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My Take
Paterson Joseph is my favorite kind of actor: classically trained, endlessly versatile, and seemingly incapable of a lazy performance. The Royal Shakespeare Company grounding shows in everything he does, yet he wields it lightly, whether playing pompous executives in comedy or anchoring serious drama. I find it telling that casting directors reach for him whenever a scene needs instant authority and intelligence. His turn to writing in recent years confirms what the performances always suggested, a genuinely curious mind. He has never quite become a household name, which baffles me, because the work has been consistently superb for over three decades. Watch any scene he is in; he owns it.
Overview
Paterson Davis Joseph (born 22 June 1964) is an English actor and author. Joseph began his career in the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) productions of King Lear and Love's Labour's Lost (1990). On television, he is known for his roles in the BBC One series Casualty (1997–1998) and Survivors (2008–2010); the Channel 4 series Peep Show (2003–2015) and Green Wing (2004–2006); the ITV series Boy Meets Girl (2009), Law &…
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Paterson Joseph
- Name (Japanese)
- パターソン・ジョセフ
- Reading
- ぱたーそん・じょせふ
- Born
- June 22, 1964 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Dragon
- Origin
- Willesden, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / stage actor / television actor / actor / writer
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
- 2026-06-10
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.