Joe Dempsie


Joe Dempsie is an English actor, best known for his roles as Chris Miles in the E4 teen comedy-drama Skins and Gendry in Game of Thrones.
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. He also 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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Early life and education

Dempsie's father was a social worker and his mother an educational psychologist. He grew up in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. He was educated at West Bridgford School, and received acting training from the Central Junior Television Workshop in Nottingham.

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 played 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, 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

As of 2015, Dempsie was residing in London.
He is a Nottingham Forest F.C. fan.

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
2002HeartlandsCraig
2003One for the Road'TWOC'er
2008Listen to the WordsTim
2009SpiritedDeanShort film
2009The Damned UnitedDuncan McKenzie
2010EdgePhilip
2010Lucy IslandDavid
2011BlitzTheo Nelson
2011Happy ClapperMarshyShort films
2011CardinalPrideShort films
2014Monsters: Dark ContinentFrankie Maguire
2015Burn Burn BurnJames
2016Deep SwimmerMark Kennedy
2016MadlySegment: 'I Do'
2017StarGirlMeteor Hunter 2Short film
2017Dark RiverDavid
2017Come Out of the WoodsAllyShort film
2018Been So LongKestrel
2019Eighteen WeeksCraig TomlinShort films
2020AftertasteAlfieShort films
2023SoulmateNeilShort films
2024AdditionSeamus