Paterson Joseph 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, as Alan Johnson in Channel 4
sitcom Peep Show, Green Wing, Survivors, Boy Meets Girl and as DI Wes Layton in
Law & Order: UK. His film roles include The Beach, Æon Flux and The Other Man.
Career 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 from 1983 to 1985
with Robert Henderson, then at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic
Art. In 1991, he 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. 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. He appeared as Keaty in the Hollywood
film The Beach alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and starred as Giroux alongside
Charlize Theron in Paramount Pictures' Æon Flux.
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.
In 2011, he returned to Doctor Who, where he appeared in the audio drama
Earth Aid, playing Victor Espinosa. 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. His more recent stage appearances
include the leads in The Royal Hunt of the Sun and The Emperor Jones at the
Olivier Theatre, London. 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. Personal life
Joseph lives in France with his wife and one son. He was a chef before becoming
an actor. Filmography
= Television= = Film=
References External links
Paterson Joseph at the Internet Movie Database