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Name
  
Joseph Mawle

Role
  
Actor

Parents
  
Richard Mawle




Born
  
21 March 1974 (age 50) (
1974-03-21
)
Oxford, England

Nominations
  
British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor

Movies and TV shows
  
The Woods, Game of Thrones, The Cold Light of Day, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire, Half of a Yellow Sun

Similar People
  
Michael McElhatton, Bojana Novakovic, Mabrouk El Mechri, Donald Sumpter, Jerome Flynn

Joseph Mawle Premiere Interview - In the Heart of the Sea


Joseph Daniel Turner Mawle (born 21 March 1974) is an English actor. Mawle is best known for his roles as Benjen Stark in Game of Thrones, Detective Inspector Jedediah Shine in Ripper Street, Firebrace in Birdsong and Jesus Christ in The Passion.

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Early life

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Mawle was born in Oxford. He grew up in a Victorian manor house on a farm outside Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire. He is one of three children from a family with a history of nine generations of farming in Warwickshire. His mother was a teacher. His father Richard still farms the land.

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He attended the Croft prep school on the outskirts of Stratford-upon-Avon where he was diagnosed as severely dyslexic and as a result he went from the ages of 13 to 16 at a boarding school for special needs. Mawle left the school at 16 to become an actor, but contracted labyrinthitis, leaving him 70 per cent hearing-impaired in the upper register and with tinnitus. He persuaded the director of the local college at Stratford-upon-Avon to let him study for a BTEC in performing arts while doing an assortment of jobs such as fitness instructor and dish-washer. He also did some acting for the Box Clever Theatre Company and in his own production of Solo Hamlet. He won a scholarship to study at the Bristol Old Vic's theatre school.

Career

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Mawle graduated from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2002 in the same year he appeared in the Irish Hurling TV adverts for Guinness. He left in 2002 with no agent and worked as an assistant in a special needs school. He landed his first major role in a 2003 production of Troilus and Cressida playing Troilus for Shakespeare at the Tobacco factory, work at the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, in Hamlet and in 2005 the Royal Exchange, Manchester's production of Antony and Cleopatra followed.

It was his performance in the television film Soundproof in 2006 that made his biggest impact where a deaf actor was needed for the lead role. Mawle was nominated for the RTS Breakthrough on Screen Award and director Ed Coulthard won the BAFTA for best director in 2007.

He has appeared in a number of British television productions since including Dunkirk winner of the Huw Wheldon BAFTA Award for Factual Drama and in Adrian Shergold's Persuasion and Channel 4's gay drama Clapham Junction in the role of Tim. Time Out said "Mawle and Treadaway put in Bafta-winning efforts". In 2008 he starred as Jesus in BBC/HBO Films miniseries of The Passion, and as a guest star in Foyle's War "Broken Souls" episode.

In 2008 Mawle returned to the theatre in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at the Almeida Theatre directed by Rupert Goold. Listed for Outstanding Newcomer by the Evening Standard Theatre Awards and nominated for WhatsOnStage Theatre Choice Awards for Best Newcomer for his performance as Judas.

In 2009 Mawle featured in films Nineteen Eighty (part of the Red Riding Trilogy) directed by James Marsh and in Heartless by Philip Ridley and in the spring in Dominic Savage's Freefall opposite Dominic Cooper and Aidan Gillen. In the same year, he starred in episode 4 of Jimmy McGovern's The Street.

In 2010 Mawle featured in artist David Austen's End of Love and in the short film Sometimes The Moon Is Velvet, which toured festivals. He also appeared in Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, BBC drama Five Daughters, Dominic Savage's Dive and Made in Dagenham starring Sally Hawkins. He also starred with Rosamund Pike as lovers Gerald Crich and Gudrun Brangwen in the 2011 BBC Four television adaptation of Women in Love.

In 2011 Mawle joined the HBO series Game of Thrones as Benjen Stark in Season 1. Mawle returned to the role in Season 6 after an absence of five seasons.

Mawle appeared in several projects in 2012 including the Working Title production of Sebastian Faulks's acclaimed novel Birdsong, the Bruce Willis film The Cold Light of Day, the Tim Burton-produced Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and the independent British film Shell.

In 2011 he was featured in The Horrible Crowes' music video for their debut single "Behold the Hurricane".

2013 saw Mawle portray Stephen Beaumont in The Tunnel, and Detective Inspector Jedediah Shine on Ripper Street. Mawle had a lead role in the horror film The Hallow.

Theatre

  • 2003: Troilus and Cressida as Troilus (Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory)
  • 2004: Hamlet (the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton)
  • 2005: Antony & Cleopatra (Royal Exchange, Manchester)
  • 2008: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (the Almeida Theatre)
  • Filmography

    Actor
    -
    The Way of the Wind (post-production) as
    Saul
    2023
    1923 (TV Series) as
    Captain Shipley
    - The Rule of Five Hundred (2023) - Captain Shipley
    - One Ocean Closer to Destiny (2023) - Captain Shipley
    - Ghost of Zebrina (2023) - Captain Shipley
    2022
    The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV Series) as
    Adar
    - The Eye (2022) - Adar
    - Udûn (2022) - Adar
    - Partings (2022) - Adar
    - The Great Wave (2022) - Adar
    - Adar (2022) - Adar
    2019
    MotherFatherSon (TV Mini Series) as
    Scott Ruskin
    - Episode #1.8 (2019) - Scott Ruskin
    - Episode #1.7 (2019) - Scott Ruskin
    - Episode #1.6 (2019) - Scott Ruskin
    - Episode #1.4 (2019) - Scott Ruskin
    - Episode #1.2 (2019) - Scott Ruskin
    - Episode #1.1 (2019) - Scott Ruskin
    2019
    Land's End (Short)
    2019
    Mr. Jones as
    George Orwell
    2018
    Immortal: Unchained (Video Game) as
    Cathal (voice)
    2018
    The Sound (Short) as
    Jed
    2018
    Troy: Fall of a City (TV Series) as
    Odysseus
    - Offering (2018) - Odysseus
    - Twelve Days (2018) - Odysseus
    - Battle on the Beach (2018) - Odysseus
    - Hunted (2018) - Odysseus
    - Spoils of War (2018) - Odysseus
    - Siege (2018) - Odysseus
    - Conditions (2018) - Odysseus
    2018
    Spoon Fed (Short) as
    Dan
    2017
    Man Divided as
    Bingwen I & II
    2011
    Game of Thrones (TV Series) as
    Benjen Stark
    - Beyond the Wall (2017) - Benjen Stark
    - The Winds of Winter (2016) - Benjen Stark
    - Blood of My Blood (2016) - Benjen Stark
    - Lord Snow (2011) - Benjen Stark
    - The Kingsroad (2011) - Benjen Stark
    - Winter Is Coming (2011) - Benjen Stark
    2016
    Trial (Short) as
    Original Aaron
    2016
    A Winter's Tale: Shakespeare Lives (Short) as
    Leo
    2013
    Ripper Street (TV Series) as
    Det. Insp. Jedediah Shine
    - The Dreaming Dead (2016) - Det. Insp. Jedediah Shine
    - All the Glittering Blades (2016) - Det. Insp. Jedediah Shine
    - A Brittle Thread (2016) - Det. Insp. Jedediah Shine
    - Closed Casket (2016) - Det. Insp. Jedediah Shine
    - Our Betrayal: Part 2 (2013) - Det. Insp. Jedediah Shine
    - Our Betrayal: Part 1 (2013) - Det. Insp. Jedediah Shine
    - Am I Not Monstrous? (2013) - Det. Insp. Jedediah Shine
    - Pure as the Driven (2013) - Det. Insp. Jedediah Shine
    2015
    In the Heart of the Sea as
    Benjamin Lawrence
    2015
    The Last Panthers (TV Mini Series) as
    Michael / Michael Fanborough
    - Angel of Death (2015) - Michael Fanborough
    - Serpent's Kiss (2015) - Michael (uncredited)
    - Chimeras (2015) - Michael
    2015
    Kill Your Friends as
    James Trellick
    2015
    Sense8 (TV Series) as
    Nyx
    - Demons (2015) - Nyx
    - Limbic Resonance (2015) - Nyx
    2015
    The Hallow as
    Adam
    2014
    Twelve (Short) as
    Stuart
    2013
    The Tunnel (TV Series) as
    Stephen Beaumont
    - Episode #1.6 (2013) - Stephen Beaumont
    - Episode #1.5 (2013) - Stephen Beaumont
    - Episode #1.3 (2013) - Stephen Beaumont
    - Episode #1.2 (2013) - Stephen Beaumont
    - Episode #1.1 (2013) - Stephen Beaumont
    2013
    The Beast (Short) as
    Dad
    2013
    Half of a Yellow Sun as
    Richard
    2012
    Shell as
    Pete
    2012
    Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter as
    Thomas Lincoln
    2012
    The Cold Light of Day as
    Gorman
    2012
    Birdsong (TV Mini Series) as
    Jack Firebrace
    - Episode #1.2 (2012) - Jack Firebrace
    - Episode #1.1 (2012) - Jack Firebrace
    2011
    The Awakening as
    Edward Judd
    2011
    Women in Love (TV Mini Series) as
    Gerald Crich
    - Episode #1.2 (2011) - Gerald Crich
    - Episode #1.1 (2011) - Gerald Crich
    2010
    Made in Dagenham as
    Gordon
    2010
    Deathless (Short) as
    Max Serloom
    2010
    Poirot (TV Series) as
    Antonio Foscarelli
    - Murder on the Orient Express (2010) - Antonio Foscarelli
    2010
    Dive (TV Movie) as
    Gary
    2010
    Sometimes the Moon Is Velvet (Short) as
    Jack
    2010
    Five Daughters (TV Mini Series) as
    Tom Stephens
    - Episode #1.3 (2010) - Tom Stephens
    - Episode #1.2 (2010) - Tom Stephens
    - Episode #1.1 (2010) - Tom Stephens
    2009
    Merlin (TV Series) as
    Alvarr
    - The Witch's Quickening (2009) - Alvarr
    2009
    Waking the Dead (TV Series) as
    Stefan Koscinski
    - Substitute: Part 2 (2009) - Stefan Koscinski
    - Substitute: Part 1 (2009) - Stefan Koscinski
    2009
    Heartless as
    Papa B
    2009
    The Street (TV Series) as
    Keiran
    - The Hero (2009) - Keiran
    2009
    After Tomorrow (Short) as
    James
    2009
    Freefall (TV Movie) as
    Jim
    2009
    Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (TV Movie) as
    The Ripper
    2009
    Free Agents (TV Series)
    - Episode #1.3 (2009)
    2008
    Lezione 21 as
    Musician
    2008
    Foyle's War (TV Series) as
    Fred Dawson
    - Broken Souls (2008) - Fred Dawson
    2008
    The Passion (TV Mini Series) as
    Jesus
    - Episode #1.4 (2008) - Jesus
    - Episode #1.3 (2008) - Jesus
    - Episode #1.2 (2008) - Jesus
    - Episode #1.1 (2008) - Jesus
    2007
    Clapham Junction (TV Movie) as
    Tim
    2007
    Holby Blue (TV Series) as
    Simon Jenkins
    - Episode #1.6 (2007) - Simon Jenkins
    2007
    Persuasion (TV Movie) as
    Harry Harville
    2006
    The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton (TV Movie) as
    Fred Greenwood
    2006
    Dalziel and Pascoe (TV Series) as
    Charlie Barron
    - The Cave Woman: Part 2 (2006) - Charlie Barron
    - The Cave Woman: Part 1 (2006) - Charlie Barron
    2006
    Silent Witness (TV Series) as
    Adrian Burney
    - Schism: Part 2 (2006) - Adrian Burney
    - Schism: Part 1 (2006) - Adrian Burney
    2006
    Soundproof (TV Movie) as
    Dean Whittingham
    2004
    True Horror with Anthony Head (TV Series documentary) as
    Actor
    - Vampires (2004) - Actor
    2004
    Dunkirk (TV Series documentary) as
    Lt Ian Cox RN
    2002
    Sir Gadabout, the Worst Knight in the Land (TV Series) as
    Sir Tificate / Sir Gestion
    - A Fishy Tale (2002) - Sir Tificate
    - The Ghost (2002) - Sir Gestion
    - Silent Knight (2002) - Sir Tificate
    - Elenora's Betrothal (2002) - Sir Tificate
    - Ogwozzle (2002) - Sir Tificate
    - Chiller (2002) - Sir Tificate
    - Love Potion No. IV (2002) - Sir Tificate
    - The Strike (2002) - Sir Tificate
    - Halibut in the Stone (2002) - Sir Tificate
    - Lead Balloons (2002) - Sir Gestion
    1998
    Merlin (TV Mini Series) as
    Village Man (uncredited)
    Self
    2019
    Game of Thrones: The Last Watch (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2016
    Ron Howard: Captain's Log (Video documentary short) as
    Self
    2016
    The Hard Life of a Whaler (Video documentary short) as
    Self
    2012
    Words of the Titanic (TV Movie documentary) as
    Reader
    2011
    Making of Game of Thrones (Video documentary short) as
    Benjen Stark
    2011
    Game of Thrones: Costumes (Video documentary short) as
    Benjen Stark
    2011
    Game of Thrones: Inside the Night's Watch (Video documentary short) as
    Benjen Stark / Self
    2009
    Merlin: Secrets & Magic (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Beauty & the Thief (2009) - Self
    2008
    Breakfast (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 14 March 2008 (2008) - Self
    Archive Footage
    2021
    D'après une histoire vraie (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Les couturières contre Ford: la guerre des sexes (2021) - Self
    2012
    The Awakening: Behind the Scenes (Video documentary short) as
    Edward Judd (uncredited)

    References

    Joseph Mawle Wikipedia