Joe Dempsie

Joe Dempsie

Known for
Acting
Born
June 22, 1987 (age 39)
Birthplace
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Biography

Joseph Maxwell Dempsie (born 22 June 1987) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Chris Miles in the E4 teen comedy-drama Skins (2007–2008) and Gendry Baratheon in Game of Thrones (2011–2013; 2017–2019). Dempsie's earlier acting credits include the medical dramas Peak Practice (2000), Doctors (2001–2003), and Sweet Medicine (2003), as well as the films One for the Road and Heartlands (2003). He also appeared in This is England '86 (2010) and This is England '90 (2015), Born and Bred, a BBC documentary-drama about Tony Martin, and as the villainous John in The Fades (2011).

Known For

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Filmography

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Skins: The Lost Weeks

Skins: The Lost Weeks

Movie · as Chris Miles

2026
Addition poster

Addition

Movie · as Seamus Joseph Rodgers

2025
Soulmate poster

Soulmate

Movie · as Neil

2025
Truckload poster

Truckload

Movie · as Hot Doctor

2025
Merge poster

Merge

Movie · as Neil (segment "Soulmate")

2025
Toxic Town poster

Toxic Town

TV · as Derek Mahon · 4 eps

2024
Get Millie Black poster

Get Millie Black

TV · as Luke Holborn · 5 eps

2022
The Love Box in Your Living Room poster

The Love Box in Your Living Room

Movie

2022
PIECES OF HER poster

PIECES OF HER

TV · as Young Nick Harp · 7 eps

2021
Showtrial poster

Showtrial

TV · as DI Miles Southgate · 5 eps

2020
Aftertaste poster

Aftertaste

Movie · as Alfie

2020
Adult Material poster

Adult Material

TV · as Rich · 4 eps

2019
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch poster

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch

Movie · as Self

2019
Love, Death & Robots poster

Love, Death & Robots

TV · as Laird (voice) · 1 ep

2019
The Capture poster

The Capture

TV · as James Whitlock · 6 eps

2018
Been So Long poster

Been So Long

Movie · as Kestrel

2017
StarGirl poster

StarGirl

Movie · as Meteor Hunter 2

2017
Dark River poster

Dark River

Movie · as David

2017
Come Out of the Woods poster

Come Out of the Woods

Movie · as Ally

2016
Burn Burn Burn poster

Burn Burn Burn

Movie · as James

2016
Ellen poster

Ellen

Movie · as Jason

2016
Madly poster

Madly

Movie

2016
One of Us poster

One of Us

TV · as Rob Elliot · 4 eps

2015
The Gamechangers poster

The Gamechangers

Movie · as Jamie King

2015
This Is England '90 poster

This Is England '90

TV · as Higgy · 4 eps

2014
Monsters: Dark Continent poster

Monsters: Dark Continent

Movie · as Frankie

2014
New Worlds poster

New Worlds

TV · as Ned · 4 eps

2013
Southcliffe poster

Southcliffe

TV · as Chris Cooper · 4 eps

2012
Murder: Joint Enterprise poster

Murder: Joint Enterprise

Movie · as Stefan

2011
Blitz poster

Blitz

Movie · as Theo Nelson

2011
Happy Clapper poster

Happy Clapper

Movie · as Marshy

2011
Game of Thrones poster

Game of Thrones

TV · as Gendry · 27 eps

2011
The Fades poster

The Fades

TV · as John · 6 eps

2010
Edge poster

Edge

Movie · as Philip

2010
This Is England '86 poster

This Is England '86

TV · as Higgy · 4 eps

2010
Accused poster

Accused

TV · as Martin Cormack · 1 ep

2009
The Damned United poster

The Damned United

Movie · as Duncan McKenzie

2009
Moving On poster

Moving On

TV · as Kieran Murphy · 1 ep

2008
Lily Allen and Friends poster

Lily Allen and Friends

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
Merlin poster

Merlin

TV · as William · 1 ep

2007
Skins poster

Skins

TV · as Chris Miles · 19 eps

2005
The Friday Night Project poster

The Friday Night Project

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Cline · 1 ep

2003
Heartlands poster

Heartlands

Movie · as Craig

2003
One for the Road poster

One for the Road

Movie · as TWOC'er

2002
Born and Bred poster

Born and Bred

TV · as Humphrey 'Bogie' Locke · 1 ep

2000
Doctors poster

Doctors

TV · as Lee Lindsay · 1 ep

1993
Peak Practice poster

Peak Practice

TV · as Leon · 1 ep