Joe Thomas

Biography

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.

Known For

Taskmaster

The Last Leg

Would I Lie to You?

The Jonathan Ross Show

Richard Osman's House of Games

The Weakest Link

The Inbetweeners

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

All Movies (15)

• Universal2025 · as Leo
• We Are Not Alone2023 · as Greggs
• Mummies2023 · as Thut (voice)
• Plebs: Soldiers of Rome2022 · as Amadeus
• Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel2021 · as Self
• Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again2019 · as Three Very Different Young Men
• The Inbetweeners: Fwends Reunited2019 · as Self
• The Festival2018 · as Nick
• The Darkest Universe2016 · as Toby
• Scottish Mussel2015 · as Danny
• The Inbetweeners 22014 · as Simon Cooper
• The Inbetweeners Go Global2014 · as Self
• The Inbetweeners Movie2011 · as Simon Cooper
• A Trick of the Light2011 · as Joe
• 3 of a Kind— · as Robin Banks

All TV Shows (23)

• New Zealand Spy2026 · as Michael Anderson
• Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet2025 · as Self
• Celebrity Bear Hunt2025 · as Self - Contestant
• Rob Beckett's Smart TV2024 · as Self - Guest
• Out of Order2024 · as Self - Guest
• Maternal2023 · as Dr. Matt Malyon
• We Are Not Alone2022 · as Greggs
• Katie Piper's Breakfast Show2022 · as Himself
• The Greatest Snowman2021 · as Self - Contestant
• The Weakest Link2021 · as Self - Contestant
• Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains2021 · as Guest
• The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer2018 · as Self - Guest
• Richard Osman's House of Games2017 · as Self - Contestant
• The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice2017 · as Self
• White Gold2017 · as Martin Lavender
• Taskmaster2015 · as Self
• Drunk History2015 · as Alexander Graham Bell
• Chickens2013 · as George Wright
• The Last Leg2013 · as Self
• Fresh Meat2011 · as Kingsley Owen
• The Jonathan Ross Show2011 · as Self
• The Inbetweeners2008 · as Simon Cooper
• Would I Lie to You?2007 · as Self