Joseph Kennedy (actor)
Encyclopedia
Joseph Kennedy, born 1981 in Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...

, Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....

, is an English actor and singer.

Biography

He attended the Dragon School
Dragon School
The Dragon School is a British coeducational, preparatory school in the city of Oxford, founded in 1877 as the Oxford Preparatory School, or OPS. It is primarily known as a boarding school, although it also takes day pupils...

 and Abingdon School
Abingdon School
Abingdon School is a British day and boarding independent school for boys situated in Abingdon, Oxfordshire , previously known as Roysse's School. In 1998 a formal merger took place between Abingdon School and Josca's, a preparatory school four miles to the west at Frilford...

 and went on to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama
Central School of Speech and Drama
The Central School of Speech and Drama was founded in London in 1906 by Elsie Fogerty to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students...

.

Her parents divorced when he was a child. Like them, Joseph Kennedy was educated at a school theater. Young, his stepfather introduced him to music, especially jazz.

In 2008, he played the role of Carter in the TV series Robin Hood. The character died in the last episode of season 2, killed by the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Joseph Kennedy has played in various bands before founding Captive State, with Tom Bootle.

Theatre credits

  • Twelfth Night (Bristol Old Vic 2004) Director David Farr
    David Farr
    David Nelson Farr is the Chairman & CEO of Emerson Electric Company, a Fortune 500 company. Mr. Farr has worked at the company since 1981. He is married with two children and is a resident of Ladue, Missouri....

     ; Sebastian.
  • Julius Caesar (Barbican 2005) Director Deborah Warner
    Deborah Warner
    Deborah Warner CBE is a British director of theatre and opera known for her interpretations of the works of Shakespeare, Bertolt Brecht, Georg Büchner, and Henrik Ibsen, and for her long-term working relationship with the Irish actress Fiona Shaw.-Early years:Warner was born in Oxfordshire,...

    .
  • Europe (Dundee Rep and Barbicanbite07) Director Douglas Rintoul.
  • Riflemind (Trafalgar Studios 2008) Director Phillip Seymour Hoffman.

Filmography

  • Housewife, 49
    Housewife, 49
    Housewife, 49 was a 2006 television drama based on the wartime diaries of Nella Last. Written by and starring English actress and comedian Victoria Wood, it follows the experiences of an ordinary housewife and mother in the Northern English town of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria during the Second World...

    (2006) (TV) ; James Wenchurch
  • Where the Heart Is
    Where the Heart Is (1997 TV series)
    Where the Heart Is is a British television drama series set in the fictional town Skelthwaite.First shown in 1997, it was created by Ashley Pharoah and Vicky Featherstone...

    - Don't Look Back in Anger ; as Johnny (2006)
  • JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed (TV 2006) ; as John F. Kennedy
    John F. Kennedy
    John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

  • Midsomer Murders
    Midsomer Murders
    Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was...

    - Four Funerals and a Wedding (2006) episode TV as Roland Marwood.
  • Bobby Moore
    Bobby Moore
    Robert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore, OBE was an English footballer. He captained West Ham United for more than ten years and was captain of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup...

    (2006) (TV) ; as Bobby Moore
    Bobby Moore
    Robert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore, OBE was an English footballer. He captained West Ham United for more than ten years and was captain of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup...

    .
  • Robin Hood (2007–2009) as Carter
  • Trial & Retribution
    Trial & Retribution
    Trial & Retribution is a feature-length ITV police proceduraltelevision drama series that began in 1997. It was devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect. Each episode of the Trial & Retribution series is broadcast over two nights. The...

    ; Sebastian (1 episode, 2009)
  • Siren: Partie 1 (2009), episode TV ; Sebastian
  • The Grind
    The Grind (2008 film)
    The Grind is an upcoming crime film written and directed by Rishi Opel, and starring Jamie Foreman, Freddie Connor, Gordon Alexander, Zoe Tapper, Danny John-Jules and Kellie Shirley...

    (Film) (2009) ; Barry
  • Baseline (Film) (2010) ; Jack
  • Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (Film) (2010) ; Davey Payne
    Davey Payne
    David 'Davey' Payne is an English saxophonist best known as a member of Ian Dury's backing band The Blockheads, and his twin saxophone solo on their 1978 UK #1 single "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick"....

  • Women In Love
    Women in Love
    Women in Love is a novel by British author D. H. Lawrence published in 1920. It is a sequel to his earlier novel The Rainbow , and follows the continuing loves and lives of the Brangwen sisters, Gudrun and Ursula. Gudrun Brangwen, an artist, pursues a destructive relationship with Gerald Crich, an...

    (BBC TV) (2011) ; Anton Skrebensky
  • I Shouldn't Be Alive
    I Shouldn't Be Alive
    I Shouldn't Be Alive is a documentary television series that airs on multiple networks in the United States, Canada, the U.K., Australia, India and Pakistan...

    (TV) (2011) ; Benedict Allen
    Benedict Allen
    Benedict Colin Allen is a British traveller. He is best known for his survival modus operandi: tapping into local, indigenous knowledge above reliance on modern inventions. His approach is to present himself as ready to learn, like an infant; the communities that he visits take him under their...

  • Incident at Sans Asylum (Film) (2011) ; Ricky
  • Subculture (Short) (2012) ; Darryl
  • Gozo (Film) (2012) ; Joe

External links

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK