Joe Absolom (born 16 December 1978) is an English actor. He began acting in 1990 at age 11 in a peanut butter advertisement. After appearing in "Screenplay: Antonia and Jane (#5.2)" (1990) , he achieved fame as Matthew Rose in "EastEnders" (1985) in 1997 at age 18. After leaving "EastEnders" (1985) in 2000, he has appeared in Long Time Dead (2002), Extreme Ops (2002) and also popular television series "Doc Martin" (2004) and "Vincent" (2005) and most recently "Personal Affairs" (2009) .

Filmography

• Code of Silence — Braden Moore
• A Confession — Christopher Halliwell
• The Bay — Andy Warren
• 2019The Mermaid of Mevagissey — Pete
• 2018The Best of EastEnders — Matthew Rose (archive footage)
• 2016Neon — Elias
• The Level — Shay Nash
• 2013I Spit on Your Grave 2 — Ivan
• 2012Defining Fay — Higgins
• Hatfields & McCoys — Selkirk McCoy
• Death in Paradise — Aiden Parker
• 2010The Story of F*** — Baz
• Thorne — Stuart Nicklin
• 2010Thorne: Scaredycat — Stuart Nicklin
• Girl Number 9 — Boylan
• 2009Jubilee — Young Man
• Personal Affairs — Bob Baxter
• Ashes to Ashes — Andy Smith
• 2008Caught in a Trap — Marcus Stewart
• 2008One of Those Days — Counter Clerk
• Vincent — Robert
• Doc Martin — Al Large
• New Tricks — Luke Hanson
• The Long Firm — Tommy
• P.O.W.
• Servants — George Cosmo
• Trevor's World of Sport — Scott
• 2003Unconditional Love — Benjamin Cain
• 2002Extreme Ops — Silo
• 2002Long Time Dead — Rob
• 2001Dream — Tommy
• Midsomer Murders — Luke Altman
• Touching Evil — Craig Jones
• Silent Witness — Kelvin Price
• The Tenant of Wildfell Hall — Fergus Markham
• 1990Antonia and Jane — Daniel Nash
• Agatha Christie's Poirot — James Bentley
• Casualty — Howard Jarrold, Benny Steele
• EastEnders — Matthew Rose
• Emmerdale — Ray Walters
• Coronation Street — Ray Walters

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2022Farewell Doc Martin — Self
• Loose Women — Self