--- name: "Joseph Mawle" canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-mawle" fi1m_id: "joseph-mawle" imdb_id: "nm1152798" tmdb_id: 119783 wikidata_id: "Q1329519" roles: ["Actor"] born: "21 March 1974" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 78 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-10-01T22:40:41.340576+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." --- # Joseph Mawle ## Identity Joseph Mawle - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joseph-mawle - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** joseph-mawle - **IMDb ID:** nm1152798 - **TMDB ID:** 119783 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1329519 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mawle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1329519, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1152798/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/119783 Actor. Born 21 March 1974 in Oxford, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 21 March 1974, Oxford, England, UK - **Active:** 2009–2013 - **Also known as:** جوزف ماول - **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (1), 2010s 77 (2) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 74 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, Action & Adventure 1, Crime 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1 - **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mawle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1329519, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1152798/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/119783 ## Fi1m on Joseph Mawle > Joseph Mawle gives isolated, forbidding men enough feeling to make them worth watching. We value his restraint, particularly in *Shell*, though the repeated casting as troubled outsiders can make a careful actor seem predictable. Pete, the isolated father Joseph Mawle plays in *Shell* (2013), has a physical solidity that makes him difficult to ignore. We were unsettled by the quiet father-and-daughter scenes: Mawle makes Pete's loneliness painful without making him reassuring. Chloe Pirrie holds Scott Graham's film together, and our recommendation rests chiefly on her performance. Mawle gives her someone substantial to play against, keeping the father human in a drama that could easily reduce him to a source of unease. Mawle's television work has repeatedly called on that intensity, from Jesus in *The Passion* (2008) to Benjen Stark in *Game of Thrones* (2011). Jedediah Shine in *Ripper Street* (2013–2016) gave it the more direct use of a recurring antagonist. In the first series of *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power* (2022), his Adar could be sympathetic without losing the menace. His restraint gives us a reason to watch beyond waiting for the next threat. Too many such parts, though, can make the beard and the intensity seem like the whole job. For *Shell*, Mawle's preparation included learning to skin a deer. That is a useful practical detail for a performer whose characters must look as though they have lives beyond the dialogue, although preparation alone is no guarantee of a good performance. Graham gives him room for the patient observation that makes the film worth seeing. He also lets that patience become inertia, and the melodrama is less persuasive than the quieter passages. Mawle's physical credibility helps, but it cannot settle the film's problems with pace. The part we would most like to see next is one that does not require severity before Mawle has done anything. His preparation and restraint suggest possibilities beyond another forbidding entrance, even if casting him that way is understandable. Start with *Shell*, allowing for its slow stretches, and watch how much he contributes without displacing Pirrie. ## Biography Joseph Mawle is an English actor. He was born on 21 March 1974 in Oxford and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Mawle is known for roles including Benjen Stark in *Game of Thrones* (2011–2017), Adar in *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power* (2022), Pete in *Shell* (2012), Thomas Lincoln in *Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter* (2012), and Edward Judd in *The Awakening* (2011). Other credits include *In the Heart of the Sea* (2015), *The Hallow* (2015), *Ripper Street* (2013–2016) and *Birdsong* (2012). He also played Jesus Christ in the television drama *The Passion* (2008). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *Shell* (2013), Fi1m 72, as Pete — [page](https://film.one/film/shell.md) - *Game of Thrones* (2011), Fi1m 82, as Benjen Stark — [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md) - *Red Riding* (2009), Fi1m 80, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/red-riding.md) ## Complete filmography (50) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *1923* (2022), series, as Captain Shipley — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/1923.md) - *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power* (2022), series, as Adar - *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening* (2022), as Adar - *Mr. Jones* (2019), as George Orwell - *Land's End* (2019), Actor - *Spoon Fed* (2018), as Dan - *The Sound* (2018), as Jed - *Troy: Fall of a City* (2018), series, as Odysseus - *Man Divided* (2017), as Bingwen I & II - *Trial* (2016), as Original Aaron - *In the Heart of the Sea* (2015), as Benjamin Lawrence - *The Last Panthers* (2015), series, as Michael - *The Hallow* (2015), as Adam Hitchens - *Kill Your Friends* (2015), as James Trellick - *Sense8* (2015), series, as Nyx - *The Tunnel* (2013), series, as Stephen Beaumont - *Half of a Yellow Sun* (2013), as Richard - *The Beast* (2013), as Dad - *Shell* (2013), as Pete — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/shell.md) - *Ripper Street* (2012), series, as Jedediah Shine - *Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter* (2012), as Thomas Lincoln - *Words of the Titanic* (2012), as Reader - *The Cold Light of Day* (2012), as Gorman - *Birdsong* (2012), series, as Jack Firebrace - *After Tomorrow* (2012), as James - *The Awakening* (2011), as Edward Judd - *Sometimes the Moon Is Velvet* (2011), as Jack - *Game of Thrones* (2011), series, as Benjen Stark — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md) - *Women in Love* (2011), series, as Gerald Crich - *Made in Dagenham* (2010), as Gordon - *Deathless* (2010), as Max Serloom - *Dive* (2010), series, as Gary - *Heartless* (2010), as Papa B - *Five Daughters* (2010), series, as Tom Stephens - *Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980* (2009), as The Ripper - *Freefall* (2009), as Jim - *Red Riding* (2009), series, Actor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/red-riding.md) - *Lecture 21* (2008), as Musician 4 - *Merlin* (2008), series, as Alvarr - *The Passion* (2008), series, as Jesus - *Clapham Junction* (2007), as Tim - *Persuasion* (2007), as Harry Harville - *The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton* (2006), as Fred Greenwood - *Soundproof* (2006), as Dean Whittingham - *Foyle's War* (2002), series, as Fred Dawson - *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, as Stefan Koscinski - *Merlin* (1998), series, as Village Man (uncredited) - *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as Charlie Barron - *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, as Antonio Foscarelli - *The Way of the Wind*, as Saul ## Gallery - ![Joseph Mawle](https://film.one/media/person/486680/gallery-08805627a4bc.jpg) Joseph Mawle — Dublin International Film Festival, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Joseph_Mawle_in_Shell_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Joseph Mawle](https://film.one/media/person/486680/gallery-3be4800700c2.jpg) Joseph Mawle — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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