About Joseph May
Born 1974. Joseph May is a British actor, television actor and voice actor.
Joseph May is a British actor. He is best known for his role as Adam Moseby in Bugs, Andy Button in the television series Episodes, Paul who was the boyfriend of Sam Colloby, in Casualty, Luke in I Live with Models and for voicing Thomas in the US dub of the children's television series Thomas & Friends from 2015 to 2021.
His other television roles include Dan Sanders in Hollyoaks, Sgt. Markham in Stargate: Atlantis and Justin Trudeau in The Windsors.
His voice work in animation and video games include Link in G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom, Mr. Wexler in The Barbie Diaries, Autolycus in Class of the Titans, Michael Corleone in The Godfather, Perdido in Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Chase McCain in Lego City Undercover, Jost and Saravad in Horizon Zero Dawn, Hiro in The Crew 2 and Ellis in Blair Witch and Varka in Genshin Impact.
Early life Born in England and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May returned to the United Kingdom to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Career
May may be most recognised by British-American television viewers as Paul, the unemployed partner of gay nurse Sam Colloby in Casualty's 12th season. He also starred in the final season of the sci-fi series Bugs as the naive and misguided Adam Mosby. May has also appeared in the television series Stargate: Atlantis as Sgt. Markham of the United States Marine Corps, Episodes as Andy Button, a television casting director, and as Larry Schwarz in the BBC television movie We'll Take Manhattan.
May's initiation into film was as a miner in the Brian Gilbert 1997 Oscar Wilde biopic, Wilde. Since then, he has appeared in the critically acclaimed World War II miniseries Band of Brothers as second lieutenant Edward Shames, 2001's Investigating Sex as Roger, Resident Evil as Dr. Blue and Holby City as surgeon George Kerwan in 2010.
May voiced the character of main protagonist Chase McCain for the 2013 video game Lego City Undercover and its prequel, Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins.
In 2015, he joined the US voice cast of Thomas & Friends as Thomas the Tank Engine (following Martin Sherman's departure from the title role after the eighteenth series), starting with the special The Adventure Begins. In 2021, the show ended its run after 24 seasons and a reboot titled All Engines: Go! started airing. May voiced the character of the mercenary Phantom in the team-based first-person shooter Dirty Bomb.
In 2019, he went to play Brett Huntley in the television miniseries Dark Mon£y, which featured Babou Ceesay and John Schwab.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1997 Wilde First Miner FairyTale: A True Story Houdini's Assistant 2001 Investigating Sex Roger Also known as Internal Affairs 2002 Resident Evil Mr. Blue Film 2004 G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom Link Voice, direct-to-video film Killer Instinct Max Keller Episode: "Game Over" 2006 The Dead Zone Young Nolan Episode: "Revelations" 2007 Blood Ties Jude Marstens Episode: "Drawn and Quartered" Psych Bruce/Father Episode: "Gus's Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy" 2009 Batman Black and White Superman Voice, 2 episodes 2012 Titanic Victor Giglio 3 episodesTelevision miniseries 2013 Dracula Ewan Telford 1 episode 2014 Mistresses Mickey Episodes: "Rebuild" and "Open House" 2015–17 I Live with Models Luke Main Role 2015–21 Thomas & Friends Thomas the Tank Engine Voice, US version; succeeding Martin Sherman 2017 The Windsors Justin Trudeau Episode: "#2.5" 2018 Sky Comedy Shorts Producer Episode: "Kris Marshall's Whodunnit" 2019 Living the Dream TJ Starmer 3 episodes Dark Mon£y Brett Huntley Television miniseriesEpisodes: "Shattered Dreams" and "The Valiant One" 2026 Dragon Striker TBA
Video games Year Title Voice role Notes 2005 SSX on Tour Mackenzie "Mac" Fraser Credited as Joe May 2006 The Godfather Michael Corleone 2015 Blues and Bullets Osmond Burke, Carmine, Hank Sörensen, Additional voices Dirty Bomb Phantom Lego Dimensions Chase McCain 2020 Cyberpunk 2077 Jefferson Peralez 2022 Dying Light 2: Stay Human Barney 2024 Wuthering Waves Mortefi Elden Ring: NightreignIroneye
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British actor
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Joseph May was born on 16 June 1974 in Southampton.
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Joseph May is an actor, television actor and voice actor.
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Joseph May is British.
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