Biography
Joseph Michael Cole (born November 28, 1988) is an English actor from Kingston, London. Some of his most notable roles include: Luke in Skins, Tommy in Offender, John Shelby in Peaky Blinders, Marzin and Beckwith in Secret in Their Eyes, Reece in Green Room, Billy Moore in A Prayer Before Dawn, Frank in the Black Mirror episode "Hang the DJ", Sean Wallace in Gangs of London and Iver Iversen in Against the Ice.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Actor
2025
as Nick / Director
Paul Cole finds himself stranded in a mysterious small town with no memory of who he is or how he got here. As bits and pieces of his past slowly emer...
The Damned
2025
as Daniel
A 19th-century widow is tasked with making an impossible choice when, during an especially cruel winter, a ship sinks off the coast of her impoverishe...
Against the Ice
2022
as Iver Iversen
In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they're left behind while on a Danish expedition in ice-covered Greenland.
One of These Days
2021
as Kyle Parson
In the Texan “Hands on a Hardbody” competition, contestants stand around a new pickup truck for days, touching it with one hand. Whoever holds out the...
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018
as Ed
Colin has rented a stately country home for his extended family’s New Year celebrations. He’s the centre of attention until his estranged brother Davi...
A Prayer Before Dawn
2018
as Billy Moore
The amazing true story of Billy Moore, an English boxer incarcerated in Thailand’s most notorious prison. Thrown into a world of drugs and violence, h...
Eye on Juliet
2018
as Gordon
The story of an unlikely encounter between Gordon, a hexapod operator, and Ayusha, a young woman from the Middle East. Gordon, guardian of a pipeline ...
Thank You for Your Service
2017
as Billy Waller
A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that thre...
Woodshock
2017
as Nick
Theresa, a haunted young woman spiraling in the wake of profound loss, is torn between her fractured emotional state and the reality-altering effects ...
Green Room
2016
as Reece
A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing an act of violence at a skinhead bar.
Secret in Their Eyes
2015
as Marzin / Beckwith
A tight-knit team of FBI investigators, along with their District Attorney supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own...
Pressure
2015
as Jones
Four divers are stuck deep underwater in a vessel after a freak storm destroys their ship. Will they survive?
The Falling
2015
as Kenneth Lamont
England, 1969. The fascinating Abbie and the troubled Lydia are great friends. After an unexpected tragedy occurs in the strict girls' school they att...
Peterman
2015
as Johnny
The death of his safe cracking grandfather has landed Johnny as the only one left alive who can open a safe for a degenerate crew of violent gangsters...
Slap
2014
as Connor
A teenage boxer searching for self-definition gives in to his true colours at the risk of losing everything.
A Long Way Down
2014
as Chas Johnson
Four lost souls—a disgraced TV presenter, a foul-mouthed teen, an isolated single mother, and a solipsistic muso—decide to end their lives on the same...
Callow & Sons
2014
Haunted by the past, a lonely old bookshop owner decides to end his life. But with his final hour, comes an unexpected visitor.
Now Is Good
2012
as Scott
A girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she'd like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity.
Offender
2012
as Tommy Nix
Justice needs to be served at Britain's most notorious young offenders institute.
Volume
2012
as Sam
Sam lives in a place where everything is polished and secrets are cleaned up and kept. So when Georgina goes missing, everyone acts like nothing happe...
Assessment
2010
as Michael
Rachel's developing adolescent shape is a problem at a top ballet school. Michael, a local schoolboy, is struggling with his exams. Their chance encou...
He Bled Neon
N/A
as Ethan
After his estranged brother’s mysterious death, Ethan goes on a journey to Las Vegas for the funeral and unravels a dark web of crime, forcing him to ...
Override
N/A
as Ron Camp
In LA’s gritty underworld, a vengeful driver forms a dangerous bond with a young woman fighting to survive.
The Birthday Party
N/A
The story is set in the late 1970s somewhere in the Mediterranean where Marcos Timoleon, an Aristotle Onassis-like tycoon, is throwing a lavish, extra...
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
N/A
as Rian
Patrick, Shiv, Rian, Oli, and Conor, who grew up together, are now thirty. Rian has moved away, but his money keeps him clinging to a past vision. Oli...
Override
N/A
Executive Producer
In LA’s gritty underworld, a vengeful driver forms a dangerous bond with a young woman fighting to survive.