Joseph May is a British-born Canadian actor, who has appeared in television and film. He is best known for his role as Adam Moseby in '' Bugs'', Andy Button in the television series ''

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'', Paul who was the boyfriend of Sam Colloby, in '' Casualty'', Luke in '' I Live with Models'' and for voicing Thomas in the US dub of the children's television series ''

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'' from 2015 to 2021. His other television roles include Dan Sanders in ''

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'', Sgt. Markham in '' Stargate: Atlantis'' and Justin Trudeau in '' The Windsors''. His voice work in animation and video games include Link in '' G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom'', Mr. Wexler in '' The Barbie Diaries'', Autolycus in '' Class of the Titans'', Michael Corleone in '' The Godfather'', Perdido in '' Xenoblade Chronicles 2'', Chase McCain in '' Lego City Undercover'', Jost and Saravad in '' Horizon Zero Dawn'', Hiro in '' The Crew 2'' and Ellis in '' Blair Witch''.

Early life

Born in England and raised in

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, Canada, May returned to the United Kingdom to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Career

May may be most recognised by British-American television viewers as Paul, the unemployed partner of gay nurse Sam Colloby in '' Casualty's'' 12th season. He also starred in the final season of the sci-fi series '' Bugs'' as the naive and misguided Adam Mosby. May has also appeared in the television series '' Stargate: Atlantis'' as Sgt. Markham of the

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, ''

'' as Andy Button, a television casting director, and as Larry Schwarz in the

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television movie '' We'll Take Manhattan''. May's initiation into film was as a miner in the Brian Gilbert 1997

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biopic, '' Wilde''. Since then, he has appeared in the critically acclaimed

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miniseries '' Band of Brothers'' as second lieutenant Edward Shames, 2001's '' Investigating Sex'' as Roger, '' Resident Evil'' as Dr. Blue and ''

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'' as surgeon George Kerwan in 2010. May voiced the character of main protagonist Chase McCain for the 2013 video game '' Lego City Undercover'' and its prequel, '' Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins''. In 2015, he joined the US voice cast of ''

'' as

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(following Martin Sherman's departure from the title role after the eighteenth series), starting with the special '' The Adventure Begins''. In 2021, the show ended its run after 24 seasons and a reboot titled ''All Engines: Go!'' started airing. May voiced the character of the mercenary Phantom in the team-based first-person shooter '' Dirty Bomb''. In 2019, he went to play Brett Huntley in the television miniseries '' Dark Mon£y'', which featured Babou Ceesay and John Schwab.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:May, Joseph Living people Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art British male film actors British male television actors British male video game actors British male voice actors British emigrants to Canada Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male video game actors Canadian male voice actors Male actors from Calgary Canadian people of English descent 20th-century British male actors 20th-century Canadian male actors 21st-century British male actors 21st-century Canadian male actors Year of birth missing (living people)