Paterson Joseph

Paterson Joseph
Joseph at the reception for Sancho at BAM in Brooklyn
Born	Paterson Joseph (1964-06-22) 22 June 1964 London, England, United Kingdom
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1988–present

Paterson Joseph (born 22 June 1964) 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 known for his roles in Casualty (1997–98), as Alan Johnson in Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show (2003–2015), Green Wing (2004–06), Survivors (2008–10), Boy Meets Girl (2009) and as DI Wes Layton in Law & Order: UK (2013–14). His film roles include The Beach (2000), Æon Flux (2005) and The Other Man (2008).

Early life

Joseph was born in London to St. Lucian parents and attended Cardinal Hinsley R.C. High School in north-west London. He first trained at the Studio '68 of Theatre Arts, London (South Kensington Library) from 1983 to 1985 with Robert Henderson, then at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

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.

Joseph's theatre credits include the title role in Othello, as well as parts in Henry IV, King Lear, and Hamlet for a performance in New York City. 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. In 2006, he became a patron of OffWestEnd.com, a listings site for theatre outside the mainstream. 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. In 2015, Sancho: An Act of Remembrance, a solo play written and performed by Paterson and based on the life of Ignatius Sancho, was staged in Oxford and Birmingham, and toured in the US starting in October.

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.

He also appeared in the acclaimed drama Sex Traffic, in the 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 Weakest Link who is eventually killed by the Daleks. He has also appeared in various supporting roles in Dead Ringers. 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.

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. He also provided the voice of K.O. Joe in Chop Socky Chooks.

In 2008, he played Greg Preston in Survivors, the BBC remake of the 1970s science fiction drama of the same name. He repeated the role for the second series in 2010, after which the programme was cancelled. 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.

Joseph provided the narration for the National Geographic series Mega Cities from 2005 to 2011, and Wild Russia in 2009. He played Tyler in the BBC Switch film Rules of Love in 2010.

Joseph played DI Wes Layton in Law & Order: UK from 2013 to 2014.

He currently plays the messianic "Holy Wayne" Gilchrest on the original HBO dramatic series The Leftovers, which began airing in 2014, and he has recently portrayed General Arnold Gaines on You, Me and the Apocalypse.

Film

In 2000, Joseph appeared as Keaty in the Hollywood film The Beach alongside Leonardo DiCaprio. In 2005, he starred as Giroux alongside Charlize Theron in Paramount Pictures' Æon Flux.

Voice work

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

Personal life

Joseph lives in France with his wife and one son. He was a chef before becoming an actor.

Filmography

Television

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	11 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	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	Hustle	Dexter Gold	Series 8, Episode 1
2013-14	Law & Order: UK	DCI Wes Leyton	Series 7-8
2013	Wild Burma: Nature's Lost Kingdom	Narrator
2014	Babylon	Assistant Commissioner Charles Inglis	Series 1
2014	The Leftovers	"Holy" Wayne Gilchrest	Season 1 Season 2, 2 Episodes
2015	You, Me and the Apocalypse	General Arnold Gaines

Film

Year	Title	Role
1993	In the Name of the Father	Benbay
2000	The Long Run	Gasa
2000	The Beach	Keaty
2000	Greenfingers	Jimmy
2004	The Baby Juice Express	Sean Boetang
2005	Æon Flux	Giroux
2008	The Other Man	Ralph

External links

• Paterson Joseph at the Internet Movie Database