
Joe Dempsie
Department: Acting
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

Blitz
2011

Aftertaste
2020

Edge
2010

Murder: Joint Enterprise
2012

StarGirl
2017

Soulmate
2025

The Love Box in Your Living Room
2022

Monsters: Dark Continent
2014

The Gamechangers
2015

Burn Burn Burn
2016

The Damned United
2009

Ellen
2016

Addition
2026

Heartlands
2003

One for the Road
2003

Been So Long
2018

Happy Clapper
2011

Dark River
2017

Madly
2016

Come Out of the Woods
2017

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019

Truckload
2025

Merge
2025

Skins
2007

Game of Thrones
2011

The Friday Night Project
2005

Lily Allen and Friends
2008

Love, Death & Robots
2019

This Is England '86
2010

Doctor Who
2005

Moving On
2009

New Worlds
2014

One of Us
2016

Southcliffe
2013

Peak Practice
1993

Toxic Town
2025

PIECES OF HER
2022

This Is England '90
2015

Get Millie Black
2024

Doctors
2000

Merlin
2008

The Fades
2011

Adult Material
2020

Accused
2010

Showtrial
2021

Born and Bred
2002

The Capture
2019