Paterson Joseph

Paterson Joseph is an English actor and author whose comedy work includes That Mitchell and Webb Look. The archive features him as Simon in Numberwang and Heroin Christmas. His performances in the series sit alongside the sitcom role of Alan Johnson in Peep Show, another collaboration with David Mitchell and Robert Webb.

Joseph trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company. His television work includes Green Wing, Survivors, The Leftovers and Timeless, while his films include Wonka. He also wrote The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho, which won the Royal Society of Literature’s Christopher Bland Prize.