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 PullmanTV Series:6 episodes (The Heart of the Matter, Baptism of Fire, Under Pressure, Pastures New, Past Caring and Night Fever) 2005 Tom Brown's Schooldays Flashman Television film Colditz First Lieutenant Johnny Barnes Television film Malice Aforethought Denny Bourne Television film Vincent Ian HarperTV Series:1 episodes Egypt Charles Irby TV Series:1 episodes (The Temple of the Sands) Hex Malachi Supernatural drama 2007 Mansfield Park Henry Crawford Television film 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" 2013–2014 Borgia Louis XII of France TV series: season 2, 9 episodes2014Mr SelfridgeMack SennettTV Series:1 episode2019EastEndersJustinTV Series:2 episodes2020Obsession: Dark DesiresGeorgeTV Series:1 episode2022HollyoaksJeremyTV Series:6 episodes2023Silent WitnessTrevor TaylorTV Series:2 episodes
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 Fast Track: No Limits Eric Visnjic 2014The Sleeping Room Bill2024The Magic PenguinDuncan
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External links
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