Joseph Anthony Kloska (born 1983) is an English actor. He began his career in radio, moving on to work in television, theatre, and film.
Life Named after a Polish grandfather, Teofil Joseph Kloska, who had settled in England,Register of Marriages for Bristol Registration District, volume 22 (1979), p. 1140: Anthony J. Kloska, son of Teofil Joseph Kloska, and Susan E. Clements Kloska was brought up in Cornwall. As a child, he was taken to see a grisly outdoor production of Macbeth on Bodmin Moor, which made a great impression on him.Shakespeare Unplugged – Presenters and guests at BBC.co.uk, accessed 15 January 2018 After leaving Sir James Smith's School in Camelford, he attended University College London to read History and French, before training for an acting career at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art,Joseph Kloska, biography at Naxos.com, accessed 15 January 2018 where he was in the same year group as Pip Carter, Kathy Rose O'Brien, Arthur Darvill, Sia Berkeley, Harry Hepple, Nathaniel Martello-White, and Danielle Ryan. He graduated in 2006.
His first career move was to join the BBC Radio Drama Company, for which he auditioned when about to leave RADA, winning the Carleton Hobbs Bursary and gaining a contract for five months' work which began a few days after the end of term. He has called this one of the best opportunities of his career, leading to work on many radio productions and introducing him to "the slightly weird world of working as an actor".Starting out with the BBC Radio Drama Company dated 5 May 2015 at BBC.co.uk, accessed 15 January 2018
From extensive work in radio, Kloska went on to gain supporting roles in theatre and television and also cameo appearances in films.
In a Royal Shakespeare Company production of Imperium in 2017–2018, Kloska played the slave-narrator Tiro, with one reviewer commenting on his "irrepressible wit and verve".Peter Ormerod, REVIEW: Power, glory and humanity in RSC's magnificent Imperium dated 8 December 2017 in Leamington Courier
Theatre This list is not complete The Vertical Hour (Royal Court Theatre, 2008), as Dennis DuttonDavid Hare, The Vertical Hour, (Faber & Faber, 2013), p. 5 Fast Labour (Hampstead Theatre, 2008), as AndriusFast Labour at timeout.com, accessed 15 January 2018 Written on the Heart (Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theatre, (2011–2012) as Samuel Ward Imperium (Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theatre, 2017–2018), as Marcus Tullius TiroMichael Billington, Imperium review – Robert Harris's Cicero epic is a Roman triumph for the RSC dated 8 December 2017 in The Guardian online, accessed 15 January 2018 Richard III (touring production, Liverpool Playhouse, Rose Theatre Kingston, 2023), as Duke of Buckingham.
Television The Bill: Rough Justice (2007), as Andrew Stroud Lark Rise to Candleford (2008), as Young Footman Foyle's War, The Hide and The Russian House (2010), as DC Perkins The Rise of the Nazi Party (2013), narrator Jo: Invalides (2013) Dr Parent The Crown (2016), as Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon Pete versus Life (2010–2011), as Rob
Films Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) as Suzy's boyfriend Made in Dagenham (2010), as Undersecretary 1 Blooded (2011) as Ben Fitzpatrick Jane Eyre (2011) as Wood, clergyman at wedding The Riot Club (2014) as Ruby Wedding Man Cinderella (2015) as Royal Crier's Assistant The Little Vampire 3D (2017) as Maney Peterloo (2018) as Richard Carlile
Radio This list is not complete
King Lear (BBC World Service, recorded at the Globe Theatre, 2006) The Brothers Karamazov (BBC Radio 4, 2006) Tomorrow, Today! (BBC Radio 4, 2006–2008), as Hugo Kellerman Peter Pan in Scarlet (BBC Radio 4, 2006), as Tootles The Midnight Folk (BBC Radio 4, 2006) Number 10 (BBC Radio 4 drama series), as Ollie Armstrong Oneira (BBC Radio 4 Extra, 2007) Caesar! (2007 series), as Crispus The Pattern of Painful Adventures (BBC Radio 3 play, 2008), as Edmund Shakespeare Howards End (BBC Radio 4, 2009), as Charles Wilcox Towards Zero (BBC Radio 4, 2010), as Latimer The First Domino (BBC Radio 3, 2010)The First Domino dated 27 July 2011, UBC Media Group, accessed 15 January 2018 Blake's 7: The Liberator Chronicles (2011), as Cullen I, Claudius (BBC Radio 4, 2010) The Acheron Pulse (2012), as Dukhin The Masters of Luxor (Big Finish Productions, 2012) Pilgrim (BBC Radio 4, 2016), as Mr Hibbens
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External links Joseph Kloska at IMDb.com Joseph Kloska showreel 2016 at IMDb.com