Joseph Marcell

Biography

Joseph Marcell (born 18 August 1948) is a St Lucian born, British actor, best known for his role as Geoffrey the Englishbutler on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air from its beginning in September 1990, until its final episode in May 1996. Born in Saint Lucia, he moved to England at the age of nine, and currently resides in Southall, Ealing, in London.

Known For

Tamron Hall

Self - Guest

Doctor Who

John

The Bill

Rumpole of the Bailey

Death in Paradise

Alexander Jackson

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Geoffrey Butler

A Touch of Frost

Joshua Ray

In the House

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	Hellboy: The Crooked Man	Reverend Watts
2024	Portraits of Dangerous Women	Claude
2022	The Stranger in Our Bed	Stefan
2022	Goodnight Henry	Mr. Pageant
2022	Folding	Errol
2022	The Exorcism of God	Father Michael Lewis
2020	The Man in the Hat	Old Man
2020	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion	Self
2019	The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind	Chief Wembe
2019	Hero: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross	C.L.R. James
2018	Lady Windermere's Fan	Lord Lorton
2017	Wrapped Up In Christmas	Jim Nash
2014	Return to Zero	Dr. Harrington
2013	Fedz	Fast Eddie
1994	Sioux City	Dr. Darryl Reichert
1993	David Copperfield	Mr. Micawber (voice)
1988	Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks	John
1987	Cry Freedom	Moses
1987	Playing Away	Robbo
1984	End of the Line	Harry
	Seahorse

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	Mammoth	Roger Buck
2022	I Hate You	Ralph
2022	Bel-Air	Roman
2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest
2011	Death in Paradise	Alexander Jackson
2005	Jericho	Clive Marlowe
1995	In the House
1992	A Touch of Frost	Joshua Ray
1990	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Geoffrey Butler
1984	The Bill
1980	Fancy Wanders
1978	Empire Road
1977	The Professionals	Nero
1975	Rumpole of the Bailey
1963	Doctor Who	John