Paterson Joseph

ActorProducer Jun 22 (age 61) London, England, UK 1986–2026 (40 year career)

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Biography

Paterson Joseph (born June 22, 1964) is a British actor. He appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company productions of King Lear and Love's Labour's Lost in 1990. On television he is known for his roles in Casualty, as Alan Johnson in Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show, Green Wing, Survivors, Boy Meets Girl, as DI Wes Layton in Law & Order: UK, and as Connor Mason in Timeless. His film roles include The Beach, Æon Flux and The Other Man.

Known For

Film

In the Name of the Father

Benbay

Film

Wonka

Arthur Slugworth

Film

The Beach

Keaty

Film

Timeless

Connor Mason

Film

Æon Flux

Giroux

Film

Vigil

Commander Newsome

Film

Twilight of the Gods

Loki (voice)

Film

That Mitchell and Webb Look

Various Characters

Filmography

Acting (88)

Movies (28)

They Will Kill You

2026

6.4

On the Edge

2026 Upcoming

as (voice)

Dec 3

Odd Socks

2025

as McGuin

Wonka

as Arthur Slugworth

The Velveteen Rabbit

as King (voice)

Bet Your Bottom Dollar

2023

as Victor

Geronimo

2023

as Doctor

Daddy's Girl

2022

as Saul

Since Yesterday

2019

as Man

Red Panda: World's Cutest Animal

as Narrator

Julius Caesar

as Brutus

The Making of Julius Caesar: Royal Shakespeare Company

2012

as Himself / Brutus

Rules of Love

2010

as Tyler

The Other Man

2008

as Ralph

5.4

My Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet for a New Generation

2006

as Self

Æon Flux

2005

as Giroux

5.6

Open Wide

2005

as Neil

The Baby Juice Express

2004

as Sean Boetang

Elmina’s Kitchen

2004

as Deli

Loving You

2003

as Felix Fisher

Greenfingers

as Jimmy

The Long Run

as Gasa

The Beach

as Keaty

In the Name of the Father

1993

as Benbay

7.9

Not Even God Is Wise Enough

1993

as Busi

Candles

as Man

The Roots Manœuvre

152 Days

Television (60)

Twilight of the Gods

2024

as Loki (voice)

7.6

A Better Paradise

2024

as NigelDave (voice)

Boat Story

as Samuel Wells

That Dirty Black Bag

as Thompson

The Mosquito Coast

as Calaca (voice)

Vigil

as Commander Newsome

Avenue 5

as Harrison Ames

Urban Myths

as Chuck D

Rellik

as Isaac Taylor

Timeless

as Connor Mason

The Coopers vs The Rest

as Toby Cooper

Safe House

as DCI Mark Maxwell

You, Me and the Apocalypse

2015

as General Arnold Gaines

The Leftovers

as 'Holy' Wayne

Inside No. 9

as Pantalone, a Rogue

8.1

Babylon

2014

as Charles Inglis

6.6

Wild Burma: Nature's Lost Kingdom

as Self - Narrator

The Hollow Crown

as Duke of York

Death in Paradise

as William

Case Histories

as Patrick Carter

Nordic Wild

as Narrator

Blood And Oil

as Ed Daly

Law & Order: UK

2009

as Wes Layton

7.0

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

as Cephas Buthelezi

Boy Meets Girl

as Jay Metcalfe

10 Minute Tales

as Paul

Fixer

Chop Socky Chooks

as Ko Joe

Survivors

as Greg Preston

Jekyll

as Benjamin

That Mitchell and Webb Look

2006

as Various Characters

7.7

Hyperdrive

2006

as Space Marshall Clarke

Mayo

as Dr. Rossi

Doctor Who

as Rodrick

Doctor Who Confidential

Jericho

as Shorty

Hustle

as Dexter Gold

Green Wing

as Lyndon

Sex Traffic

Peep Show

as Alan Johnson

My Dad's the Prime Minister

William and Mary

as Ruben

Rose and Maloney

Dead Ringers

as Micky Stone

Bodily Harm

as Undertaker

Waking the Dead

as Dermot Sullivan

Murphy's Law

Songs of Praise

Cold Feet

Silent Witness

as Sergeant Terry Harding

Dalziel & Pascoe

Neverwhere

as Marquis de Carabas

GMTV

as Self

A Touch of Frost

Between the Lines

Soldier Soldier

as Fusilier Eddie Nelson

Streetwise

as Dave

South Of The Border

as Julian Henry

Casualty

1986

as Mark Grace

6.2

Tomb Raider

as Thomas Warner

Crew (1)

Television (1)

A Better Paradise

2024

Executive Producer