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04/03/2019 – Morgan – 2019 Beverly Hills Film Festival Opening Night – Arrivals – TCL Chinese 6 Theatre, 6801 Hollywood Boulevard – Hollywood, CA , USA – Photo Credit: Sushi / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Joseph William Martin
Place of Birth: Lambeth, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 16 May, 1981
Ethnicity: Welsh, English
Joseph Morgan is a Welsh-English actor and director. His roles include the series Hex , William and Mary , Silent Witness , Doc Martin , Casualty , Ben Hur , The Vampire Diaries , The Originals , which he also directed episodes of; Animal Kingdom , Brave New World , Legacies , Titans , and Halo ; the made-for-tv movie Mansfield Park (2007); and the films Eroica , Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World , Alexander (2004), Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! , Mister Lonely , Angels Crest , The Grind , Immortals (2011), Open Grave , and Armistice (2014).
He was born in London, England, and was raised in Swansea, Wales, for much of his childhood. He uses his mother’s maiden name Morgan.
Joseph is married to Bahamian-American actress, singer, and musician Persia White . He adopted her daughter.