Joseph Beattie

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Joseph Beattie
Born (1978-03-18) 18 March 1978 (age 47)
Alma mater Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Years active1994present

Joseph Beattie (born 1978) is an English actor, known for portraying Malachi in the second season of Hex (2004) and Henry Crawford in Mansfield Park (2007).

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Background

Beattie attended King Alfred School in Hampstead and later trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. [1] He is a former member of the National Youth Music Theatre. [2]

Career

Beattie made his film debut in The Browning Version (1994), and won a role in Velvet Goldmine (1998) while still at Guildhall. [1] He has also appeared in the direct-to-video film Volcano: Nature Unleashed (also called Volcano or The Volcano Disaster), as Antonio, and Brideshead Revisited (2008), as Anthony Blanche.

On television, Beattie's first lead role was that of Flashman in the 2005 ITV adaptation of Tom Brown's Schooldays . [1] His other television credits include Colditz , Malice Aforethought , Hex , Mansfield Park and Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye . He played Eric Visnjic in the television pilot Fast Track: No Limits, written by Lee Goldberg.

Beattie's stage work includes a Covent Garden Festival production of A Midsummer Night's Dream , playing Puck. [2]

Filmography

Television

YearShowRoleNotes
1998 Seesaw Theo Price Television film
2004 Holby City Robert PullmanTV Series:6 episodes (The Heart of the Matter, Baptism of Fire, Under Pressure, Pastures New, Past Caring and Night Fever)
2005 Tom Brown's Schooldays Flashman Television film
Colditz First Lieutenant Johnny BarnesTelevision film
Malice Aforethought Denny BourneTelevision film
Vincent Ian HarperTV Series:1 episodes
Egypt Charles IrbyTV Series:1 episodes ( The Temple of the Sands )
Hex Malachi Supernatural drama
2007 Mansfield Park Henry Crawford Television film
2009 Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye Vivian DuboisTelevision film
2013 Midsomer Murders Scott Davenport Television program Season 15, Episode 4 "Death and the Divas"
2013-2014 Borgia Louis XII of France TV series: season 2, 9 episodes
2014 Mr Selfridge Mack SennettTV Series:1 episode
2019 EastEnders JustinTV Series:2 episodes
2020 Obsession: Dark Desires GeorgeTV Series:1 episode
2022 Hollyoaks JeremyTV Series:6 episodes
2023 Silent Witness Trevor TaylorTV Series:2 episodes

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
1994 The Browning Version Wilson
1998 Velvet Goldmine Cooper
2005Blood on Benefits Short film
2008 Brideshead Revisited Anthony Blanche
Fast Track: No Limits Eric Visnjic
2014 The Sleeping Room Bill
2024The Magic PenguinDuncan

References

  1. 1 2 3 "A class act - Joseph Beattie". The Stage . 10 December 2004. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Brideshead Revisited: Production Notes" (PDF). The Film Factory. Retrieved 13 August 2009.[ dead link ]