Paterson Joseph
{{Short description|British actor and author (born 1964)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Paterson Joseph
| image = File:Lozupone-paterson-joseph.png
| caption = Joseph at the reception for Sancho at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2015
| birth_name = Paterson Davis Joseph{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?scan=1&r=230311636:5048&d=bmd_1617695873|title = FreeBMD Entry Info}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|6|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Willesden, Middlesex, United Kingdom{{cite web |title=Paterson Joseph – People – Royal Opera House |url=http://www.roh.org.uk/people/paterson-joseph |website=www.roh.org.uk}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| othername =
| alma_mater = London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
| spouse = Emmanuelle Joseph
| children = 1
| occupation = Actor, author
| notable_works = The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho (2022)
| awards = RSL Christopher Bland Prize
| office = Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University
| yearsactive = 1989–present
}}
Paterson Davis Joseph (born 22 June 1964){{cite web |title=LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress) |url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003115943 |website=id.loc.gov}} is a British actor and author.
Joseph appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) 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 (2014–2015), 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 (2000), Æon Flux (2005), The Other Man (2008) and Wonka (2023).
Joseph is also a writer, and his 2022 debut novel The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho won the 2023 Christopher Bland Prize awarded by the Royal Society of Literature. He was announced as Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University in October 2022.
Early life
Joseph was born on 22 June 1964 in Willesden Green, Middlesex, to parents from Saint Lucia.{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/my-life-in-travel-paterson-joseph-920400.html | title=My life in travel: Paterson Joseph | website=Independent.co.uk|interviewer=William Schomburg | date=5 September 2008 }} He attended Cardinal Hinsley R.C. High School in north-west London, a predominantly Irish Catholic school.{{cite web |title=Paterson Joseph - Doctor Who Guide |url=https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?code=577#:~:text=Joseph%20was%20born%20in%20London,and%20Dramatic%20Art%20(LAMDA). |website=guide.doctorwhonews.net |publisher=Doctor Who Guide |access-date=14 November 2022}} He has described himself as a "terrible bunker" while at school, opting to spend the best part of two years in the local public library instead.{{cite web|url=https://www.speakersforschools.org/speakers/paterson-joseph/|title=Paterson Joseph|website=Speakers for Schools|access-date=31 August 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/article/2024/may/27/paterson-joseph-opera-peep-show |title=Interview: 'I was told I was stupid': Peep Show's Paterson Joseph on his debut novel – and writing three operas|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Claire|last=Armitstead|author-link=Claire Armitstead|date=27 May 2024}}
He worked briefly as a catering assistant at a hospital, before deciding to pursue acting as a profession. Joseph first trained at the Studio '68 of Theatre Arts, London (South Kensington Library), from 1983 to 1985 with Robert Henderson. He later attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), before going on to perform for the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Royal National Theatre.{{cite web |last1=Joseph |first1=Paterson |title=Paterson Joseph: Film and TV actor |url=https://www.speakersforschools.org/speakers/paterson-joseph/ |website=speakersforschools.org |publisher=Speakers for Schools |access-date=16 November 2022}}
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."Timely tributes for a new generation of actors", Sunday Times, 13 January 1991. 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/thatmitchellandwebbsite/cast/joseph.shtml|title=Paterson Joseph|access-date=3 January 2009|publisher=BBC }} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/baz-and-the-bard-698209.html|title=Baz and the Bard|last=Rampton|first=James|date=22 December 2004|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=2 January 2009 |location=London}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
In 2006, he became a patron of OffWestEnd.com, a listings site for theatre outside the mainstream.{{cite web|url=http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/pages/patron_paterson_joseph/|title=Patron – Paterson Joseph|work=OffWestEnd.com|access-date=25 January 2009|archive-date=9 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809204701/http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/pages/patron_paterson_joseph/|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/apr/13/theatre?gusrc=rss&feed=stage|title=The Royal Hunt of the Sun, National, London|last=Billington|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Billington (critic)|date=13 April 2006|work=The Guardian |location=UK |access-date=25 January 2009}}{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article2349054.ece|title=The Emperor Jones|last=Nightingale|first=Benedict|author-link=Benedict Nightingale|date=30 August 2007|work=The Times|publisher=Times Newspapers|access-date=25 January 2009 | location=London}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2015/paterson-joseph-one-man-show-play-uk-ahead-us-tour/|title=Paterson Joseph one-man show to play UK ahead of US tour|last=Hemley|first=Matthew|work=The Stage|date=15 July 2015}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/sep/14/paterson-joseph-sancho-18th-century-black-british-author-actor|title=Paterson Joseph on Sancho: The First Black Briton to Vote|first=Paterson|last=Joseph|newspaper=The Guardian|date=14 September 2015}}{{cite web|title=Leon Levy BAM Digital Archive: Production: Sancho: An Act of Remembrance [2015f.01270]|url=http://levyarchive.bam.org/Detail/occurrences/15885|website=levyarchive.bam.org|language=en}}
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.{{cite press release |title=That Mitchell and Webb Look |publisher=BBC |date= 29 August 2006|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/08_august/29/mitchell_webb_biogs.shtml|access-date=25 January 2009}} 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. Joseph also provided the voice of K.O. Joe in Chop Socky Chooks.
From 2008 to 2010, Joseph 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.
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/timeless-review-934261|title='Timeless': TV Review|last=Fienberg|first= Daniel| work=Hollywood Reporter|date=30 September 2016}}
In 2020, Joseph played the part of Home Secretary Kamal Hadley in the series of Noughts + Crosses.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8098956/fullcredits|title=Noughts + Crosses (2020– ) Full Cast & Crew|publisher=IMDb}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07470xw|title=BBC Two - Inside Obama's White House|date=17 March 2016|publisher=BBC|access-date=19 March 2016}} He played Tyler in the BBC Switch film Rules of Love in 2010.
=Film=
Joseph's first feature film role was as Benbay in Jim Sheridan's In the Name of the Father.
In 2000, Joseph appeared as Keaty in Danny Boyle's adventure drama film The Beach, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio. In the same year, he also appeared in The Long Run and Greenfingers.
In 2005, he portrayed Giroux in the science-fiction action film Æon Flux, which starred Charlize Theron. Then in 2008 he played a supporting role in The Other Man, opposite Liam Neeson and Antonio Banderas.
Joseph appears as villain Arthur Slugworth, part of an ensemble cast in the 2023 musical fantasy film Wonka, directed by Paul King.{{Cite web |date=27 December 2022 |title=Paterson Joseph - Contributor Biography |url=https://www.dialoguebooks.co.uk/contributor/paterson-joseph/ |access-date=27 December 2022 |website=www.dialoguebooks.co.uk}}
Joseph has also appeared in several short films, including Stop the World, directed by Richard Leaf. He voiced the character of Victor in the 2023 drama short film Bet Your Bottom Dollar{{cite news |last1=Grobar |first1=Matt |title=Paterson Joseph Boards Indie Drama 'Bet Your Bottom Dollar' From Director Brandon Ashplant |url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/paterson-joseph-boards-indie-drama-bet-your-bottom-dollar-1235183963/ |access-date=22 December 2022 |publisher=Deadline Hollywood |date=29 November 2022}} produced by British-Canadian filmmaker Jonathan Tammuz.
=Voice work=
In 2011, Joseph returned to Doctor Who, where he appeared in the audio drama Earth Aid, playing Victor Espinosa.{{Cite web|url=http://bigfinish.com/206-Doctor-Who-Earth-Aid|title=2.06 Doctor Who: Earth Aid|publisher=Big Finish}} 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 Barbadian writer George Lamming's 1953 debut novel In the Castle of My Skin first broadcast in December 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qls7|title=In the Castle of My Skin by George Lamming|publisher=BBC Radio 4|access-date=1 January 2021}}
=Lectures=
Joseph has delivered such keynote public lectures as the Memorial 2007 Annual Lecture at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies{{cite web|url=https://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/news/memorial-2007-annual-lecture-seeing-believing-memorial-story-images|title=Memorial 2007 Annual Lecture – Seeing is Believing: Memorial as Story (with images)|publisher=Institute of Commonwealth Studies|date=28 September 2023|access-date=13 November 2023}} and at Lancaster University.{{cite web|url=https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/arts-and-social-sciences/news/lancaster-university-public-lecture-series-welcomes-actor-and-author-paterson-joseph|title=Lancaster University Public Lecture series welcomes actor and author Paterson Joseph|date=23 October 2023|access-date=13 November 2023}}
=Writing=
In October 2022, Joseph's debut novel The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho was released, published by Dialogue Books.{{Cite web |last=Pulley |first=Natasha |date=2022-10-07 |title=The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph review – a Georgian Black Briton |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/07/the-secret-diaries-of-charles-ignatius-sancho-by-paterson-joseph-review-a-georgian-black-briton |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=The Guardian |language=en}} The book charts the life of Charles Ignatius Sancho through fictionalised diary entries, letters and commentary. Writing in The New York Times, reviewer Thomas Mallon concluded: "With the conjuring tricks of historical fiction, Joseph has taken an actual man and, two and a half centuries later, made him as thoroughly himself, and as fully present, as he was the first time round."{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/11/books/review/the-secret-diaries-of-charles-ignatius-sancho.html|title=The Picaresque Life of an 18th-Century Black English Polymath|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Thomas|last=Mallon|date=11 April 2023}} The novel was shortlisted for the 2023 Jhalak Prize,{{Cite web |date=2023-04-20 |title=Jhalak Prize 2023 shortlists announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/04/20/229853/jhalak-prize-2023-shortlists-announced/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |publisher=Books+Publishing}} and won the 2023 RSL Christopher Bland Prize.{{cite web|url=https://rsliterature.org/2023/06/paterson-joseph-wins-the-2023-rsl-christopher-bland-prize/|title=Paterson Joseph Wins the 2023 RSL Christopher Bland Prize|publisher=The Royal Society of Literature|date=8 June 2023|access-date=12 June 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes/news/2023/06/chancellor-of-oxford-brookes-paterson-joseph-wins|title=Chancellor of Oxford Brookes, Paterson Joseph, wins prestigious 2023 RSL Christopher Bland Prize|publisher=Oxford Brookes University|date=8 June 2023|access-date=13 November 2023}} Joseph was also a contributor to the 2024 book Encounters with James Baldwin: Celebrating 100 Years.
=Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University=
In October 2022, Joseph was announced as the next Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University{{cite web |title=Actor Paterson Joseph announced as the next Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University |url=https://www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes/news/2022/10/actor-paterson-joseph-announced-as-the-next-chance|publisher=Oxford Brookes University|date=11 October 2022|access-date=12 June 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-63227712|title=Paterson Joseph to become Oxford Brookes University chancellor|work=BBC News |date=
12 October 2022|access-date=13 November 2023}} (previous holders of the role including Helena Kennedy, Jon Snow, Shami Chakrabarti and Katherine Grainger) and was officially installed in May 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes/news/2023/05/actor-and-author-paterson-joseph-installed-as-chan|title=Actor and author Paterson Joseph installed as Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University|publisher=Oxford Brookes University|date=25 May 2023|access-date=13 November 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2023-05-25/actor-paterson-joseph-installed-as-chancellor-of-oxford-brookes-university|title=Actor Paterson Joseph installed as Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University|website=ITV News|date=25 May 2023}}
Personal life
Joseph lived in the Loire Valley, France, with his French ex-wife Emmanuelle and their son, before moving back to his native London.{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/5194650/Interview-Paterson-Joseph-on-Boy-Meets-Girl.html |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |title=Interview: Paterson Joseph on Boy Meets Girl |first=Michael |last=Deacon|author-link=Michael Deacon (journalist) |date=21 April 2009 |access-date=21 May 2010}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/tv/survivors-star-paterson-joseph-on-chips-245048|title=Survivors star Paterson Joseph on chips, coal mines and cycling|last=Laws|first=Roz|date=10 January 2010|work=birminghammail|access-date=16 July 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://sky1.sky.com/10-minute-tales-paterson-joseph-interview|title=Sky 1 - Sky.com|work=sky.com}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/feb/29/paterson-joseph-interview-youre-thick|title=Interview {{!}} Paterson Joseph: 'The worst thing anyone's said to me? You're thick'|first=Rosanna|last=Greenstreet|newspaper=The Guardian|date=29 February 2020}} Joseph supports the Brazil national football team.{{cite web| url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAiTEl803IA&t=0m20s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/dAiTEl803IA |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Paterson Joseph Talks About Racism in Football {{!}} Dear Lovejoy Podcast|via=YouTube|date=4 July 2018 }}{{cbignore}}
Filmography
=Television=
| class="wikitable"
|+Key | style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}} |Denotes works that have not yet been released |
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1989
| Streetwise | Dave | 9 episodes |
| 1990
| South of the Border | Julian Henry | Episode 2.7 |
| 1992
| Bunch of Five | Compton | Episode: "Dead at Thirty" |
| rowspan="2" |1992
| The Bill | Michael Tapscott | Episode: "Soft Target" |
| Between the Lines
| Sgt. Viv Jones | Episode: "Words of Advice" |
| 1993
| Busi | Episode: "Not Even God Is Wise Enough" |
| rowspan="3" |1994
| Funky Black Shorts | Ellis | Episode: "Home and Away" |
| Soldier Soldier
| Fusilier Eddie Nelson | Episode: "Changing the Guard" |
| Casualty
| Michael | Episode: "Hidden Agendas" |
| 1996
| Marquis de Carabas | 6 episodes |
| 1997–98
| Casualty | Mark Grace | 42 episodes |
| 2000
| Safe as Houses | Gabriel James | TV movie |
| rowspan="3" |2001
| Armadillo | Alan | 3 episodes |
| Now You See Her
| Mark | TV movie |
| Cold Feet
| Suggs | Episodes: 4.5 and 4.6 |
| rowspan="3" |2002
| Dermot Sullivan | Episodes: "Life Sentence Part 1" and "Life Sentence Part 2" |
| Silent Witness
| Sergeant Terry Harding | Episodes: "The Fall Out Part 1" and "The Fall Out Part 2" |
| Bodily Harm
| Undertaker Two | 1 episode |
| rowspan="3" |2003
| Felix Fisher | TV movie |
| {{sortname|A|Touch of Frost}}
| Colin Stokes | Episode: "Close Encounters" |
| Ghosts of Albion: Legacy
| Nigel Townsend | 7 episodes |
| 2003–05
| Reuben | 10 episodes |
| 2003–15
| Alan Johnson | 16 episodes |
| rowspan="6" |2004
| Dr. Mark Maddison | Episode: "The Group" |
| Dead Ringers
| Mickey Stone | 2 episodes |
| Ghost of Albion: Embers
| Nigel Townsend | 5 episodes |
| Sex Traffic
| Martin | 2 episodes |
| My Dad's the Prime Minister
| Detective Gary McRyan | 6 episodes |
| My Shakespeare
| Self | TV movie documentary |
| 2004–06
| Lyndon Jones | 9 episodes |
| rowspan="6" |2005
| Mr Alisdair Collinson | Episodes: "Heads You Lose Part 1" and "Heads You Lose Part 2" |
| Elmina's Kitchen
| Deli | TV movie |
| Doctor Who
| Rodrick | Episodes: "Bad Wolf" and "The Parting of the Ways" |
| Rose and Maloney
| Harry Callaghan | Episode: "Carl Callaghan" |
| Jericho
| Shorty | Episode: "A Pair of Ragged Claws" |
| Open Wide
| Neil | TV movie |
| 2006
| Mayo | Dr. Rossi | Episode: "Cast a Cold Eye" |
| 2006-08
| Various characters | 8 episodes |
| 2006–07
| Space Marshal Clarke | 7 episodes |
| 2007–08
| Mega Cities | Narrator | Episodes: "Hong Kong" and "Taipei" |
| rowspan="2" |2007
| Jekyll | Benjamin Lennox | 4 episodes |
| Chop Socky Chooks
| KO Joe | 26 episodes |
| 2008–10
| Greg Preston | 12 episodes |
| rowspan="2" |2008
| {{sortname|The|Fixer|The Fixer (2008 TV series)}} | Patrick Finch | Series 1, Episode 5 |
| Thrilla in Manila
| Narrator | TV movie documentary |
| 2008-09
| General Ogun | 26 episodes |
| rowspan="4" |2009
| Japan's Wild Secrets | Narrator | Tv movie documentary |
| {{sortname|The|No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency|The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV series)}}
| Cephas Buthelezi | Episodes: "Beauty and Integrity" and "A Real Botswana Diamond" |
| Boy Meets Girl
| Jay Metcalfe | 4 episodes |
| 10 Minute Tales
| Paul | Episode: "Let It Snow" |
| rowspan="4" |2010
| Blood and Oil | Ed Daly | TV movie |
| Clash of the Continents
| Narrator | Episode: "End of Eden" |
| Rules of Love
| Tyler | TV movie |
| On Christmas Night
| Presenter | Reading from the Gospel of John |
| rowspan="3" |2011
| Patrick Carter | 2 episodes |
| Coming Up: Food
| English man | 1 episode |
| Death in Paradise
| William | 1 episode |
| rowspan="4" |2012
| {{sortname|The|Hollow Crown|The Hollow Crown (TV series)}} Henry V |TV film |
| Julius Caesar
| Brutus | Live recording performance by RSC |
| Hustle
| Series 8, Episode 1 |
| In Love with...
| Sir Robert Chiltern | Episode: "In Love with Wilde" |
| rowspan="2" |2013
| Wild Thailand | Narrator | 2 episodes |
| Wild Burma: Nature's Lost Kingdom
| Narrator | 3 episodes |
| 2013–14
| DCI Wes Leyton |Series 7–8 |
| 2014
| Babylon | Assistant Commissioner Charles Inglis | Series 1 |
| 2014-15
| {{sortname|The|Leftovers|The Leftovers (TV series)}} | "Holy" Wayne Gilchrest | Season 1 |
| rowspan="3" |2015
| Robert Williams (voice) | 1 episode |
| You, Me and the Apocalypse
| General Arnold Gaines | Main Role |
| Safe House
| Mark | |
| rowspan="2" |2016
| Inside Obama's White House | Narrator | 4 episodes |
| The Coopers vs the Rest
| Toby | Pilot episode |
| 2016–18
| Timeless | 26 episodes |
| 2017
| Rellik | Dr Isaac Taylor | 6 episodes |
| rowspan="2" |2018
| The Prosecutors: Real Crime and Punishment | Narrator | Episodes: "Modern Day Slavery" and "Prisons, Drugs and Drones" |
| Urban Myths
| Chuck D | Episode: "Public Enemy (feat Kev Wells)" |
| rowspan="4" |2019
| Reverend Nathaniel Todd | 1 episode |
| Counterpart
| Elan | Episode: "You to You" |
| {{sortname|The|End of the F***ing World}}
| Kevan | 1 episode |
| Avenue 5
| Harrison Ames | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2" |2020
| George | 1 episode |
| Noughts + Crosses
| Home Secretary Kamal Hadley | 6 episodes |
| rowspan="3" |2021
| Pantalone | Episode: “Wuthering Heist” |
| The Mosquito Coast
| Calaca | 2 episodes |
| Vigil
| Commander Neil Newsome, Captain of HMS Vigil | 6 episodes |
| rowspan="2" |2022
| Thompson | 8 episodes |
| Unearthed Narratives
| Himself | TV mini series |
| 2023
| Samuel | TV mini series |
| 2025
| Duke Bergan | Voice role, 8 episodes |
=Film=
| class="wikitable"
|+Key | style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}} |Denotes works that have not yet been released |
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Director ! Notes |
|---|
| 1993
| Benbay |Docudrama / Legal Drama / True Crime / Tragedy |
| rowspan="3" |2000
| {{sortname|The|Long Run|The Long Run (film)}} | Gasa | Jean Stewart |Drama / Sport |
| {{sortname|The|Beach|The Beach (film)}}
| Keaty | Adventure / Romance / Thriller / Drama |
| Greenfingers
| Jimmy | True Crime / Comedy / Drama / Romance |
| 2004
| {{sortname|The|Baby Juice Express|nolink=y}} | Sean Boetang | Michael Hurst |Comedy / Crime |
| 2005
| Æon Flux | Giroux |Adventure / Action / Superhero |
| 2008
| {{sortname|The|Other Man|The Other Man (2008 film)}} | Ralph | |
| 2011
| Stop the World | Pat |
| 2012
| Brutus | Gregory Doran | Filmed stage play |
| rowspan="2" |2015
| Between Lambs and Lions | President Nebuchadnezzar | Ted Wilkes | Short film |
| Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
| Narrator | Rhodri Huw | Music |
| 2019
| Since Yesterday | Old friend | Alexander Bradley | rowspan="5" |Short film |
| rowspan="2" |2022
| Daddy's Girl | Saul | Jessica Magaye |
| Geronimo
| Doctor | Geraint Morgan |
| rowspan="3" |2023
|Bet Your Bottom Dollar | Victor | Brandon Ashplant |
| The Velveteen Rabbit
| King | Jennifer Perrott and Rick Thiele |
| |Wonka
| Musical Fantasy |
Stage
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Play ! Role ! Venue ! Notes |
|---|
| 1987–88
| Raping the Gold | Leon | |
| 1988-89
| Adrian | |
| rowspan="2" |1989
| Whale | 1st Inuit Lover | Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre | |
| Soloman & the Big Cat
| Soloman | |
| rowspan="4" |1990
| The Last Days of Don Juan | Marquis de Mota | rowspan="2" |Swan Theatre | Press performance; second prize in the Ian Charleson Awards |
| Troilus and Cressida
| Press performance |
| King Lear
| Oswald | rowspan="2" |Royal Shakespeare Theatre | rowspan="2" |Second prize in the Ian Charleson Awards |
| Love's Labour's Lost
| Dumaine |
| rowspan="3" |1990-91
| The Last Days of Don Juan | Marquis de Mota | rowspan="3" |Barbican Theatre | |
| Love's Labour's Lost
| Dumaine | |
| King Lear
| rowspan="2" |Oswald | |
| rowspan="9" |1991
| King Lear | rowspan="2" |Press performance |
| The Last Days of Don Juan
| Marquis de Mota | rowspan="3" |Newcastle Playhouse |
| Love's Labour's Lost
| Dumaine | |
| Troilus and Cressida
| Patroclus | rowspan="4" |Press performance |
| Love's Labour's Lost
| Dumaine | Barbican Centre|Barbican Theatre |
| The Last Days of Don Juan
| Marquis de Mota | Pit London |
| King Lear
| Oswald | Barbican Centre|Barbican Theatre |
| Troilus and Cressida
| Troilus | rowspan="2" |Pit London | Taking over Troilus from Ralph Fiennes; press performance |
| The Pretenders
| rowspan="2" |Haakon | Press performance |
| 1991–92
| The Pretenders | Barbican Centre|Barbican Theatre | |
| rowspan="2" |1992
| Mr Worthy | |
| Blues for Mister Charlie
| Richard Henry | |
| 1995
| Hamlet | Horatio | Hackney Empire and Belasco Theatre | |
| 1996–97
| Henry Percy / Pistol | Theatre Royal, Bath and The Old Vic | UK tour |
| 2000
| Torvald | |
| 2001
| Tshembe Matoseh | Royal Exchange, Manchester | Best Actor, Barclays TMA Awards 2001 |
| 2002
| Othello | Othello | Royal Exchange, Manchester | |
| 2003
| Elmina's Kitchen | Deli | |
| 2005
| Brutus Jones, Emperor | |
| 2006
| rowspan="3" |Olivier Theatre | |
| rowspan="2" |2007
| The Emperor Jones | Brutus Jones, Emperor | |
| Saint Joan
| Cauchon | |
| 2012
| Brutus | Royal Shakespeare Theatre |
| 2015
| Sancho: An Act of Remembrance | Oxford, Birmingham and US tour | A one-man show conceived, written and performed by himself |
| 2019-20
| The Old Vic | |
Audio and radio
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Play ! Role ! Station ! Notes |
|---|
| 1998
| Feste | rowspan="2" |Arkangel Complete Shakespeare | |
| 1999
| Aaron | |
| 2005
| Troilus | |
| 2011
| Victor Espinosa | BBC radio | Doctor Who spin-off produced by Big Finish Productions |
| rowspan="2" |2016
| How the Marquis Got His Coat Back | Marquis de Carabas | BBC radio | Reprising his role from the 1996 BBC TV six-part drama Neverwhere. |
| Strangeness in Space
| The Puppetmaster | Podcast series | 1 episode |
| 2017
| Murder on the Orient Express | Colonel Arbuthnott | Amazon | |
| 2020
| Narrator | |
| 2020-21
| The Sandman | The Demon Choronzon |Podcast series | 21 episodes |
| 2021
|Michael Spicer: Before Next Door |Charlie Roland |BBC Radio series |1 episode, “Silver Badge”.{{Cite web |title=Michael Spicer: Before Next Door - Series 1 - Silver Badge - BBC Sounds |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000xtc1 |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en-GB}} |
| 2021
| Getting Better - The Fight for the NHS | rowspan="2" |Podcast series | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2" |2022
| Chelmsford 123: The Revival | Functio | 3 episodes |
| Severus
| BBC Radio 4 | |
Accolades
| class=wikitable |
| scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:33em;"| Body ! scope="col" style="width:33em;"| Award ! scope="col" style="width:39em;"| Nominated work ! scope="col" style="width:5em;"| Result ! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Ref |
|---|
| 2023
| EdiPlay International Film Festival, Paris | Best Supporting Actor | rowspan="3"|Bet Your Bottom Dollar | {{win}} |
| rowspan="2" |2024
| Gold Award - Actor | {{win}} |
| Paris Film Awards
| Silver Award - Actor | {{win}} |
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Paterson Joseph}}
- {{IMDb name|id=0430667|name=Paterson Joseph}}
- Jack Grove, [https://www.timeshighereducation.com/people/interview-paterson-joseph "Interview with Paterson Joseph"], Times Higher Education, 11 May 2023.
{{Oxford Brookes University}}
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