
Joseph Gilgun
Born
1984-03-09
Place of birth
Chorley, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography
Joseph William Gilgun (born 9 March 1984) is an English actor known for several roles, including that of Vinnie O'Neill in the Sky One series Brassic, Eli Dingle in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, Jamie Armstrong in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street, Woody in the film This Is England (2006) and its subsequent spin-off series, and Rudy Wade in E4's Misfits. From 2016 to 2019, he starred in the AMC television adaptation of the Vertigo comic Preacher as the Irish vampire Cassidy. Gilgun was born in Chorley, Lancashire, to Judith and Andrew Gilgun. He grew up in Rivington, Lancashir...
Known for

The Last Witch Hunter
Ellic

Lockout
Hydell

The Infiltrator
Dominic

Pride
Mike

This Is England
Woody

Preacher
Cassidy

Harry Brown
Kenny

Misfits
Rudy Wade

Brassic
Vincent "Vinnie" O'Neill

Ripper Street
Carmichael

Shameless
Rico

This Is England '86
Richard 'Woody' Woodford

This Is England '88
Richard 'Woody' Woodford

Emmerdale
Eli Dingle

This Is England '90
Richard 'Woody' Woodford