Joe Thomas
Joseph "Joe" Thomas (born 28 October 1983) is an English actor. He played Simon Cooper in the E4 sitcom The Inbetweeners (2008–2010) and its two film adaptations, The Inbetweeners Movie (2011) and The Inbetweeners 2 (2014). After The Inbetweeners concluded, Thomas remained connected to Channel 4, joining the cast of comedy-drama series Fresh Meat in 2011, portraying the role of Kingsley Owen until 2016. He was reunited with his The Inbetweeners colleague James Buckley when they both joined the cast of BBC Two sitcom White Gold, with Thomas portraying the role of Martin Lavender. In 2018, he starred in the comedy film The Festival. Born in Chelmsford, Essex, as the first of four boys, Thomas attended King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford before reading History at Pembroke College, Cambridge. At Cambridge, Thomas was a member of the Footlights, alongside his future Inbetweeners co-star Simon Bird. Bird and Thomas served as the President and the Secretary of the Footlights, respectively, in 2005–2006. After graduating in 2006, Thomas briefly shared a flat with Bird and fellow Pembroke graduate and Footlights alumnus Jonny Sweet.
The Inbetweeners Go Global
(Self)
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
(Three Very Different Young Men)
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
(Himself)
We Are Not Alone
(Greggs)
3 of a Kind
(Robin Banks)
Plebs: Soldiers of Rome
(Amadeus)
The Inbetweeners 2
(Simon Cooper)
The Inbetweeners Movie
(Simon Cooper)
Scottish Mussel
(Danny)
The Darkest Universe
(Toby)
The Festival
(Nick)
A Trick of the Light
(Joe)
The Inbetweeners: Fwends Reunited
(Self)
Universal
(Leo)
The Jonathan Ross Show
(Self)
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
(Self - Guest)
White Gold
(Martin Lavender)
The Inbetweeners
(Simon Cooper)
Chickens
(George Wright)
Fresh Meat
(Kingsley Owen)
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
(Guest)
Would I Lie to You?
(Self)
Drunk History
(Alexander Graham Bell)
Richard Osman's House of Games
(Self - Contestant)
Taskmaster
(Self)
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
(Self - Guest)
The Greatest Snowman
(Self - Contestant)
Maternal
(Dr. Matt Malyon)
Katie Piper's Breakfast Show
(Himself)
The Last Leg
(Self)
The Weakest Link
(Self - Contestant)
Celebrity Bear Hunt
(Self - Contestant)
We Are Not Alone
(Greggs)
Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet
(Self)
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
(Self)
