Quick Info→
Hometown: Douglas, Isle Of Man
Height: 5′ 9”
Age: 21 Years
Bio/Wiki | |
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Full Name | Joseph William Locke |
Profession | Actor |
Physical Stats | |
Height (approx.) | 5′ 9″ (175 cm) |
Eye Colour | Blue |
Hair Colour | Black |
Career | |
Debut | Theatre: The Trials (2022) as Noah English TV: Heartstopper (2022) as Charlie Spring on Netflix |
Awards | Queerty Awards Performance – TV for the show Heartstopper (2023) WhatsOnStage Awards |
Personal Life | |
Date of Birth | 24 September 2003 (Wednesday) |
Age (as of 2024) | 21 Years |
Birthplace | Douglas, Isle of Man |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Nationality | Manx |
Hometown | Douglas, Isle of Man |
School | Ballakermeen High School, Douglas |
Food Habit | Non-vegetarian |
Hobbies | Swimming, Dancing, Travelling |
Social Media | • Instagram |
Relationships & More | |
Marital Status | Unmarried |
Family | |
Parents |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Joe Locke
- Joe Locke grew up in Douglas, Isle of Man.
- In high school, he and three other students submitted a petition to the government and asked them to consider allowing Syrian refugees to the Isle of Man.
- When he was 12 years old, Joe Locke posted on one of his Instagram posts that he was gay and told his mother. However, he later deleted the post as he was not ready to be out to the world. He made another announcement about himself when he was 15 years old.
- He participated in the 2020 National Theatre Connections youth festival in London. During the same time, he was also associated with the production team of the Gaiety Theatre and the Kensington Art Centre’s youth group.
- In April 2021, it was announced that Joe Locke would play the lead role of Charlie Spring in ‘Heartstopper,’ a 2022 Netflix series based on the webcomic and graphic novel by Alice Oseman.
- He was selected from 10,000 actors in an open casting announcement for the role in the television web series Heartstopper.
- Joe Locke has often talked about being a young gay man from the Isle of Man, relating his experiences to Charlie’s story in Heartstopper.
- During the filming of the television web series Heartstopper, at the age of 17, Joe Locke played a character aged 14-15 years old who studied in an English boys’ Grammar School.
- In April 2022, he shared on a live television show ‘This Morning’ that he was studying for A-level exams in politics, history, and English.
- In August 2022, after Joe Locke protested for change, the Isle of Man’s health minister, Lawrie Hooper, announced that the government would lift the blanket ban on gay men donating blood.
- In November 2022, it was announced that he would appear in Marvel Studios’ WandaVision web series Agatha All Along on Disney+.
- In Agatha All Along, Locke played a mysterious character known as ‘Teen.’
- On 31 January 2024, Joe Locke played the role of Tobias Ragg in the theatre play ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,’ which was organised at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway.
- In 2024, he participated as a contestant in the reality show ‘The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer,’ which aired on Channel 4.
- Joe Locke is an animal lover and has a pet dog. He often shares pictures of his pet on social media.
- He is often spotted enjoying alcoholic beverages on various occasions.