Biography
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).
TV credits
Rated 7.1 out of 10
Toxic Town
2025
Rated 6.2 out of 10
Get Millie Black
2024
Rated 6.5 out of 10
PIECES OF HER
2022
Rated 6.9 out of 10
Showtrial
2021
Rated 6.5 out of 10
Adult Material
2020
Rated 7.6 out of 10
The Capture
2019
Rated 8.2 out of 10
Love, Death & Robots
2019
Rated 6.5 out of 10
One of Us
2016
Rated 7.9 out of 10
This Is England '90
2015
Rated 6.1 out of 10
New Worlds
2014
Rated 6.7 out of 10
Southcliffe
2013
Rated 7.2 out of 10
The Fades
2011
Rated 8.5 out of 10
Game of Thrones
2011
Rated 8.1 out of 10
Accused
2010
Rated 7.8 out of 10
This Is England '86
2010
Rated 7.3 out of 10
Moving On
2009
Rated 7.8 out of 10
Merlin
2008
Rated 0.0 out of 10
Lily Allen and Friends
2008
Rated 8.1 out of 10
Skins
2007
Rated 7.6 out of 10
Doctor Who
2005
Rated 6.0 out of 10
The Friday Night Project
2005
Rated 9.0 out of 10
Born and Bred
2002
Rated 4.8 out of 10
Doctors
2000
Rated 6.5 out of 10
Peak Practice
1993