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Birth Name: Paterson Davis Joseph
Place of Birth: Willesden, Middlesex, England
Date of Birth: 22 June, 1964
Ethnicity: African-Saint Lucian
Paterson Joseph is a British actor and author. His roles include television’s Casualty , Peep Show , Green Wing , Survivors , Boy Meets Girl , Law & Order: UK , The Leftovers , Safe House (2015), and Timeless (2016), the films In the Name of the Father , The Beach , Greenfingers , Æon Flux , The Other Man , and Wonka (2023); and on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He wrote the novel The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho . He has been Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, since May 2023.
His parents are from Saint Lucia. His mother spoke Creole. He is married to Emmanuelle, with whom he has a son. Emmanuelle is from France.