---
name: "Josh Bolt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/josh-bolt"
fi1m_id: "josh-bolt"
imdb_id: "nm3017284"
tmdb_id: 233276
wikidata_id: "Q6288675"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 May 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T20:54:45.669900+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."
---

# Josh Bolt

## Identity

Josh Bolt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/josh-bolt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** josh-bolt
- **IMDb ID:** nm3017284
- **TMDB ID:** 233276
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6288675
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Bolt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6288675, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3017284/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/233276

Actor. Born 2 May 1994 in Liverpool, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 May 1994, Liverpool, England, UK
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** Joshua Ryan Bolt
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 72 (1), 2020s 71 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Bolt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6288675, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3017284/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/233276

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Nowhere Boy*](https://film.one/film/nowhere-boy.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Josh Bolt is an English actor. Born Joshua Ryan Bolt on 2 May 1994 in Liverpool, he began acting at the age of 11 or 12 in a stage production of *Much Ado About Nothing* at the Liverpool Playhouse and trained at YULA Drama School.

He made his screen debut in the 2009 films *Nowhere Boy*, as Pete Shotton, and *The Be All and End All*. Subsequent television roles include Raff Greenwood in *Last Tango in Halifax* (2012–2020), Rob Dawson in *Benidorm* (2016–2018), Dunbar in *Catch-22* (2019), Elvis in *Brassic* (2019–2024) and Lt. Pappy Lewis in *Masters of the Air* (2024). He appears as DI Douglas James in the 2026 series *The Blame*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Blame* (2026), Fi1m 71, as DI Douglas James — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blame.md)
- *Nowhere Boy* (2009), Fi1m 72, as Pete Shotton — [page](https://film.one/film/nowhere-boy.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *The Blame* (2026), series, as DI Douglas James — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blame.md)
- *Ellis* (2024), series, as DS Archie Dent
- *Ludwig* (2024), series, as Adam Newsum — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/ludwig.md)
- *Masters of the Air* (2024), series, as Lt. Pappy Lewis — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-the-air.md)
- *Sister Boniface Mysteries* (2022), series, as Arnie Cuningham
- *Anthony* (2020), as Michael Barton
- *Van der Valk* (2020), series, as Gert Holst
- *A Good Woman Is Hard to Find* (2019), as Donal
- *Brassic* (2019), series, as Elvis
- *Catch-22* (2019), series, as Dunbar
- *Harry Price: Ghost Hunter* (2015), Actor
- *Heart of Nowhere* (2013), as Floyd
- *The Crash* (2013), series, as Brian Harris
- *Last Tango in Halifax* (2012), series, as Raff
- *Just Henry* (2011), as Henry
- *The Be All and End All* (2010), as Robbie Wallace
- *Accused* (2010), series, as Dom Cartwright
- *Nowhere Boy* (2009), as Pete Shotton — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/nowhere-boy.md)
- *Lewis* (2007), series, as Adam Tibitt
- *Benidorm* (2007), series, as Rob Dawson, Rob
- *Shameless* (2004), series, as Frasier Kane — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)

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