Joe Thomas

Joe Thomas

Known for
Acting
Born
October 28, 1983 (age 43)
Birthplace
Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK

Biography

Joseph "Joe" Thomas (born 28 October 1983) is an English actor. He played Simon Cooper in the E4 sitcom The Inbetweeners (2008–2010) and its two film adaptations, The Inbetweeners Movie (2011) and The Inbetweeners 2 (2014). After The Inbetweeners concluded, Thomas remained connected to Channel 4, joining the cast of comedy-drama series Fresh Meat in 2011, portraying the role of Kingsley Owen until 2016. He was reunited with his The Inbetweeners colleague James Buckley when they both joined the cast of BBC Two sitcom White Gold, with Thomas portraying the role of Martin Lavender. In 2018, he starred in the comedy film The Festival. Born in Chelmsford, Essex, as the first of four boys, Thomas attended King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford before reading History at Pembroke College, Cambridge. At Cambridge, Thomas was a member of the Footlights, alongside his future Inbetweeners co-star Simon Bird. Bird and Thomas served as the President and the Secretary of the Footlights, respectively, in 2005–2006. After graduating in 2006, Thomas briefly shared a flat with Bird and fellow Pembroke graduate and Footlights alumnus Jonny Sweet.

Known For

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Filmography

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3 of a Kind poster

3 of a Kind

Movie · as Robin Banks

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The Inbetweeners 3

The Inbetweeners 3

Movie · as Simon Cooper

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Joe and James: Boys to Men

Joe and James: Boys to Men

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2026
New Zealand Spy poster

New Zealand Spy

TV · as Michael Anderson · 6 eps

2025
Universal poster

Universal

Movie · as Leo

2025
Celebrity Bear Hunt poster

Celebrity Bear Hunt

TV · as Self - Contestant · 7 eps

2025
Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet poster

Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
Rob Beckett's Smart TV poster

Rob Beckett's Smart TV

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2024
Out of Order poster

Out of Order

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2023
We Are Not Alone poster

We Are Not Alone

Movie · as Greggs

2023
Mummies poster

Mummies

Movie · as Thut (voice)

2023
Maternal poster

Maternal

TV · as Dr. Matt Malyon · 6 eps

2022
Plebs: Soldiers of Rome poster

Plebs: Soldiers of Rome

Movie · as Amadeus

2022
Katie Piper's Breakfast Show poster

Katie Piper's Breakfast Show

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2022
We Are Not Alone poster

We Are Not Alone

TV · as Greggs · 3 eps

2021
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel poster

Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel

Movie · as Self

2021
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains poster

Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains

TV · as Guest · 1 ep

2021
The Greatest Snowman poster

The Greatest Snowman

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2021
The Weakest Link poster

The Weakest Link

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2019
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again poster

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again

Movie · as Three Very Different Young Men

2019
The Inbetweeners: Fwends Reunited poster

The Inbetweeners: Fwends Reunited

Movie · as Self

2018
The Festival poster

The Festival

Movie · as Nick

2018
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer poster

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2017
White Gold poster

White Gold

TV · as Martin Lavender · 12 eps

2017
House of Games poster

House of Games

TV · as Self - Contestant · 5 eps

2017
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice poster

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
The Darkest Universe poster

The Darkest Universe

Movie · as Toby

2015
Scottish Mussel poster

Scottish Mussel

Movie · as Danny

2015
Drunk History poster

Drunk History

TV · as Alexander Graham Bell · 1 ep

2015
Taskmaster poster

Taskmaster

TV · as Self · 10 eps

2014
The Inbetweeners Go Global

The Inbetweeners Go Global

Movie · as Self

2014
The Inbetweeners 2 poster

The Inbetweeners 2

Movie · as Simon Cooper

2013
Chickens poster

Chickens

TV · as George Wright · 6 eps

2013
The Last Leg poster

The Last Leg

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2011
The Inbetweeners Movie poster

The Inbetweeners Movie

Movie · as Simon Cooper

2011
A Trick of the Light poster

A Trick of the Light

Movie · as Joe

2011
The Inbetweeners: Rude Road Trip poster

The Inbetweeners: Rude Road Trip

Movie · as Self

2011
The Jonathan Ross Show poster

The Jonathan Ross Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
Fresh Meat poster

Fresh Meat

TV · as Kingsley Owen · 30 eps

2008
The Inbetweeners poster

The Inbetweeners

TV · as Simon Cooper · 18 eps

2007
Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You?

TV · as Self · 1 ep