Paterson Joseph (born June 22, 1964) is a British actor. He appeared in the Royal Shakespeare Company productions of King Lear and Love's Labour's Lost in 1990. On television he is known for his roles in Casualty, as Alan Johnson in Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show, Green Wing, Survivors, Boy Meets Girl, as DI Wes Layton in Law & Order: UK, and as Connor Mason in Timeless. His film roles include The Beach, Æon Flux and The Other Man.

Filmography

• 2027On the Edge — (voice)
• 2026They Will Kill You — Ray
• 2025Odd Socks — McGuin
• Twilight of the Gods — Loki (voice)
• 2023Bet Your Bottom Dollar — Victor
• Boat Story — Samuel Wells
• 2023Geronimo — Doctor
• 2023The Velveteen Rabbit — King (voice)
• 2023Wonka — Arthur Slugworth
• 2022Daddy's Girl — Saul
• That Dirty Black Bag — Thompson
• The Mosquito Coast — Calaca (voice)
• Vigil — Commander Newsome
• Avenue 5 — Harrison Ames
• 2019Since Yesterday — Man
• 2017Red Panda: World's Cutest Animal — Narrator
• Rellik — Isaac Taylor
• Urban Myths — Chuck D
• The Coopers vs The Rest — Toby Cooper
• Timeless — Connor Mason
• Safe House — DCI Mark Maxwell
• You, Me and the Apocalypse — General Arnold Gaines
• Babylon — Deputy Commissioner Charles Inglis
• Inside No. 9 — Pantalone, a Rogue
• The Leftovers — Wayne Gilchrest
• 2012Julius Caesar — Brutus
• The Hollow Crown — Duke of York
• Case Histories — Patrick Carter
• Death in Paradise — William
• Nordic Wild — Narrator
• Blood And Oil — Ed Daly
• 2010Rules of Love — Tyler
• 10 Minute Tales — Paul
• Boy Meets Girl — Jay Metcalfe
• Law & Order: UK — Wes Layton
• The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency — Cephas Buthelezi
• Chop Socky Chooks — Ko Joe
• Survivors — Greg Preston
• The Fixer
• 2008The Other Man — Ralph
• Jekyll — Benjamin
• Hyperdrive — Space Marshall Clarke
• Mayo — Dr. Rossi
• That Mitchell and Webb Look — Various Characters
• Doctor Who — Rodrick
• Doctor Who Confidential
• Jericho — Shorty
• 2005Open Wide — Neil
• 2005Æon Flux — Giroux
• 2004Elmina’s Kitchen — Deli
• Green Wing — Lyndon
• Hustle — Dexter Gold
• Sex Traffic
• 2004The Baby Juice Express — Sean Boetang
• 2003Loving You — Felix Fisher
• My Dad's the Prime Minister
• Peep Show — Alan Johnson
• William and Mary — Ruben
• Bodily Harm — Undertaker
• Dead Ringers — Micky Stone, Mickey Stone
• Rose and Maloney — Harry Callaghan
• 2001Greenfingers — Jimmy
• Murphy's Law — Dr Mark Maddison
• Songs of Praise
• 2001The Long Run — Gasa
• Waking the Dead — Dermot Sullivan
• 2000The Beach — Keaty
• Cold Feet — Suggs
• Dalziel and Pascoe — Mr Alisdair Collinson
• Neverwhere — Marquis de Carabas
• Silent Witness — Sergeant Terry Harding
• Funky Black Shorts — Ellis
• 1993In the Name of the Father — Benbay
• 1993Not Even God Is Wise Enough — Busi
• A Touch of Frost — Colin Stokes
• Between the Lines
• Bunch Of Five — Compton
• Soldier Soldier — Fusilier Eddie Nelson
• Streetwise — Dave
• South of the Border — Julian Henry
• Casualty — Mark Grace
• ScreenPlay — Busi
• 152 Days
• Candles — Man
• The Roots Manœuvre
• Tomb Raider — Thomas Warner

Appearances as themselves (4)

• Wild Burma: Nature's Lost Kingdom — Self - Narrator
• 2012The Making of Julius Caesar: Royal Shakespeare Company — Himself / Brutus
• 2006My Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet for a New Generation — Self
• GMTV — Self