Paterson Joseph Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Screen Nation Film & Television Award for best male performance in TV for "Julius Caesar" in 2013
• Won a British Comedy Award for best TV comedy for "Peep Show" in 2006
• Trained in acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
• Made his screen acting debut in the TV series "Streetwise" in 1989
• Quote: "Shakespeare taught me everything I know about love․ Its vibrancy․ How afterwards your life seems darker․ And everything I know about power, too - about the selfishness of ambition․ We haven't changed in 400 years․"
• Has appeared in stage productions of several of William Shakespeare's plays, as well as others like "The Emperor Jones," "A Doll's House" and "Saint Joan․"
• Best known for playing Mark Grace in "Casualty" and Alan Johnson in "Peep Show․"
• Has done voice-over work for travel documentaries like "Wild Thailand," "Expedition Burma" and "Thriller in Manila․"
• Appeared in two episodes of "Doctor Who" and was at one time considered for the role of the Doctor