Biography
Joe Dempsie is an English actor. He was born on 22 June 1987 in Liverpool and grew up in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. He attended West Bridgford School and trained at the Central Junior Television Workshop in Nottingham.
Dempsie is best known for playing Chris Miles in the E4 series Skins (2007–2008) and Gendry in Game of Thrones (2011–2019). His other television credits include roles in Doctor Who (2005), Merlin (2008), The Fades (2011), This Is England '86 (2010) and This Is England '90 (2015), The Capture (2019) and Showtrial (2021). He appeared in the films Blitz (2011), The Damned United (2009) and Monsters: Dark Continent (2014).
In 2025 he played Derek Mahon in the Netflix series Toxic Town.
