Joseph Thompson (actor)

Joseph Thompson is a British theatre, screen and voice actor best known for playing the sociopath Dr. Paul Browning in the British Channel 4 [1] serial drama Hollyoaks. He studied at the University of Bristol [2] and trained as an actor at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

Joseph Thompson
Joseph Thompson in 2015
OccupationActor
Years active2005–present

Career

He made his 2005 theatre debut in Romeo and Juliet[3] at the Royal Exchange, Manchester alongside Andrew Garfield and Gugu Mbatha-Raw and has worked extensively on stage. Notable productions include The Voysey Inheritance,[4] Fram and The Cherry Orchard at the National Theatre, Petrol Jesus Nightmare #5 at The Traverse Theatre and Earthquakes In London[5] for Headlong.[6] Other television work includes playing Eddie in Falling Water, Preston in Time After Time, George Hastings in the Sky Television adaptation of She Stoops To Conquer and roles in Elementary, Casualty, and EastEnders.

Awards

He won Best Newcomer[7] at The British Soap Awards and was nominated in the same category at the National Television Awards in 2013 for his portrayal of Dr. Browning.[8] He was also nominated for Best On-Screen Partnership with Jennifer Metcalfe at The British Soap Awards 2014, as Hollyoaks won Best Soap.

Personal life

Following his departure from Hollyoaks he moved to New York.[9] He is a huge football fan and supports Tottenham Hotspur.[10]

gollark: Maybe they save computing power over actually being sensible, but they cause problems.
gollark: Sometimes they're just weird bizarre broken reasoning quirks.
gollark: Sometimes they are really bad at "calculating an approximation of truth".
gollark: I mean, they're possibly things which would have worked better at propagating humans' genes or whatever in the "ancestral environment" where we evolved than... the alternative.
gollark: Or, er, "optimize for these goals".

References
  1. http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/interview-with-joseph-thompson-of-hollyoaks
  2. http://sourcemagazine.org.uk/celeb-grad-joseph-thompson/
  3. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/sep/15/theatre
  4. https://variety.com/2006/legit/reviews/the-voysey-inheritance-2-1200516518/
  5. http://www.whatsonstage.com/brighton-theatre/reviews/11-2011/earthquakes-in-london-tour-cambridge_6299.html
  6. http://www.ahatalent.co.uk/actors/actor.php?client=joseph-thompson
  7. https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/hollyoaks-evil-dr-brownings-exit-2251324
  8. http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/hollyoaks/interviews/a474232/hollyoaks-joseph-thompson-interview-clare-should-watch-her-back/
  9. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/548232/Hollyoaks-star-Jennifer-Metcalfe-career-life-body-shape-fitness
  10. http://www.entertainmentoverdose.co.uk/exclusive-joseph-thompson-interview/
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