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Joe Anderson

Biography

Joe Anderson is an English actor, born in England in 1982, who has worked professionally since childhood. He trained at London's Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art after attending Richmond upon Thames College. He has appeared on stage at the Chichester Festival Theatre, and his early film roles include playing Beethoven's nephew Karl in Copying Beethoven and Max Carrigan, a Vietnam draftee, in Across the Universe, where he sang Beatles songs. He portrayed Henry Austen in Becoming Jane and Joy Division bassist Peter Hook in Control. Later he played a German tourist in The Ruins and appeared in The Crazies. He was Terry Perrish in Horns and co-starred in Hercules. He played Joseph in The Reckoning. On television, he played Asa Farrell in Outsiders and Lincoln Cole in The River. He also took the role of Mason Verger in Hannibal. He received a Rising Star Award in 2008 and Best Actor Drama at Fort Lauderdale for The 27 Club.

44years old

Turns 45 on March 26in 164 days

  • Born England
  • Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19

Movie Career

Films
26
Career span
20 years2004 to 2024

Genres

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  1. Beyond film

    Anderson sang covers of Beatles songs in Across the Universe, including "Hey Jude" and "Happiness Is a Warm Gun", all released on the soundtrack album.

  2. Beyond film

    As Peter Hook in Control, Anderson and his castmates performed Joy Division songs, and their "Transmission" was the only cast recording on the soundtrack album.

  3. Behind the camera

    Anderson and castmate James Forgey wrote the theme song for The 27 Club, where Anderson played Finn, the bassist of a music duo.

Joe Anderson movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Crazies2010 Horror, Mystery, Thrilleras Russell

    IMDb rating 6.5139K votes

  2. Across the Universe2007 Drama, Fantasy, Musicalas Max Carrigan

    IMDb rating 7.3118K votes

  3. Horns2013as Terry Parrish

    IMDb rating 6.493K votes

  4. Control2007as Peter Hook aka Hooky

    IMDb rating 7.672K votes

  5. The Ruins2008as Mathias

    IMDb rating 5.992K votes

  6. Becoming Jane2007as Henry Austen

    IMDb rating 7.069K votes

  7. The Grey2011as Todd Flannery

    IMDb rating 6.7276K votes

  8. Operation: Endgame2010as Fool

    IMDb rating 4.911K votes

Worked with

Joe Anderson shares two films with Timothy Olyphant, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Joe Anderson's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$554 million

16 of the 26 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 26 films: 16 worldwide figure; 10 figure not found.

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  • 10Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 95% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Hercules2014as Phineas
    $245M44.2% of the total
  2. 2
    The Grey2011as Todd Flannery
    $80M14.4% of the total
  3. 3
    The Crazies2010as Russell
    $55M9.9% of the total
  4. 4
    Becoming Jane2007as Henry Austen
    $39M7.1% of the total
  5. 5
    Love Happens2009as Tyler
    $36M6.5% of the total
  6. 6
    Across the Universe2007as Max Carrigan
    $30M5.4% of the total
  7. 7
    The Ruins2008as Mathias
    $23M4.1% of the total
  8. 8
    Amelia2009as Bill Stultz
    $20M3.5% of the total
Control (2007), $8.2 millionCreep (2004), $7.5 millionCopying Beethoven (2006), $6.2 millionHorns (2013), $3.9 millionThe Reckoning (2021), $596,806Hangman (2017), $104,503A Single Shot (2013), $18,642The Ballad of Lefty Brown (2017), $7,856

$26.5 millionfrom the other 8 films with a worldwide figure, 5% of the total