Joseph May

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Joseph May
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Joseph May in 2014
Alma mater London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
OccupationActor
Years active1997–present
AgentCharacters 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 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.

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His other television roles include Adam Moseby in Bugs , 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, May left the show due to Thomas & Friends airing a reboot titled All Engines: Go! for the twenty-fifth series. 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 Wilde First Miner
FairyTale: A True Story Houdini's Assistant
2001 Investigating Sex RogerAlso known as Internal Affairs
2002 Resident Evil Mr. BlueFilm
2004 G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom LinkVoice, direct-to-video film [1]
2006 The Barbie Diaries Mr. WexlerVoice [2]
CircumferenceSteveShort film
2007 White Noise: The Light EMT
They Wait Paramedic
2009Last FlowersHarveyShort film
2012 Resident Evil: Retribution Dr. BlueArchival footage
2015 Thomas & Friends: The Adventure Begins Thomas the Tank Engine Voice, US version
Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure [1]
VikingGallery AssistantShort film
2016 Resident Evil: The Final Chapter Dr. BlueArchival footage
Thomas & Friends: The Great Race Thomas the Tank EngineVoice, US version
BbOfficer Henry Harris
2017Poles ApartGrizzly Bear (Aklak)Voice, short film
Journey Beyond Sodor Thomas the Tank EngineVoice, US version
2018Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie
2019Thomas & Friends: Digs and Discoveries (Part 1 & 2)
Thomas & Friends: Steam Team to the Rescue
2020Thomas and the Royal Engine

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 Bodyguards CourierEpisode: "Know Thine Enemy"
Casualty Paul8 episodes
1998–99 Bugs Adam Moseby6 episodes
1999–2000 Hollyoaks Dan SandersRegular role
A Dinner of HerbsBen Hamilton3 episodes
2001 Band of Brothers Lieutenant Edward Shames Episode: "The Breaking Point"
2001–2007Scooter: Get a Clue!BenVoice, main role
156 episodes
2002American BikersYoung Michael BaldwinVoice, episode: "The Age of Bikers"
2003 Da Vinci's Inquest Police Constable #2Episode: "Send in the Clowns"
2004 Stargate: Atlantis SGT# MarkhamEpisodes: "Thirty Eight Minutes" and "The Defiant One"
Dead Like Me KenEpisode: "The Shadow End"
2005 Godiva's Cop #1Episode: "The Hungry Ghost"
Class of the Titans AutolycusVoice [2]
Killer Instinct Max KellerEpisode: "Game Over"
2006 The Dead Zone Young NolanEpisode: "Revelations"
2007 Blood Ties Jude MarstensEpisode: "Drawn and Quartered"
Psych Bruce/FatherEpisode: "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 WolfEpisode: "Nightmare on the Mountain"
2010–14 Holby City George Kerwan / Kristopher Wyngarten5 episodes
2011–17 Episodes Andy Button22 episodes [3]
2012 Titanic Victor Giglio3 episodes
Television miniseries
2013 Dracula Ewan Telford1 episode
2014 Mistresses MickeyEpisodes: "Rebuild" and "Open House" [4]
2015–present I Live with Models LukeMain Role
2015–21 Thomas & Friends Thomas the Tank EngineVoice, US version; succeeding Martin Sherman
2017 The Windsors Justin Trudeau [5] Episode: "#2.5"
2018Sky Comedy ShortsProducerEpisode: "Kris Marshall's Whodunnit"
2019 Living the Dream TJ Starmer3 episodes
Dark Mon£y Brett HuntleyTelevision miniseries
Episodes: "Shattered Dreams" and "The Valiant One" [6]

Video games

YearTitleVoice roleNotes
2005 SSX on Tour Mackenzie "Mac" FraserCredited as Joe May
2006 The Godfather Michael Corleone [1]
Need for Speed: Carbon SamsonCredited 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 Chase McCain
Killzone: Shadow Fall VSA Soldier [2]
Trials Fusion Rider [2]
2015 Blues and Bullets Osmond Burke, Carmine, Hank Sörensen, Additional voices
Dirty BombPhantom
Lego Dimensions Chase McCain [1]
Soma Peter Strasky and Brandon Wan [2]
2017 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands NomadMale
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 Additional voices
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]

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