Joseph Beattie (born 1978) is an English

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, known for portraying Malachi in the second season of '' Hex'' (2004) and

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in '' Mansfield Park'' (2007).

Background

Beattie attended King Alfred School in Hampstead and later trained at

Guildhall School of Music and Drama The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a conservatoire and drama school located in the City of London, United Kingdom. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jazz ...

. 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 ''

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'' (1998) while still at Guildhall. He has also appeared in the

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film '' Volcano: Nature Unleashed'' (also called ''Volcano'' or ''The Volcano Disaster''), as Antonio, and ''

Brideshead Revisited ''Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder'' is a novel by English writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1945. It follows, from the 1920s to the early 1940s, the life and romances of the protagonist Charles ...

'' (2008), as Anthony Blanche. On television, Beattie's first lead role was that of Flashman in the 2005 ITV adaptation of ''

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''. His other television credits include ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Hex'', '' Mansfield Park'' and '' Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye''. He played Eric Visnjic in the

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''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

Film

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Beattie, Joseph Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama English male television actors English male film actors English male stage actors 1978 births Living people