Stephen Boxer (born 19 May 1950) is an English actor who has appeared in films, on television and on stage. He is known for his role as Joe Fenton on the

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soap opera '' Doctors''.

Career

Stephen Boxer was educated at New College School in Oxford, where he was a

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, and

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. He is perhaps best known for appearing as Joe Fenton in the

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'' Doctors''. He took a break from the show in mid-2008 to appear as Petruchio in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of ''

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'', returning to soap for a few episodes in November 2010. For his portrayal of Joe, Boxer was nominated for the British Soap Award for Best Actor in 2007 and 2008. He appeared in '' Zigger Zagger'' in 1967 with the

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. Boxer has starred in a number of detective dramas, most notably in the second, third and fourth installments of ''

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''. On children's television, he was co-presenter of ''

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'' with Beryl Reid and its successor programme ''Mooncat and Co'', where he was joined variously by the likes of Pat Coombs, Pam Ayres,

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and Wilf Lunn. He had a featured role in the

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'' A Royal Scandal''. He played Mr Smith in the 2005 adaptation of '' Tom Brown's Schooldays'' and Lord Melville in ''

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''. He has also featured in episodes of '' Casualty'', '' Luther'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2012, Boxer appeared as

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in the RSC production of Helen Edmundson's '' The Heresy of Love''. From May to October 2013, he played the title role in the RSC production of

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. From January to July 2014, Boxer played the role of Gloucester in

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''. Between October 2016 to March 2017, he worked with

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to voice the character and boss enemy Slave Knight Gael in the video game ''

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'', specifically its DLC ''Ashes of Ariandel'' and ''The Ringed City''. He recently played Captain Rivers in the stage adaptation of Pat Barker's Booker-prize nominated novel ''

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series finale of ''

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''. In the 4th season of the historical drama series ''

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'' Boxer played Denis Thatcher alongside

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boxer, Stephen 1950 births English male soap opera actors People educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford Living people