Joshua Seymour Sasse ( ) (born 9 December 1987) is a British actor. He is known for playing Sir Galavant in

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's ''

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''.

Early life

Sasse was born in

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, England to poet Dominic Sasse and Mary Rosalind Macauley. He has an older sister, Lydia Sasse. He was raised Catholic, and has Irish, Welsh, Scottish, and

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ancestry. His maternal great-grandfather was

William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose DL (23 June 1879 – 15 June 1954) was a British peer and newspaper publisher. Life and career Berry was born in Merthyr Tydfil in Wales, the second of three sons of Mary Ann (Rowe) and John Mathias Ber ...

, and his maternal great-uncles were

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and

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. His father died when Joshua was aged 5 on

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, whilst he was travelling to

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; his mother subsequently remarried, and Joshua was sent to

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, where he discovered his love for acting.

Career

Sasse studied performing arts at Hurtwood House College and later at Cygnet Training Theatre in

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. His first major role was on the British gangster film, ''

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'' in 2010. In the mid-2010, Joshua took over the role of Sky in the West End production of '' Mamma Mia!'' at the

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, London. In March 2012, he was cast in a big budget horror film titled ''

Frankenstein's Army ''Frankenstein's Army'' is a 2013 found footage horror film directed by Richard Raaphorst, written by Chris W. Mitchell and Miguel Tejada-Flores, and starring Karel Roden, Joshua Sasse, Luke Newberry, Alexander Mercury, Robert Gwilym, Andrei Zay ...

''. In April 2013, he was cast in the TV series, '' Rogue''. He had a recurring role on the show which lasted for two series and 13 episodes. In December 2013, he was cast in

Dan Fogelman Dan Fogelman (born February 19, 1976) is an American television producer and screenwriter whose screenplays include ''Cars'', ''Tangled'', and ''Crazy, Stupid, Love''. He also created the 2012 television sitcom '' The Neighbors'', the 2015 fairy ...

's fairy tale-themed musical comedy pilot, ''

''. The pilot was shot in London due to the UK's new tax credit for high-end television shows. He was also cast in a recurring role on Fogelman's award-winning comedy, '' The Neighbors'' as DJ Jazzy Jeff. In May 2014, ''Galavant'' was picked to series and premiered on 4 January 2015. The second season premiered on 3 January 2016. In 2016, he was selected to co-star in

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's series '' No Tomorrow''.

Personal life

Sasse was previously either in a relationship or married to Francesca Cini with whom he has a son named Sebastian (born circa 2013). On 20 February 2016, Sasse's engagement to Australian singer

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was announced in the "Forthcoming Marriages" section of ''

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''. In February 2017, Minogue confirmed the couple had ended their relationship. Sasse married Louisa Ainsworth in 2018.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sasse, Joshua 1987 births Living people English male film actors English male musical theatre actors English male television actors 21st-century English male actors