Joseph Millson

Biography

Date of Birth 1974, Berkshire, England, UK Joseph Millson is an English theatre and television actor, born in Berkshire. In 2006 he appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Complete Works Festival as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing (opposite Tamsin Greig) and Bastard in King John. "I have seen actors from Alan Bates to Matthew Macfadyen play Shakespeare’s Benedick, but Joseph Millson’s performance in the new RSC production strikes me as definitive. Handsome in voice and in person, he can carry the audience on his roar and draw it into his hush. The elements of wit, anger and vulnerability are thrillingly mixed in this actor", said one Financial Times critic in May 2006. Other theatre appearances include the Spanish Golden Age Season at the RSC in 2004; As You Like It with the Peter Hall Company, Bath; The Lifted Veil (one man show) and Pillars of the Community at the National. He has also performed at Stafford castle’s open air theatre, where he played Hamlet. Millson has also appeared in many TV programmes, including his role as Dr. Sam Morgan over five series of Peak Practice. He also had a regular role in BBC soap EastEnders as Jason James, the ex-fiancee of Lynne Slater. Other television appearances include roles in Macbeth (as Billy), The Romantics (as Lord Byron), Holby City and Doctors. In 2007, he starred in two high-profile limited-run dramas. In the teen-targeted The Sarah Jane Adventures (a Doctor Who spin-off), he enjoyed a recurring co-starring role as Alan Jackson, the father of Maria Jackson. Meanwhile, he was one of the three main stars of the adult drama, Talk To Me and had a small film role as Carter in the Bond film Casino Royale (2006), starring Daniel Craig. In 2006 he played Tom Christie, a character who tries to gain the affections DSI Sandra Pullman in an episode of the popular BBC police drama New Tricks because he "likes a woman in uniform". In January and February 2009 Joseph is playing Ivanov in the National Theatre's revival of Tom Stoppard and Andre Previn's play for actors and orchestra "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour."