---
name: "Joe Sims"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-sims"
fi1m_id: "joe-sims"
imdb_id: "nm1751127"
tmdb_id: 1374796
wikidata_id: "Q16226416"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 January 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T16:59:42.422123+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joe Sims

## Identity

Joe Sims

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joe-sims
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joe-sims
- **IMDb ID:** nm1751127
- **TMDB ID:** 1374796
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16226416
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sims_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16226416, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1751127/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1374796

Actor. Born 5 January 1980 in Bristol, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 January 1980, Bristol, England, UK
- **Active:** 2013–2014
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sims_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16226416, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1751127/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1374796

## Biography

Joe Sims is a British actor from Bristol. He trained at Filton College, Middlesex University and, on scholarship, at the University of San Francisco.

Sims is known for playing Nige Carter across three series of the ITV drama *Broadchurch* (2013–2017) and Vincent Tabak in the 2014 ITV docu-drama *The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies*. His other television credits include *Red Dwarf* (2017), *Stan Lee's Lucky Man* (2016), *Midsomer Murders*, *Father Brown*, *Agatha Raisin* and *Plebs*. He has also worked extensively in radio, with over 100 credits including a run in *The Archers*, and on stage, where he won an Offie award in 2012.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, unitedagents.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies* (2014), Fi1m 81, as Vincent Tabak — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lost-honour-of-christopher-jefferies.md)
- *Broadchurch* (2013), Fi1m 81, as Nige Carter — [page](https://film.one/tv/broadchurch.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Macbeth* (2026), as Duncan
- *Blockhead* (2025), as Mikey
- *Reunion* (2025), series, as Joe Summers
- *Blackout* (2025), as Tomasz
- *Renegade Nell* (2024), series, Actor
- *Ruby Speaking* (2023), series, as Tom
- *Tell Me a Creepy Story* (2023), as Craig Gilligan ("Hungry Joe")
- *The Fence* (2022), as Mr Arnold
- *Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men* (2022), Actor
- *The First Team* (2020), series, as Paul Williamson
- *Hungry Joe* (2020), as Craig Gilligan
- *Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators* (2018), series, as Bruce Porter
- *Agatha Raisin* (2016), series, as Barry Briar
- *Houdini & Doyle* (2016), series, as Nathaniel
- *Stan Lee's Lucky Man* (2016), series, as Thomas Rice
- *Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands* (2016), series, as Greff
- *A Girl and Her Gun* (2015), as Clive
- *The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies* (2014), series, as Vincent Tabak — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lost-honour-of-christopher-jefferies.md)
- *Plebs* (2013), series, as Vulcan
- *Broadchurch* (2013), series, as Nige Carter — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/broadchurch.md)
- *Father Brown* (2013), series, as Wilf Fernsley
- *Outside Bet* (2012), as Lifeguard
- *The Colour of Magic* (2008), series, as Big Star Man / Star Refugee
- *Tube Poker* (2005), Actor
- *Belly Button* (2004), as Ralph
- *The Afternoon Play* (2003), series, as Terrance
- *The Basil Brush Show* (2002), series, as Thug
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Adrian Peck — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Red Dwarf* (1988), series, as Tutt Johnson — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/red-dwarf.md)

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