Joseph John Sowerbutts (born 1988) is a British actor, who is known for playing the part of Thomas Mortmain in the 2003 film ''

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in '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' video game.

Early life

He was born Joseph John Sowerbutts in

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in 1988, to Julia and Kevin Sowerbutts.Birth certificate at General Register Office, retrieved 13 June 2014

Career

Sowerbutts made his professional acting debut as Miles in the 1999 television film '' The Turn of the Screw''. He would later star in several other television series such as Harry Morant in ''

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'' Alex Maclean in ''

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''. He would later star in the 2003 film, ''

'' as the character Thomas. His other television film credits include Young Sexton film in ''

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'', Russel in '' The Lost Prince'' and Harry Bowden in '' Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie''. He also had a recurring role as Neal in the 2016 film ''Ghost Nets'' and had several small parts in various television shows, such as '' The Lost Prince'' and ''

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''. Sowerbutts also provided the voice of

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in the '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' video game. It has been rumored that in the 2001 film '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', Sowerbutts voice dubbed several of Daniel Radcliffe's lines in a few scenes of the film after Radcliffe's voice began to break. A spokesperson from

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however, denied this claim. Recently, he starred as Matt in the cinematic interactive movie video game '' Late Shift''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

* 1988 births Living people English male film actors English male voice actors English male child actors English male video game actors Male actors from London {{UK-actor-stub