Joseph Beattie Explained

Joseph Beattie
Birth Date:1978 3, df=yes
Birth Place:England
Yearsactive:1994 - present
Alma Mater:Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Joseph Beattie (born 1978) is an English actor, known for portraying Malachi in the second season of Hex (2004) and Henry Crawford in Mansfield Park (2007).

Background

Beattie attended King Alfred School in Hampstead and later trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[1] He is a former member of the National Youth Music Theatre.[2]

Career

Beattie made his film debut in The Browning Version (1994), and won a role in Velvet Goldmine (1998) while still at Guildhall.[1] He has also appeared in the direct-to-video film Volcano: Nature Unleashed (also called Volcano or The Volcano Disaster), as Antonio, and Brideshead Revisited (2008), as Anthony Blanche.

On television, Beattie's first lead role was that of Flashman in the 2005 ITV adaptation of Tom Brown's Schooldays.[1] His other television credits include Colditz, Malice Aforethought, Hex, Mansfield Park and Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye. He played Eric Visnjic in the television pilot Fast Track: No Limits, written by Lee Goldberg.

Beattie's stage work includes a Covent Garden Festival production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, playing Puck.[2]

Filmography

Television

YearShowRoleNotes
1998SeesawTheo PriceTelevision film
2004Holby CityRobert Pullman
- The Heart of the Matter (2004)
- Baptism of Fire (2004)
- Under Pressure (2004)
- Pastures New (2004)
- Past Caring (2004)
- Night Fever (2004)
Medical drama
2005Tom Brown's SchooldaysFlashmanTelevision film
ColditzFirst Lieutenant Johnny BarnesTelevision film
Malice AforethoughtDenny BourneTelevision film
VincentIan Harper
- Episode 1.2 (2005)
Crime drama
EgyptCharles Irby
- The Temple of the Sands (2005)
Television film
HexMalachiSupernatural drama
2007Mansfield ParkHenry CrawfordTelevision film
2008Eric Visnjic
2009Marple: A Pocket Full of RyeVivian DuboisTelevision film
2013Midsomer MurdersScott DavenportTelevision program Season 15, Episode 4 "Death and the Divas"
2013BorgiaLouis XII of FranceTelevision series (season 2)

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
1994The Browning VersionWilson
1998Velvet GoldmineCooper
2005Blood on BenefitsShort film
2008Brideshead RevisitedAnthony Blanche
2014The Sleeping RoomBill

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: A class act - Joseph Beattie . . 10 December 2004 . 2009-08-13.
  2. Web site: Brideshead Revisited: Production Notes. The Film Factory. PDF . 2009-08-13.