---
name: "Joseph May"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-may"
fi1m_id: "joseph-may"
imdb_id: "nm0562008"
tmdb_id: 72100
wikidata_id: "Q3185349"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 June 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T16:22:21.056796+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 May

## Identity

Joseph May

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joseph-may
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joseph-may
- **IMDb ID:** nm0562008
- **TMDB ID:** 72100
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3185349
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_May, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3185349, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562008/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72100

Actor. Born 16 June 1974 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 June 1974, Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 2002–2011
- **Also known as:** Joe May
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 56 (1), 2010s 72 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_May, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3185349, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562008/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72100

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Episodes*](https://film.one/tv/episodes.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Joseph May is a British actor. Born in Southampton in 1974 and raised in Calgary, Canada, he trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before returning to work in television, film and voice acting on both sides of the Atlantic.

He is known for playing Andy Button in the series *Episodes* (2011–2017), Adam Moseby in *Bugs* (1998–1999) and Paul in *Casualty*. Other television roles include Sgt. Markham in *Stargate Atlantis* (2004) and Lt. Edward Shames in *Band of Brothers* (2001). From 2015 to 2021 he voiced Thomas the Tank Engine in the US dub of *Thomas & Friends*. He has also worked in animation and video games.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Episodes* (2011), Fi1m 72, as Andy Button — [page](https://film.one/tv/episodes.md)
- *Resident Evil* (2002), Fi1m 56, as Dr. Blue — [page](https://film.one/film/resident-evil-2002.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *The Hack* (2025), series, as Don Van Natta
- *Toast of Tinseltown* (2022), series, as Hoop Kaaak
- *Raised by Wolves* (2020), series, as Holo-Sphere (voice)
- *All Creatures Great & Small* (2020), series, as François
- *Miss Scarlet* (2020), series, as Sebastin Baron / Malone
- *Dark Money* (2019), series, as Brett Huntley
- *Thomas & Friends: Digs & Discoveries* (2019), as Thomas (singing voice)
- *Thomas & Friends: Christmas on Sodor* (2017), as Thomas (voice)
- *Poles Apart* (2017), as Aklak (voice)
- *Thomas & Friends: Extraordinary Engines* (2017), as Thomas (voice)
- *Thomas and Friends: Ultimate Friendship Adventures* (2016), as Thomas (voice)
- *Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks* (2016), as Thomas (voice)
- *Thomas & Friends: Start Your Engines!* (2016), as Thomas (voice)
- *The Lost City of the Pharaohs* (2016), as Narrator
- *Thomas & Friends: Tales on the Rails* (2015), as Thomas (voice)
- *Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Christmas Carol* (2015), as Thomas (voice)
- *Thomas & Friends: Wild Water Rescue & Other Engine Adventures* (2015), as Thomas (voice)
- *Thomas & Friends: Whale of a Tale and Other Sodor Adventures* (2015), as Thomas (voice)
- *We'll Take Manhattan* (2012), as Larry Schwartz
- *Episodes* (2011), series, as Andy Button — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/episodes.md)
- *Blood Ties* (2007), series, as Jude Marstens
- *White Noise 2: The Light* (2007), as EMT
- *Psych* (2006), series, as Bruce
- *The Barbie Diaries* (2006), as Mr. Wexler / Popular Boy #2 (voice)
- *Godiva's* (2005), series, Actor
- *G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom* (2004), as Link (voice)
- *Stargate Atlantis* (2004), series, as Sgt. Markham
- *The Dead Zone* (2002), series, as Carnie Barker / Nolan 1964
- *Intimate Affairs* (2002), as Roger
- *Resident Evil* (2002), as Dr. Blue — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/resident-evil-2002.md)
- *Band of Brothers* (2001), series, as Edward J. Shames — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md)
- *A Dinner of Herbs* (2000), series, as Ben Hamilton
- *FairyTale: A True Story* (1997), as Houdini's Assistant
- *Wilde* (1997), as First Miner
- *Bugs* (1995), series, as Adam
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Paul — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)

## Gallery

- ![Joseph May](https://film.one/media/person/1292932/gallery-1c591a1b5688.jpg) Joseph May — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Joseph_May_at_a_CFC_event_in_LA_in_2014_%2813293235844%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Joseph May](https://film.one/media/person/1292932/gallery-ff32f4ee1f63.jpg) Joseph May — Image via TMDB

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