- Born
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Born in 1978, Joe Absolom began acting in 1990 at age 11 in a peanut butter advertisement. After appearing in Antonia and Jane (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) .- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anon & MO840.
- SpouseBrown, Liz (3 children)
- ParentsJoe Absolom
- Is one of 7 EastEnders (1985) actors to have won a Best Actor Award at the British Soap Awards; the others are Ross Kemp, Martin Kemp, Shane Richie, Robert Kazinsky, Scott Maslen and Adam Woodyatt.
- Ranked #66 in The 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for his performance as Matthew Rose (2015).
- On working with Ian McNeice on Doc Martin - "I'm constantly learning from Ian McNeice.
- On the harbour Port Isaac where Doc Martin is filmed - Yeah it's nice but I wouldn't want to move here.
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