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Joseph Quinn (born 26 January 1994) is a British actor. After graduating from drama school, Quinn began his acting career on stage and television, earning roles in the BBC One series Dickensian (2016), Howards End (2017), and Les Misérables (2018), and the Sky Atlantic series Catherine the Great (2019). His breakthrough role came as Eddie Munson in the fourth season of the Netflix series Stranger Things (2022).
In film, Quinn gained further recognition for starring in the science fiction horror film (2024) as well as for portraying emperor Geta in the historical action film Gladiator II (2024) and Johnny Storm / Human Torch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film (2025). He also portrayed an American Navy SEAL in Alex Garland's Warfare (2025).
He attended Emanuel School, a private school, from 2007 to 2012. He subsequently went to drama school at LAMDA, graduating in 2015.
Quinn is also known for his work in theatre, appearing on the London stage at the National Theatre and Off West End. He was awarded Best Actor in a Studio Production at the 2017 Manchester Theatre Awards for his performance in Wish List. He was named a 2018 Screen International Star of Tomorrow. In 2018, Quinn played Enjolras in the BBC One adaptation of Les Misérables and made his feature film debut in Overlord. The following year, he starred alongside Molly Windsor in the thriller film Make Up and portrayed Tsarevich Pavel in the Sky Atlantic miniseries Catherine the Great. He voiced Will Ladislaw in a BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Middlemarch. In 2020, he appeared in the BBC One series Strike and the Mangrove installment of Steve McQueen's television anthology Small Axe.
Following his performance in Stranger Things, Quinn was cast in numerous major studio films. He starred with Lupita Nyong'o in the horror film , directed by Michael Sarnoski, which was released in June 2024. He was also cast as Geta in the historical action film Gladiator II, directed by Ridley Scott, which released in November 2024. In 2025, Quinn featured alongside an ensemble cast in Warfare, a war film written and co-directed by Alex Garland, and portrayed Human Torch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film (2025), a role he will reprise in (2026) and (2027). Quinn has also been cast as George Harrison in Sam Mendes's four-part biopic of the Beatles.
| 2018 | Overlord | Grunauer | ||
| 2019 | Make Up | Tom | ||
| 2023 | Hoard | Michael | ||
| 2024 | Eric | |||
| Gladiator II | Publius Septimius Geta / Geta | |||
| 2025 | Warfare | Sam | ||
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| 2026 | Post-production | |||
| 2028 | George Harrison | Filming |
| 2011 | Postcode | Tim | Episode #1.1 | |
| 2015–2016 | Dickensian | Arthur Havisham | 19 episodes | |
| 2017 | Game of Thrones | Koner | Episode: "The Spoils of War" | |
| Howards End | Leonard Bast | 4 episodes | ||
| Timewasters | Ralph | 2 episodes | ||
| 2018 | Les Misérables | Enjolras | 3 episodes | |
| 2019 | Catherine the Great | Tsarevich Paul | 4 episodes | |
| 2020 | Strike | Billy Knight | 4 episodes | |
| Small Axe | PC Dixon | Episode: "Mangrove" | ||
| 2022 | Stranger Things | Eddie Munson | Also starring, (season 4); 8 episodes |
| 2016 | Deathwatch | Morris | Geraldine Alexander | Print Room | |
| 2017 | Wish List | Dean | Matthew Xia | Royal Court Theatre | |
| Mosquitoes | Luke | Rufus Norris | Royal National Theatre |
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| 2025 | Fortnite Battle Royale | Human Torch | Likeness | ||
| 2025 | Eddie Munson | Likeness |
| British Independent Film Awards | 2024 | Best Joint Lead Performance | Hoard | ||
| 2025 | Best Ensemble Performance | Warfare | |||
| MTV Movie & TV Awards | 2023 | Best Breakthrough Performance | Stranger Things | ||
| Saturn Awards | 2022 | Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Series |
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