Joseph Balderrama

Biography

Joseph Balderrama is a Mexican actor who was born in Mexico City, moved to England at the age of ten and trained at LAMDA, finishing a three-year acting diploma there in 2002. His first professional stage part came in 2003, playing Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet for the English Touring Theatre, and he soon added small screen and film roles. He worked widely in British theater, including a 2010 West End debut in Oliver Cotton's Wet Weather Cover, before taking the part of James W. Horne in Stan & Ollie (2018). His other films include Uncharted (2022) and F1 The Movie (2025), where he played the race engineer Rico Fazio. On television he is known for playing Julio Spring in Heartstopper and for Hotel Portofino, and he has voiced characters in the video games It Takes Two (2021) and Diablo IV (2024).

40years old

Turns 41 on January 1in 75 days

Born January 1, 1986Mexico City
Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19

Movie Career

Films: 4
Career span: 7 years2018 to 2025

Every film, newest first

2025F1 The MovieIMDb rating 7.6
2022UnchartedIMDb rating 6.3
2019A Shaun the Sheep Movie: FarmageddonIMDb rating 6.8
2018Stan & OllieIMDb rating 7.2

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Early training
Balderrama earned a history degree from the University of Glasgow in 1999, then attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art on a scholarship, completing a three-year acting diploma in 2002.
A first
Balderrama's West End debut came in 2010 when Oliver Cotton's Wet Weather Cover transferred to the Arts Theatre after playing the King's Head Theatre.