Joseph Kloska

Joseph Anthony Kloska (born 1983) is an English actor. He began his career in radio, moving on to work in television, theatre, and film.

Life Named after a Polish grandfather, Teofil Joseph Kloska, who had settled in England, Kloska was brought up in Cornwall. As a child, he was taken to see a grisly outdoor production of Macbeth on Bodmin Moor, which made a great impression on him. After leaving Sir James Smith's School in Camelford, he attended University College London to read History and French, before training for an acting career at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he was in the same year group as Pip Carter, Kathy Rose O'Brien, Arthur Darvill, Sia Berkeley, Harry Hepple, Nathaniel Martello-White, and Danielle Ryan. He graduated in 2006.

From extensive work in radio, Kloska went on to gain supporting roles in theatre and television and also cameo appearances in films.

In a Royal Shakespeare Company production of Imperium in 2017–2018, Kloska played the slave-narrator Tiro,

Theatre This list is not complete The Vertical Hour (Royal Court Theatre, 2008), as Dennis Dutton Fast Labour (Hampstead Theatre, 2008), as Andrius Written on the Heart (Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theatre, (2011–2012) as Samuel Ward Imperium (Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theatre, 2017–2018), as Marcus Tullius Tiro Richard III (touring production, Liverpool Playhouse, Rose Theatre Kingston, 2023), as Duke of Buckingham.

Television The Bill: Rough Justice (2007), as Andrew Stroud Lark Rise to Candleford (2008), as Young Footman Foyle's War, The Hide and The Russian House (2010), as DC Perkins The Rise of the Nazi Party (2013), narrator Jo: Invalides (2013) Dr Parent The Crown (2016), as Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon Pete versus Life (2010–2011), as Rob

Films Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) as Suzy's boyfriend Made in Dagenham (2010), as Undersecretary 1 Blooded (2011) as Ben Fitzpatrick Jane Eyre (2011) as Wood, clergyman at wedding The Riot Club (2014) as Ruby Wedding Man Cinderella (2015) as Royal Crier's Assistant The Little Vampire 3D (2017) as Maney Peterloo (2018) as Richard Carlile

Radio This list is not complete

King Lear (BBC World Service, recorded at the Globe Theatre, 2006) Blake's 7: The Liberator Chronicles (2011), as Cullen I, Claudius (BBC Radio 4, 2010) The Acheron Pulse (2012), as Dukhin The Masters of Luxor (Big Finish Productions, 2012) Pilgrim (BBC Radio 4, 2016), as Mr Hibbens