2016),[15] and The Horror and the Wild (2020).[16] Their most recent album, Ruin, was released on 31 October 2021.[17]^{[third-party source needed]}

In Netflix's adaptation of The Witcher, Batey has performed songs featured in the episodes in which he starred,^{[citation needed]} including "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher",^{[citation needed]} "The Fishmonger's Daughter"[18] and "Her Sweet Kiss", as well as "Burn Butcher Burn",[19] "Whoreson Prison Blues"[20] and "The Golden One",[21] the latter of these in the second season of the show.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	The Riot Club	Eager Chap
2016	Bloody Cakes	Colin Montcrawknox	Unreleased
2017	Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool	Eddie	Uncredited

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Murder on the Home Front	Dixie	Television film
2013	The White Queen	Edward of Lancaster	2 episodes
2013	Whitechapel	Gavin Redman	2 episodes
2016	Mount Pleasant	Gopher	3 episodes
2017	In the Dark	Shelley	2 episodes
2017	Strike	Al Rokeby	2 episodes
2017–2018	Knightfall	Pierre	5 episodes
2018	Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators	Callum Ballimore	Series 1, episode 4: "This Rough Magic"
2018	Stan Lee's Lucky Man	Bobby Hayes	Series 3, episode 2: "Run Rabbit Run"
2019	The War of the Worlds	Henderson	Series 1, episode 1
2019–present	The Witcher	Jaskier	Main role

Further reading

• Rivera, Starleen (31 December 2021). "The Witcher: 10 Movies and Shows Where You've Seen the Cast". ScreenRant.com. Montreal, Quebec: Valnet Inc. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

References

External links

• Joey Batey at IMDb
• The Amazing Devil Official Website
• The Amazing Devil on Bandcamp

На других языках

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- [en] Joey Batey

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[es] Joey Batey

Joey Batey (Newcastle upon Tyne, Inglaterra; 1 de enero de 1989)[1] es un actor, músico, cantante y compositor inglés. Es conocido por interpretar a Jaskier en la serie de fantasía oscura The Witcher, producida por Netflix, además de cantar el tema musical «Toss a Coin to Your Witcher», en el programa.[1] Hizo sus primeras apariciones en producciones como Shakespeare Company Wolf Hall y Bring up the Bodies on the West End and Broadway. Desde entonces ha participado en múltiples programas de televisión británicos y estadounidenses.[1]

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[ru] Бэти, Джои

Джои Бэти (англ. Joseph Batey; родился 1 января 1989, Ньюкасл-апон-Тайн, Англия, Великобритания) — британский актёр и певец. Наиболее известен по роли Лютика в фэнтезийном сериале компании Netflix «Ведьмак».

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