Quick Facts
Biography
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. He is a former member of the National Youth Music Theatre.
Career
Beattie made his film debut in The Browning Version (1994), and won a role in Velvet Goldmine (1998) while still at Guildhall. 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. 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.
Filmography
Television
| Year | Show | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Seesaw | Theo Price | Television film | |
| 2004 | Holby City | Robert 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 | |
| 2005 | Tom Brown's Schooldays | Flashman | Television film | |
| Colditz | First Lieutenant Johnny Barnes | Television film | ||
| Malice Aforethought | Denny Bourne | Television film | ||
| Vincent | Ian Harper - Episode 1.2 (2005) | Crime drama | ||
| Egypt | Charles Irby - The Temple of the Sands (2005) | Television film | ||
| Hex | Malachi | Supernatural drama | ||
| 2007 | Mansfield Park | Henry Crawford | Television film | |
| 2008 | Fast Track: No Limits | Eric Visnjic | ||
| 2009 | Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye | Vivian Dubois | Television film | |
| 2013 | Midsomer Murders | Scott Davenport | Television program Season 15, Episode 4 "Death and the Divas" | |
| 2013 | Borgia 2nd Season | Louis XII of France | Television series |
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | The Browning Version | Wilson | |
| 1998 | Velvet Goldmine | Cooper | |
| 2005 | Blood on Benefits | Short film | |
| 2008 | Brideshead Revisited | Anthony Blanche |