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Joe Dempsie

Joe Dempsie

Born: 1987-06-22 • Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Joseph Maxwell Dempsie (born 22 June 1987) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Chris Miles in the E4 teen comedy-drama Skins (2007–2008) and Gendry Baratheon in Game of Thrones (2011–2013; 2017–2019).

Dempsie's earlier acting credits include the medical dramas Peak Practice (2000), Doctors (2001–2003), and Sweet Medicine (2003), as well as the films One for the Road and Heartlands (2003). He also appeared in This is England '86 (2010) and This is England '90 (2015), Born and Bred, a BBC documentary-drama about Tony Martin, and as the villainous John in The Fades (2011).

Filmography
Addition poster
Addition
2026 • Seamus
Merge poster
Merge
2025 • Neil (segment "Soulmate")
Truckload poster
Truckload
2025 • Hot Doctor
Soulmate poster
Soulmate
2025 • Neil
The Love Box in Your Living Room poster
The Love Box in Your Living Room
2022
Aftertaste poster
Aftertaste
2020 • Alfie
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch poster
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019 • Self
Been So Long poster
Been So Long
2018 • Kestrel
Deep State poster
Deep State
2018 • Harry Easton
Come Out of the Woods poster
Come Out of the Woods
2017 • Ally
Dark River poster
Dark River
2017 • David
StarGirl poster
StarGirl
2017 • Meteor Hunter 2
Burn Burn Burn poster
Burn Burn Burn
2016 • James
Ellen poster
Ellen
2016 • Jason
Madly poster
Madly
2016
The Gamechangers poster
The Gamechangers
2015 • Jamie King
Monsters: Dark Continent poster
Monsters: Dark Continent
2014 • Frankie
Murder: Joint Enterprise poster
Murder: Joint Enterprise
2012 • Stefan
Happy Clapper poster
Happy Clapper
2011 • Marshy
Blitz poster
Blitz
2011 • Theo Nelson
Edge poster
Edge
2010 • Philip
The Damned United poster
The Damned United
2009 • Duncan McKenzie
One for the Road poster
One for the Road
2003 • TWOC'er
Heartlands poster
Heartlands
2003 • Craig