Joe Gilgun

Joe Gilgun is one of those actors I trust completely the moment he appears. From Woody in This Is England to Rudy in Misfits to Vinnie in Brassic, a show he co-created, he brings a raw, working-class authenticity that polished performers rarely match. He doesn't smooth his characters into likeability; he lets them be messy, funny and bruised, and that honesty is magnetic. Coming up through British soaps from a young age gave him an instinct for real people rather than archetypes. To me he's proof that charisma isn't about gloss, it's about telling the truth on screen, and Gilgun does it relentlessly.

Name (English)

Joe Gilgun

Name (Japanese)

ジョセフ・ギルガン

Reading

じょせふ・ぎるがん

Born

March 9, 1984 (age 42)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rat

Origin

Chorley, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / film actor / stage actor / television actor

University

Runshaw College

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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