Joe Dempsie

Joe Dempsie
Dempsie in 2018
Born22 June 1987 (1987-06-22) (age 36)
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present

Joseph Maxwell Dempsie (born 22 June 1987) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Chris Miles in the E4 teen comedy-drama Skins (2007–2008) and Gendry Baratheon in Game of Thrones (2011–2013; 2017–2019).

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 Tony Martin, and as the villainous John in The Fades (2011).

Early life

Joseph Maxwell Dempsie was born in Liverpool on 22 June 1987. His Scottish father was a social worker. He grew up in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. He received his acting training from the Central Junior Television Workshop in Nottingham, and was also educated at The West Bridgford School.

Career

Dempsie has been the voice of the Clearasil advertisements in the UK. 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, a soldier who watches his comrades die. On 18 April 2008, Dempsie appeared on Friday Night Project with Geri Halliwell. 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 Baratheon in HBO's series Game of Thrones based on George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels. He appeared in the first three, seventh and eighth of its eight 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.

In January 2021, it was announced that 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.

Personal life

Dempsie resides in London. He is a Nottingham Forest F.C. fan, and once appeared on Soccer AM wearing the team's shirt. Being half Scottish, he is also a fan of the Scotland national football team.

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Peak Practice Leon Episode: "Playing God"
2001 Doctors Lee Lindsay Episode: "Sins of the Brother"
2003 Sweet Medicine Ben Campbell Episode 2
2004 Doctors Danny Episode: "Rabbit in the Headlights"
2005 Born and Bred Humphrey 'Bogie' Locke Episode: "Community Spirits"
2006 To Kill a Burglar: The Tony Martin Story Fred Barras Television film
2007–2008 Skins Chris Miles 19 episodes
2008 Doctor Who Cline Episode: "The Doctor's Daughter"
Merlin William Episode: "The Moment of Truth"
2010 This Is England '86 Higgy 2 episodes
2011–2013;
2017–2019
Game of Thrones Gendry Baratheon 24 episodes
2011 The Fades John 4 episodes
Moving On Kieran Murphy Episode: "The Poetry of Silence"
2012 Murder Stefan Episode: "Joint Enterprise"
Accused Martin Cormack Episode: "Mo's Story"
2013 Southcliffe Chris Cooper 3 episodes
2014 New Worlds Ned Hawkins 4 episodes
2015 The Gamechangers Jamie King One-off drama
This Is England '90 Higgy 2 episodes
2016 Retribution / One of Us Rob Elliot 4 episodes
2016 Ellen Jason Television film
2018–2019 Deep State Harry Clarke 16 episodes
2020 Adult Material Rich 4 episodes
2022 Pieces of Her Nick Main cast
TBA Get Millie Black Luke Holborn Miniseries, filming
TBA Showtrial Series 2

Film

Year Film Role Notes
2002 Heartlands Craig
2003 One for the Road Joyrider
2009 The Damned United Duncan McKenzie
2010 Edge Philip
2011 Blitz Theo Nelson
2014 Monsters: Dark Continent Frankie
2015 Burn Burn Burn James
2017 Dark River David
2018 Been So Long Kestrel

Radio

Year Title Role Station
2009 Black Hearts in Battersea Simon BBC Radio 4
2010 Once Upon A Time Steven BBC Radio 4
2010 The Rain Maker Son BBC Radio 4
2013 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Arthur Seaton BBC Radio 4
2016 The Beach (Book at Bedtime) Narrator BBC Radio 4
2016 Waiting for the Boatman Cecco BBC Radio 4

Voiceover work

Year Title Role
2008 Clearasil 'Lipstick' advert
2011 Sky One
2016–2017;
2019–2021
Final Fantasy XIV Ardbert, Arenvald Lentinus, Oschon

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