Joe Dempsie
Acting • Born 1987-06-22
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).
Filmography
48 credits
Blitz
Movie • 2011
Theo Nelson
Aftertaste
Movie • 2020
Alfie
Edge
Movie • 2010
Philip
Murder: Joint Enterprise
Movie • 2012
Stefan
StarGirl
Movie • 2017
Meteor Hunter 2
Soulmate
Movie • 2025
Neil
The Love Box in Your Living Room
Movie • 2022
Monsters: Dark Continent
Movie • 2014
Frankie
The Gamechangers
Movie • 2015
Jamie King
Burn Burn Burn
Movie • 2016
James
The Damned United
Movie • 2009
Duncan McKenzie
Ellen
Movie • 2016
Jason
Addition
Movie • 2026
Seamus
Heartlands
Movie • 2003
Craig
One for the Road
Movie • 2003
TWOC'er
Been So Long
Movie • 2018
Kestrel
Happy Clapper
Movie • 2011
Marshy
Dark River
Movie • 2017
David
Madly
Movie • 2016
Come Out of the Woods
Movie • 2017
Ally
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
Movie • 2019
Self
Deep State
Movie • 2018
Harry Easton
Truckload
Movie • 2025
Hot Doctor
Merge
Movie • 2025
Neil (segment "Soulmate")
Skins
TV • 2007
Chris Miles
Game of Thrones
TV • 2011
Gendry
The Friday Night Project
TV • 2005
Self
Lily Allen and Friends
TV • 2008
Self - Guest
Love, Death & Robots
TV • 2019
Laird (voice)
This Is England '86
TV • 2010
Higgy
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Cline
Moving On
TV • 2009
Kieran Murphy
New Worlds
TV • 2014
Ned
One of Us
TV • 2016
Rob Elliot
Southcliffe
TV • 2013
Chris Cooper
Peak Practice
TV • 1993
Leon
Toxic Town
TV • 2025
Derek Mahon
PIECES OF HER
TV • 2022
Young Nick Harp
This Is England '90
TV • 2015
Higgy
Get Millie Black
TV • 2024
Luke Holborn
Doctors
TV • 2000
Lee Lindsay
Merlin
TV • 2008
William
The Fades
TV • 2011
John
Adult Material
TV • 2020
Rich
Accused
TV • 2010
Martin Cormack
Showtrial
TV • 2021
DI Miles Southgate
Born and Bred
TV • 2002
Humphrey 'Bogie' Locke
The Capture
TV • 2019
James Whitlock