Joseph Quinn (actor)

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Joseph Quinn
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Born1993or1994(age 29–30)
London, England
Education LAMDA
OccupationActor
Years active2011–present

Joseph Quinn (born 1993 or 1994) [1] is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Eddie Munson in the fourth season of the Netflix series Stranger Things (2022). [2] [3] His previous appearances were in the BBC One series Dickensian (2016), Howards End (2017), and Les Misérables (2018), and the Sky Atlantic series Catherine the Great (2019).

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Early life

Quinn was born and raised in South London. [4] He attended Emanuel, a private school, from 2007 to 2012; [5] he was able to attend on a bursary from their drama scholar programme. [6] He subsequently went to drama school at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), graduating in 2015. [1] [7]

Career

Early work (2015–2021)

After graduating from LAMDA, Quinn was cast in the BBC One series Dickensian as main character Arthur Havisham. [8] [9] He starred in the 2017 four-part series Howards End as Leonard Bast, a young bank clerk, opposite Hayley Atwell. [10] That same year, he starred in the short film KIN, and appeared in a season 7 episode of the HBO series Game of Thrones as Koner, a Stark soldier.

Quinn is also known for his work in theatre, appearing on the London stage at the National Theatre and Off West End. He was awarded Best Actor in a Studio Production at the 2017 Manchester Theatre Awards for his performance in Wish List. [11] He was named a 2018 Screen International Star of Tomorrow. [4]

In 2018, Quinn played Enjolras in the BBC One adaptation of Les Misérables and made his feature film debut in Overlord . The following year, he starred alongside Molly Windsor in the thriller film Make Up and portrayed Tsarevich Pavel in the Sky Atlantic miniseries Catherine the Great . He voiced Will Ladislaw in a BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Middlemarch . [12] In 2020, he appeared in the BBC One series Strike and the Mangrove installment of Steve McQueen's television anthology Small Axe .

Breakthrough and film career (2022–present)

In 2022, Quinn gained prominence internationally through his role as Eddie Munson in the fourth season of Stranger Things . He was cast in the role in 2019, with filming for the season taking place in 2021. [13] Quinn was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Series for his role. [14] He later won the Best Breakthrough Performance Award at the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards [15] for his work on Stranger Things. [16]

In August 2022, Quinn signed with CAA. [17] Quinn narrated the trailer for a reboot of the Lords of the Fallen video game. [18] He became the official face for the Gris Dior fragrance in October 2022. [19] At the 2022 Newport Beach Film Festival Honors, Quinn appeared on the Variety list of 10 Actors to Watch. [20] In November 2022, Quinn was one of British GQ's Men of the Year Honourees. [21]

Following his performance in Stranger Things, Quinn was cast in numerous studio blockbusters. He will costar in A Quiet Place: Day One, directed by Michael Sarnoski and scheduled to be released on June 28, 2024, by Paramount Pictures. [22] He was also cast in Gladiator 2, directed by Ridley Scott and scheduled to be released on November 22, 2024. [23] [24] In February 2024, it was announced that Quinn was cast as Johnny Storm / Human Torch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film The Fantastic Four . [25] Shortly thereafter, Quinn was cast in Warfare, an A24 war movie written and directed by Alex Garland, which he will film before working on The Fantastic Four. [26] Quinn is also attached to star in Relapse. [27]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018 Overlord Grunauer
2019 Make Up Tom [28]
2023 Hoard Michael [29]
2024 A Quiet Place: Day One Eric [30] Post-production [31]
Gladiator II Caracalla Post-production [32]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011PostcodeTimEpisode 1
2016 Dickensian Arthur Havisham 19 episodes
2017 Game of Thrones KonerEpisode: "The Spoils of War" (7.4)
Howards End Leonard BastMiniseries
Timewasters Ralph2 episodes
2018 Les Misérables Enjolras Miniseries; 3 episodes
2019 Catherine the Great Tsarevich Pavel Miniseries
2020 Strike Billy Knight4 episodes
Small Axe PC DixonEpisode: "Mangrove"
2022 Stranger Things Eddie Munson Season 4

Stage

YearTitleRoleDirector(s)VenueNotes
2016 Deathwatch MorrisGeraldine Alexander Print Room
2017Wish ListDean Matthew Xia Royal Court Theatre [33]
2017MosquitoesLuke Rufus Norris Royal National Theatre [34] [35]

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