| Joe Dempsie | |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 2000–present |
Joe Dempsie (born)[1] is an English actor, best known for his roles as Chris Miles in the E4 teen comedy-drama Skins (2007–2008) and Gendry in Game of Thrones (2011–2013; 2017–2019).
Dempsie's earlier acting credits include the medical dramas Peak Practice (2000), Doctors (20012003), and Sweet Medicine (2003), as well as the films One for the Road and Heartlands (2003). He also appeared in This is England '86 (2010) and This is England '90 (2015), Born and Bred, a BBC documentary-drama about Tony Martin, and as the villainous John in The Fades (2011).
Dempsie's father was a social worker and his mother an educational psychologist.[2] He grew up in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.[3] He was educated at West Bridgford School, and received acting training from the Central Junior Television Workshop in Nottingham.[4]
Dempsie has been the voice of the Clearasil advertisements in the UK.[5] 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,[6] a soldier who watches his comrades die.[7] On 18 April 2008, Dempsie appeared on Friday Night Project with Geri Halliwell.[8] 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.[5] 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.[9] 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.[10] Recently, he has appeared in the BBC Three series The Fades (episodes 3 to 6), as John.[11]
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.[12]
As of 2015, Dempsie was residing in London.[13]
He is a Nottingham Forest F.C. fan.[14]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Heartlands | Craig | ||
| 2003 | One for the Road | 'TWOC'er (Joyrider) | ||
| 2008 | Listen to the Words | Tim | ||
| 2009 | Spirited | Dean | Short film | |
| The Damned United | ||||
| 2010 | Edge (film) | Edge | Philip | |
| Lucy Island | David | |||
| 2011 | Blitz | Theo Nelson | ||
| Happy Clapper | Marshy | Short films | ||
| Cardinal | Pride | |||
| 2014 | Frankie Maguire | |||
| 2015 | Burn Burn Burn | James | ||
| 2016 | Deep Swimmer | Mark Kennedy | ||
| Madly | (unknown) | Segment: 'I Do' | ||
| 2017 | StarGirl | Meteor Hunter 2 | Short film | |
| Dark River | David | |||
| Come Out of the Woods | Ally | Short film | ||
| 2018 | Been So Long | Kestrel | ||
| 2019 | Eighteen Weeks | Craig Tomlin | Short films | |
| 2020 | Aftertaste | Alfie | ||
| 2023 | Soulmate | Neil | ||
| 2024 | Addition | Seamus |
| Year | Title | Role | 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 | 19 episodes | ||
| 2008 | Doctor Who | Cline | Episode: "The Doctor's Daughter" | |
| Merlin | 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 | 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 |
| 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 | ||
| 2022 | Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | Other | English version |
