Joe Absolom

Biography

Joe Absolom (born 16 December 1978) is an English actor. He began acting in 1990 at age 11 in a peanut butter advertisement. After appearing in "Screenplay: Antonia and Jane (#5.2)" (1990) , he achieved fame as Matthew Rose in "EastEnders" (1985) in 1997 at age 18. After leaving "EastEnders" (1985) in 2000, he has appeared in Long Time Dead (2002), Extreme Ops (2002) and also popular television series "Doc Martin" (2004) and "Vincent" (2005) and most recently "Personal Affairs" (2009) .

Known For

New Tricks

Luke Hanson

EastEnders

Matthew Rose

Midsomer Murders

Luke Altman

Silent Witness

Kelvin Price

Agatha Christie's Poirot

James Bentley

Death in Paradise

Aiden Parker

Casualty

Howard Jarrold

Casualty

Benny Steele

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2022	Farewell Doc Martin	Self
2019	The Mermaid of Mevagissey	Pete
2018	The Best of EastEnders	Matthew Rose (archive footage)
2016	Neon	Elias
2013	I Spit on Your Grave 2	Ivan
2012	Defining Fay	Higgins
2010	The Story of F***	Baz
2010	Thorne: Scaredycat	Stuart Nicklin
2009	Jubilee	Young Man
2008	One of Those Days	Counter Clerk
2003	Unconditional Love	Benjamin Cain
2002	Long Time Dead	Rob
2002	Extreme Ops	Silo
2001	Dream	Tommy
1990	Antonia and Jane	Daniel Nash

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	Code of Silence	Braden Moore
2019	The Bay	Andy Warren
2019	A Confession	Christopher Halliwell
2016	The Level	Shay Nash
2012	Hatfields & McCoys	Selkirk McCoy
2011	Death in Paradise	Aiden Parker
2010	Thorne
2009	Girl Number 9	Boylan
2005	Vincent	Robert
2004	Doc Martin	Al Large
2004	The Long Firm	Tommy
2004	New Tricks	Luke Hanson
2003	P.O.W.
2003	Trevor's World of Sport	Scott
2003	Servants	George Cosmo
1999	Loose Women
1999	Loose Women	Self
1997	Midsomer Murders	Luke Altman
1996	The Tenant of Wildfell Hall	Fergus Markham
1996	Silent Witness	Kelvin Price
1989	Agatha Christie's Poirot	James Bentley
1986	Casualty	Howard Jarrold
1986	Casualty	Benny Steele
1985	EastEnders	Matthew Rose