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name: "Joseph Mydell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-mydell"
fi1m_id: "joseph-mydell"
imdb_id: "nm0616604"
tmdb_id: 1353189
wikidata_id: "Q15509115"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T20:07:46.735744+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 Mydell

## Identity

Joseph Mydell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joseph-mydell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joseph-mydell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0616604
- **TMDB ID:** 1353189
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15509115
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mydell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15509115, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0616604/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1353189

Actor. Born 1 January 1955 in Savannah, Georgia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1955, Savannah, Georgia, USA
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Also known as:** Joe Mydell
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 76 (2), 2020s 65 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 70 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $120m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mydell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15509115, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0616604/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1353189

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Eternal Daughter*](https://film.one/film/the-eternal-daughter.md) (76)

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## Biography

Joseph Mydell is an American screen and stage actor. Born in Savannah, Georgia, he trained at New York University, where he earned BFA and MFA degrees, and began his professional career in New York with the New York Shakespeare Festival and Lincoln Center Theatre.

He has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre. In 1994 he received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in *Perestroika* at the National Theatre.

Mydell's film roles include Mark in *Manderlay* (2005), Bill in *The Eternal Daughter* (2022) and Nakitanda in *Conclave* (2024). Television appearances include *Homeland* (2014), *Midsomer Murders* (2016) and *Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan* (2018).

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Conclave* (2024), Fi1m 76, as Nakitanda — [page](https://film.one/film/conclave.md)
- *The Eternal Daughter* (2022), Fi1m 76, as Bill — [page](https://film.one/film/the-eternal-daughter.md)
- *The Son* (2022), Fi1m 43, as Brian — [page](https://film.one/film/the-son.md)
- *Brassic* (2019), Fi1m 76, as Wood Dweller — [page](https://film.one/tv/brassic.md)
- *Mrs Wilson* (2018), Fi1m 76, as Bert — [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-wilson.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

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

- *Space Precinct: Deathwatch* (2025), as Officer Lionel Carson
- *Space Precinct: The Fire Within* (2025), as Officer Lionel Carson
- *Prime Target* (2025), series, as Professor Raymond Osborne
- *Conclave* (2024), as Nakitanda — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/conclave.md)
- *The Castaways* (2023), series, as Jack Bantock
- *The Reckoning* (2023), series, as Victor
- *The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry* (2023), as Rex
- *The Eternal Daughter* (2022), as Bill — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-eternal-daughter.md)
- *The Son* (2022), as Brian — Fi1m 43, [page](https://film.one/film/the-son.md)
- *Nzu* (2022), as Dr. Oba
- *Alex Rider* (2020), series, as Johnny Matovu
- *Dọlápò is Fine* (2020), as Dad
- *Brassic* (2019), series, as Wood Dweller — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/brassic.md)
- *National Theatre Live: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second* (2019), as John of Gaunt / Lord Willoughby
- *Mrs Wilson* (2018), series, as Bert — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-wilson.md)
- *Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan* (2018), series, Actor
- *Strike* (2017), series, as Richard Elgar
- *RSC Live: The Tempest* (2017), as Gonzalo
- *Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III* (2016), as Lord Stanley
- *Seven & Me* (2016), series, as Ben
- *Columbite Tantalite* (2013), as Old Sese
- *Heroes and Demons* (2012), as Jacques (segment "Perfect")
- *National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors* (2012), as Aegeon
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Hotel Manager
- *Homeland* (2011), series, as Billy — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)
- *You Instead* (2011), as The Prophet
- *Perfect* (2009), as Jacques
- *Mammoth* (2009), as Ben Jackson
- *Manderlay* (2005), as Mark
- *Born With Two Mothers* (2005), as Lindon
- *Dinotopia* (2002), series, as Doctor, Doctor (uncredited)
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Dr. Isaac Vernon — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Scarlett* (1994), series, as Jerome
- *Space Precinct* (1994), series, as John Kane, Lionel Carson
- *The Care of Time* (1990), as Lampeter
- *The Gravy Train* (1990), series, as Duke
- *Jeeves and Wooster* (1990), series, as Coneybear
- *Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery* (1989), as Inspector Weston
- *Defrosting the Fridge* (1989), as Clyde
- *Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun* (1988), as Kibii
- *CBS Summer Playhouse* (1987), series, as Peter
- *Displaced Person* (1985), as Johnson
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Johnson
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, as John Tetteh

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