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My Take
Joe Cole is, for my money, one of the most quietly magnetic English actors working. From Skins to John Shelby in Peaky Blinders to Gangs of London, he has a knack for playing men teetering on the edge of violence without ever overacting it, and his Black Mirror turn proved he can do tender just as well. The database listing his origin as the Roman Empire is plainly an import glitch; he's a Londoner through and through. I rate him as a character actor who keeps stealing scenes from bigger names, and I suspect his best, most leading work is still ahead.
Overview
Joseph Michael Cole (born 28 November 1988) is an English actor. Some of his most notable roles include Luke in Skins, John Shelby in Peaky Blinders, Marzin and Beckwith in Secret in Their Eyes, Billy Moore in A Prayer Before Dawn, Frank in the Black Mirror episode "Hang the DJ", Sean Wallace in Gangs of London, and Iver Iversen in Against the Ice.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Joe Cole
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョー・コール
- Reading
- じょー・こーる
- Born
- November 28, 1988 (age 37)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Dragon
- Origin
- London, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.