Joe Absolom
Acting Born Dec 16, 1978 London, England, UK 44 credits
Biography
Joe Absolom is an English actor born on 16 December 1978. He began acting in 1990 at the age of 11, initially appearing in a peanut butter advertisement. He then appeared in the television series "Screenplay: Antonia and Jane (#5.2)" in 1990. Absolom gained fame for his role as Matthew Rose in the television series "EastEnders" in 1997 at the age of 18. After leaving "EastEnders" in 2000, he went on to appear in several films and television series, including Long Time Dead, Extreme Ops, "Doc Martin", "Vincent", and "Personal Affairs".
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Frequent co-stars
Jemma Dallender
1 shared title
Aleksandar Aleksiev
1 shared title
Yavor Baharov
1 shared title
Mary Stockley
1 shared title
Michael Dixon
1 shared title
Valentine Pelka
1 shared title
Peter Silverleaf
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George Zlatarev
1 shared title
Dimo Alexiev
1 shared title
Kacey Barnfield
1 shared title
Career timeline
Code of Silence
Farewell Doc Martin
The BayA ConfessionThe Mermaid of Mevagissey
The Best of EastEnders
The LevelNeon
I Spit on Your Grave 2
Hatfields & McCoysDefining Fay
Death in Paradise
ThorneThorne: ScaredycatThe Story of F***
Personal AffairsGirl Number 9Jubilee
Ashes to AshesCaught in a TrapOne of Those Days
Vincent
New TricksDoc MartinThe Long Firm
ServantsTrevor's World of SportP.O.W.Unconditional Love
Extreme OpsLong Time Dead
Dream
Loose Women
Midsomer MurdersTouching Evil
Silent WitnessThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Antonia and Jane
Agatha Christie's Poirot
CasualtyCasualty
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Coronation Street
Full filmography
- Code of Silence (2025) as Braden Moore
- Farewell Doc Martin (2022) as Self
- The Bay (2019) as Andy Warren
- A Confession (2019) as Christopher Halliwell
- The Mermaid of Mevagissey (2019) as Pete
- The Best of EastEnders (2018) as Matthew Rose (archive footage)
- The Level (2016) as Shay Nash
- Neon (2016) as Elias
- I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013) as Ivan
- Hatfields & McCoys (2012) as Selkirk McCoy
- Defining Fay (2012) as Higgins
- Death in Paradise (2011) as Aiden Parker
- Thorne (2010) as Stuart Nicklin
- Thorne: Scaredycat (2010) as Stuart Nicklin
- The Story of F*** (2010) as Baz
- Personal Affairs (2009) as Bob Baxter
- Girl Number 9 (2009) as Boylan
- Jubilee (2009) as Young Man
- Ashes to Ashes (2008) as Andy Smith
- Caught in a Trap (2008) as Marcus Stewart
- One of Those Days (2008) as Counter Clerk
- Vincent (2005) as Robert
- New Tricks (2004) as Luke Hanson
- Doc Martin (2004) as Al Large
- The Long Firm (2004) as Tommy
- Servants (2003) as George Cosmo
- Trevor's World of Sport (2003) as Scott
- P.O.W. (2003)
- Unconditional Love (2003) as Benjamin Cain
- Extreme Ops (2002) as Silo
- Long Time Dead (2002) as Rob
- Dream (2001) as Tommy
- Loose Women (1999) as Self
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Luke Altman
- Touching Evil (1997) as Craig Jones
- Silent Witness (1996) as Kelvin Price
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996) as Fergus Markham
- Antonia and Jane (1990) as Daniel Nash
- Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) as James Bentley
- Casualty (1986) as Howard Jarrold
- Casualty (1986) as Benny Steele
- EastEnders (1985) as Matthew Rose
- Emmerdale (1972) as Ray Walters
- Coronation Street (1960) as Ray Walters