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Paterson D. Joseph (born 22 June 1964)[1][3] 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).

Paterson Joseph
Joseph at the reception for Sancho at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2015
Born	Paterson D. Joseph[1] (1964-06-22) 22 June 1964 (age 58) London, England[2]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present
Spouse	Emmanuelle Joseph
Children	1

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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

In 2006, he became a patron of OffWestEnd.com, a listings site for theatre outside the mainstream.[7] 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.[8][9] 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.[10][11][12]

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 acclaimed drama Sex Traffic (2004), 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.[13] 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.[5]

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.[14]

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.[15]

In 2020, Joseph played the part of Prime Minister Kamal Hadley in the series of Noughts + Crosses.[16]

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.[17] He played Tyler in the BBC Switch film Rules of Love in 2010.

Film

In 2000, Joseph appeared as Keaty in adventure drama The Beach, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio. In 2005, Joseph appeared as Giroux in the science-fiction action film Æon Flux, which starred Charlize Theron.

Joseph is set to star alongside Timothee Chalamet in the upcoming musical fantasy film Wonka, directed by Paul King.

Voice work

In 2011, Joseph returned to Doctor Who, where he appeared in the audio drama Earth Aid, playing Victor Espinosa.[18] 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.[19]

Writing

In October 2022, Joseph's debut novel The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho was released.[20] The book charts the life of Charles Ignatius Sancho through fictionalised diary entires, letters and commentary.

Personal life

Joseph lived in the Loire Valley with his French wife Emmanuelle and their son, before moving to London.[21][22] Before becoming an actor, Joseph worked as a chef.[23] Joseph supports the Brazilian national football team.[24]

Filmography

Television

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Between the Lines	Sergeant Viv Jones	Episode: "Words of Advice"
1994	Soldier Soldier	Fusilier Eddie Nelson	Episode: "Changing the Guard"
1994	Casualty	Michael	Episode: "Hidden Agendas"
1996	Neverwhere	Marquis de Carabas	6 episodes
1997–1998	Casualty	Mark Grace	42 episodes
2000	Safe as Houses	Gabriel
2001	Armadillo	Alan
2001	Now You See Her	Mark
2001	Cold Feet	Suggs	Episodes: 4.5 and 4.6
2002	Waking the Dead	Dermot Sullivan	Episode: "Life Sentence Part 1"
2002	Silent Witness	Sergeant Terry Harding	Episodes: "The Fall Out Part 1" and "The Fall Out Part 2"
2003	Loving You	Felix Fisher
2003	A Touch of Frost	Colin Stokes	Episode: "Close Encounters"
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"
2004	Sex Traffic	Martin
2004	My Dad's the Prime Minister	Detective Gary McRyan	6 episodes
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"
2005	Elmina's Kitchen	Deli
2005	Doctor Who	Rodrick	Episodes: "Bad Wolf" and "The Parting of the Ways"
2005	Rose and Maloney	Harry Callaghan	Episode 2.1
2005	Jericho	Shorty	Episode: "A Pair of Ragged Claws"
2005	Open Wide	Neil
2006	Mayo	Dr. Rossi	Episode 1.1
2006	That Mitchell and Webb Look	Various characters
2006–07	Hyperdrive	Space Marshal Clarke	7 episodes
2007	Jekyll	Benjamin Lennox	4 episodes
2007	Chop Socky Chooks	KO Joe
2008–10	Survivors	Greg Preston
2008	The Fixer	Patrick Finch	Series 1, Episode 5
2009	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency	Cephas Buthelezi	Episodes: "Beauty and Integrity" and "A Real Botswana Diamond"
2009	Boy Meets Girl	Jay Metcalfe
2010	Blood and Oil	Ed Daly	2 episodes
2010	On Christmas Night	Presenter	Reading from the Gospel of John
2011	Case Histories	Patrick Carter	2 episodes
2011	Coming Up: Food	English man	1 episode
2011	Death in Paradise	William	1 episode
2012	The Hollow Crown Henry V	Duke of York	TV film
2012	Hustle	Dexter Gold[25]	Series 8, Episode 1
2013–14	Law & Order: UK	DCI Wes Leyton	Series 7–8
2013	Wild Burma: Nature's Lost Kingdom	Narrator	3 episodes
2014	Babylon	Assistant Commissioner Charles Inglis	Series 1
2014	The Leftovers	"Holy" Wayne Gilchrest	Season 1 Season 2, two episodes
2015	Thunderbirds Are Go	Robert Williams (voice)	1 episode
2015	You, Me and the Apocalypse	General Arnold Gaines	Main Role
2015	Safe House	Mark
2016	Inside Obama's White House	Narrator	4 episodes
2016–18	Timeless	Connor Mason[15]	26 episodes
2017	Rellik	Dr Isaac Taylor	6 episodes
2018	Urban Myths	Chuck D	Episode: "Public Enemy (feat Kev Wells)"
2019	Grantchester	Reverend Nathaniel Todd	1 episode
2019	Counterpart	Elan	Episode: "You to You"
2019	The End of the F***ing World	Kevan	1 episode
2019	Avenue 5	Harrison Ames	2 episodes
2020	Unprecedented	George	1 episode
2020	Noughts + Crosses	Home Secretary Kamal Hadley	6 episodes
2021	Inside No. 9	Pantalone	Episode: “Wuthering Heist”
2021	The Mosquito Coast	Calaca	2 episodes
2021	Vigil	Commander Neil Newsome, Commanding Officer of HMS Vigil
2022	That Dirty Black Bag	Thompson	8 episodes
2022	Unearthed Narratives	TBA	TV mini series
2022	Twilight of the Gods	Loki	1 episode

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	The Long Run	Gasa	Jean Stewart
2000	The Beach	Keaty	Danny Boyle
2000	Greenfingers	Jimmy	Joel Hershman
2004	The Baby Juice Express	Sean Boetang	Michael Hurst
2005	Æon Flux	Giroux	Karyn Kusama
2008	The Other Man	Ralph	Richard Eyre
2011	Stop the World	Pat	Richard Leaf	Short film
2015	Between Lambs and Lions	President Nebuchadnezzar	Ted Wilkes	Short film
2015	Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny	Voice / Introduction	Rhodri Huw	Film adaptation
2019	Since Yesterday	Old friend	Alexander Bradley	Short film
2022	Daddy's Girl	Saul	Jessica Magaye	Short film
2022	Geronimo	Doctor	Geraint Morgan	Short film
2023	Wonka	TBA	Paul King	Filming

References

External links

• Paterson Joseph at IMDb

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[ru] Джозеф, Патерсон

Па́терсон Джо́зеф (англ. Paterson Joseph, род. 22 июня 1964, Лондон) — английский актёр.

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