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Joseph Morgan
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English actor and director
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Joseph Martin is a British actor and film producer born in London, England, on May 16, 1981. He began his professional work in 2002 and is educated at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Martin is married to Persia White and speaks English.
His occupations include television acting and film acting. He is a male human with blue eyes.
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Film & TV
London, England, UK
Joseph Morgan (born Joseph Martin; 16 May 1981) is a British actor and director. He is best known for his role as Niklaus "Klaus" Mikaelson on The CW's The Vampire Diaries and its spin-off The Originals, in which he is the lead.
Known for
- Halo — James Ackerson2022
- Brave New World — CJack602020
- Gone Baby Gone — Patrick Kenzie2018
- Legacies — Klaus Mikaelson2018
- Titans — Sebastian Sanger / Brother Blood2018
- Carousel — Kit2017
- Animal Kingdom — Young Jed2016
- Desiree — Eric Ashworth2014
- Open Grave — Nathan2013
- Warhouse — A.J. Budd2013
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Joseph Martin , ( 1981-05-16 ) 16 May 1981 (age 45) , London , England
- Alma mater
- Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 2002–present
- Spouse
- Persia White ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 5 July 2014</span>"}]]}'>2014 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Family name
- Martin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Spouse
- Persia White
- Educated at
- Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Eye colour
- blue
- Image
- Joseph Morgan in 2011 by Gage Skidmore.jpg
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- Commons category
- Joseph Morgan (actor)
- date of birth
- 1981-05-16
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
- social media followers
- 2713661
- birth name
- Joseph Martin
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Encyclopedic overview
Joseph Martin Morgan (born 16 May 1981) is an English actor. His accolades including one People's Choice Awards, TV Guide Awards alongside eight nominations for Teen Choice Awards. After studying at Gower College Swansea, he starred in the first series of the Sky One's Hex, portraying Troy and has appeared in supporting roles in films Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) and Alexander (2004) and the BBC Two television series The Line of Beauty (2006).
Morgan came in attention after playing Klaus Mikaelson on The CW's supernatural television series The Vampire Diaries (2011). He later starred in its spinoff series The Originals (2013–2018) reprising his role as the protagonist. He has portrayed CJack60/Elliot in the Peacock series Brave New World, and Brother Blood in the HBO Max series Titans. Morgan starred as James Ackerson in the Paramount+ series Halo (2024).
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