Joseph May

For other people named Joe May, see Joe May (disambiguation).

Joseph May
Joseph May in 2014
Alma mater	London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present
Agent	Characters Talent Agency [1]

Joseph May is a British-born Canadian actor, who has appeared in television and film. He is best known for his role as Adam Moseby in Bugs , Andy Button in the television series Episodes , Paul who was the boyfriend of Sam Colloby, in Casualty , Luke in I Live with Models and for voicing Thomas the Tank Engine in the US dub of the children's television series Thomas & Friends from 2015 to 2021.

His other television roles include Dan Sanders in Hollyoaks , Sgt. Markham in Stargate: Atlantis and Justin Trudeau in The Windsors .

His voice work in animation and video games include Link in G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom , Mr. Wexler in The Barbie Diaries , Autolycus in Class of the Titans , Michael Corleone in The Godfather , Perdido in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 , Chase McCain in Lego City Undercover , Jost and Saravad in Horizon Zero Dawn , Hiro in The Crew 2 and Ellis in Blair Witch .

Early life

Born in England and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May returned to the United Kingdom to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Career

May may be most recognised by British-American television viewers as Paul, the unemployed partner of gay nurse Sam Colloby in Casualty's 12th season. He also starred in the final season of the sci-fi series Bugs as the naive and misguided Adam Mosby. May has also appeared in the television series Stargate: Atlantis as Sgt. Markham of the United States Marine Corps, Episodes as Andy Button, a television casting director, and as Larry Schwarz in the BBC television movie We'll Take Manhattan .

May's initiation into film was as a miner in the Brian Gilbert 1997 Oscar Wilde biopic, Wilde . Since then, he has appeared in the critically acclaimed World War II miniseries Band of Brothers as second lieutenant Edward Shames, 2001's Investigating Sex as Roger, Resident Evil as Dr. Blue and Holby City as surgeon George Kerwan in 2010.

May voiced the character of main protagonist Chase McCain for the 2013 video game Lego City Undercover and its prequel, Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins .

In 2015, he joined the US voice cast of Thomas & Friends as Thomas the Tank Engine (following Martin Sherman's departure from the title role after the eighteenth series), starting with the special The Adventure Begins . In 2021, the show was cancelled and a reboot titled All Engines: Go! started airing. May voiced the character of the mercenary Phantom in the team-based first-person shooter Dirty Bomb .

In 2019, he went to play Brett Huntley in the television miniseries Dark Mon£y , which featured Babou Ceesay and John Schwab.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Wilde	First Miner
	FairyTale: A True Story	Houdini's Assistant
2001	Investigating Sex	Roger	Also known as Internal Affairs
2002	Resident Evil	Mr. Blue	Film
2004	G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom	Link	Voice, direct-to-video film [1]
2006	The Barbie Diaries	Mr. Wexler	Voice [2]
	Circumference	Steve	Short film
2007	White Noise: The Light	EMT
	They Wait	Paramedic
2009	Last Flowers	Harvey	Short film
2012	Resident Evil: Retribution	Dr. Blue	Archival footage
2015	Thomas & Friends: The Adventure Begins	Thomas the Tank Engine	Voice, US version
	Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure [1]
	Viking	Gallery Assistant	Short film
2016	Resident Evil: The Final Chapter	Dr. Blue	Archival footage
	Thomas & Friends: The Great Race	Thomas the Tank Engine	Voice, US version
	Bb	Officer Henry Harris
2017	Poles Apart	Grizzly Bear (Aklak)	Voice, short film
	Journey Beyond Sodor	Thomas the Tank Engine	Voice, US version
2018	Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie
2019	Thomas & Friends: Digs and Discoveries (Part 1 & 2)
	Thomas & Friends: Steam Team to the Rescue
2020	Thomas and the Royal Engine

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Bodyguards	Courier	Episode: "Know Thine Enemy"
	Casualty	Paul	8 episodes
1998–99	Bugs	Adam Moseby	6 episodes
1999–2000	Hollyoaks	Dan Sanders	Regular role
	A Dinner of Herbs	Ben Hamilton	3 episodes
2001	Band of Brothers	Lieutenant Edward Shames	Episode: "The Breaking Point"
2001–2007	Scooter: Get a Clue!	Ben	Voice, main role 156 episodes
2002	American Bikers	Young Michael Baldwin	Voice, episode: "The Age of Bikers"
2003	Da Vinci's Inquest	Police Constable #2	Episode: "Send in the Clowns"
2004	Stargate: Atlantis	SGT# Markham	Episodes: "Thirty Eight Minutes" and "The Defiant One"
	Dead Like Me	Ken	Episode: "The Shadow End"
2005	Godiva's	Cop #1	Episode: "The Hungry Ghost"
	Class of the Titans	Autolycus	Voice [2]
	Killer Instinct	Max Keller	Episode: "Game Over"
2006	The Dead Zone	Young Nolan	Episode: "Revelations"
2007	Blood Ties	Jude Marstens	Episode: "Drawn and Quartered"
	Psych	Bruce/Father	Episode: "Gus's Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy"
2009	Batman Black and White	Superman	Voice, 2 episodes [2] [1]
2010	I Shouldn't Be Alive	Dr. Andy Wolf	Episode: "Nightmare on the Mountain"
2010–14	Holby City	George Kerwan / Kristopher Wyngarten	5 episodes
2011–17	Episodes	Andy Button	22 episodes [3]
2012	Titanic	Victor Giglio	3 episodes Television miniseries
2013	Dracula	Ewan Telford	1 episode
2014	Mistresses	Mickey	Episodes: "Rebuild" and "Open House" [4]
2015–present	I Live with Models	Luke	Main Role
2015–21	Thomas & Friends	Thomas the Tank Engine	Voice, US version; succeeding Martin Sherman
2017	The Windsors	Justin Trudeau [5]	Episode: "#2.5"
2018	Sky Comedy Shorts	Producer	Episode: "Kris Marshall's Whodunnit"
2019	Living the Dream	TJ Starmer	3 episodes
	Dark Mon£y	Brett Huntley	Television miniseries Episodes: "Shattered Dreams" and "The Valiant One" [6]

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2005	SSX on Tour	Mackenzie "Mac" Fraser	Credited as Joe May
2006	The Godfather	Michael Corleone	[1]
	Need for Speed: Carbon	Samson	Credited as Joe May
2009	Dead Space: Extraction	Nathan McNeill
2011	Battlefield 3	Sanders
	LittleBigPlanet 2	Green Lantern	[2]
2012	LittleBigPlanet PS Vita
2013	Lego City Undercover	Chase McCain	[1]
	Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins
	Killzone: Shadow Fall	VSA Soldier	[2]
	Trials Fusion	Rider	[2]
2015	Blues and Bullets	Osmond Burke, Carmine, Hank Sörensen, Additional voices
	Dirty Bomb	Phantom
	Lego Dimensions	Chase McCain	[1]
	Soma	Peter Strasky and Brandon Wan	[2]
2017	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands	Nomad	Male
	Lego Dimensions	Chase McCain
	Horizon Zero Dawn	Jost / Saravad
	Forza Motorsport 7	The Racing Expert	[2]
	Xenoblade Chronicles 2	Perdido	[2]
	Need for Speed: Payback	Additional voices
2018	A Way Out
	The Crew 2	Hiro
2019	The Division 2	Manny Ortega
	Blair Witch	Ellis	[7] [8]
2020	Cyberpunk 2077	Jefferson Peralez
2022	Dying Light 2: Stay Human	Barney	[2]

References

1. "Joe May". Voice Chasers. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
2. "Joseph May (visual voice guide)". Behind The Voice Actors (Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources). Retrieved 19 December 2018.
3. Foley, Rachel (April 12, 2019). "Back To Life: Episodes' Daisy Haggard on playing a 'relentless optimist'". www.bbc.com/news. BBC News . Retrieved January 3, 2021.
4. Slezak, Michael (February 11, 2014). "Mistresses Exclusive: Episodes Co-Star Set to Recur as April's 'Fabulous' Gay Pal". www.tvline.com. TV Line. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
5. Dowell, Ben (July 6, 2017). ""Dreamboat" Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau causes a stir with the "British Royal Family"". www.radiotimes.com. Radio Times. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
6. White, Peter (January 15, 2020). "'Dark Money': Streamer BET+ Snaps Up Levi David Addai's BBC Drama". Deadline Hollywood . Deadline. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
7. "Blair Witch Game Review: Return to the Black Hills Forest". Den of Geek. 30 August 2019.
8. Boo, Bernard (September 3, 2019). "Blair Witch game review: the dog is great, but the scares are lacking". Den of Geek. Retrieved March 11, 2021.

External links

• Joseph May at IMDb