Joe Dempsie

• Name — Joe Dempsie • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 2000–present

Joe Dempsie was born in 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.

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. • Illustration — Joe Dempsie at Skins party 2007 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 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. In 2011 he 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 Netflix thriller series Pieces of Her, which is adapted from the Karin Slaughter novel of the same name.

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

• Year — Title — Role(s) — 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 — Mini-series; 3 episodes • Devil in the Fog — George Treet / George Dexter — Mini-series; 2 episodes • 2011–2013, 2017–2019 — Game of Thrones — Gendry Baratheon — 24 episodes • 2011 — The Fades — John — Mini-series; 4 episodes • Moving On — Kieran Murphy — Episode: "The Poetry of Silence" • 2012 — Murder — Stefan — Mini-series; episode: "Joint Enterprise" • Accused — Martin Cormack — Episode: "Mo's Story" • 2013 — Southcliffe — Chris Cooper — Mini-series; 3 episodes • 2014 — New Worlds — Ned Hawkins — Mini-series; 4 episodes • 2015 — The Gamechangers — Jamie King — One-off docudrama • This Is England '90 — Higgy — Mini-series; 3 episodes • 2016 — Ellen — Jason — Television film • Retribution / One of Us — Rob Elliot — Mini-series; 4 episodes • 2018–2019 — Deep State — Harry Clarke — 16 episodes • 2020 — Adult Material — Rich — 4 episodes • 2021 — Love, Death & Robots — Laird (voice) — Episode: "The Tall Grass" • 2022 — Pieces of Her — Nick — Main cast. Mini-series; 7 episodes • The Love Box in Your Living Room — (unknown) — Television film • 2024 — Showtrial — DI Miles Southgate — 5 episodes • Get Millie Black — Luke Holborn — Mini-series; 5 episodes • 2025 — Toxic Town — Derek Mahon — Mini-series; 4 episodes • 2026 — Sherwood — Alex Wood — mini-series • The Capture — James Whitlock — mini-series

• Year — Title — Role — Station • 2009 — Black Hearts in Battersea — Simon — BBC Radio 4 • 2010 — Once Upon a Time — Steven — BBC Radio 4 • 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 • Waiting for the Boatman — Cecco — BBC Radio 4

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2008 — Clearasil 'Lipstick' advert • 2011 — Sky One • 2015–2023 — Final Fantasy XIV — Ardbert, Arenvald Lentinus, Oschon — English version, replaced Stephen Hoo as Arenvald Lentinus • 2022 — Xenoblade Chronicles 3 — Other — English version

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