Joe Sowerbutts

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Joe Sowerbutts
Born
Joseph John Sowerbutts

1988 (age 3536) [1]
London, UK [2]
Education Latymer Upper School, London
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present

Joseph John Sowerbutts (born 1988) [1] is a British actor, who is known for playing the part of Thomas Mortmain in the 2003 film I Capture the Castle and for voicing Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone video game. [3]

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Early life and education

He was born Joseph John Sowerbutts in London, England in 1988, to Julia and Kevin Sowerbutts. [1] [4] He was educated at Latymer Upper School, an independent school in Hammersmith, London. [5]

Career

Sowerbutts made his professional acting debut as Miles in the 1999 television film The Turn of the Screw . [6] He would later star in several other television series such as Harry Morant in The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Alex Maclean in Doctors .

He would later star in the 2003 film I Capture the Castle as the character Thomas. [7]

His other television film credits include Young Sexton film in Goodbye, Mr. Chips , Russel in The Lost Prince and Harry Bowden in Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie . He also had a recurring role as Neal in the 2016 film Ghost Nets and had several small parts in various television shows, such as The Lost Prince and Casualty .

Sowerbutts also provided the voice of Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle in the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone video game. [3]

It has been rumored that in the 2001 film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone , Sowerbutts dubbed several of Daniel Radcliffe's lines in a few scenes after Radcliffe's voice began to break. [8] [3] A spokesperson from Warner Bros. Studios however, denied this claim. [9] [4]

Recently, he starred as Matt in the cinematic interactive movie video game Late Shift . [10] [11]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 I Capture the Castle Thomas [7]
2012Break TimeJames
2014 Parallel Lines Jake Laris
2016Ghost NetsNeal
2019MX: IhminenSonShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 The Turn of the Screw MilesTelevision film [6]
2002 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Harry MorantEpisode: "Well Schooled in Murder"
Goodbye, Mr. Chips Young SextonTelevision film
2003 The Lost Prince Russell
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie Harry Bowden
2012 Casualty Jonas Wiley2 episodes
2017 Doctors Alex MacleanEpisode: "Monsters"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle [3]
2016 Late Shift Matt [10]

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