Joe Anderson (actor)

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Joe Anderson (born 26 March 1982) is an English actor. He has worked in film, television, and on stage since 2004. He is best known for Across the Universe, Becoming Jane, Control, The Ruins, The Crazies, and Horns, and for playing Alistair in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012). He also stars as Asa Farrell in the TV series Outsiders and played Joseph in The Reckoning. His father is actor Miles Anderson and his mother is talent agent Lesley Duff. He studied at Richmond upon Thames College and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He enjoys photography, guitar, and gymnastics, and he has dyslexia, which he says helped him become an actor.

Career highlights
- Copying Beethoven (as Karl)
- Across the Universe (2007) as Max Carrigan
- Becoming Jane as Henry Austen
- Control as Peter Hook
- The Ruins (2008) as a German tourist
- The 27 Club (2008) as Elliot
- High Life (2009) as Donnie
- Love Happens (2009) as the musician boyfriend
- Amelia (2009)
- Operation: Endgame as Fool
- The Crazies (2010)
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012) as Alistair
- Hercules (2014) with Dwayne Johnson
- Hannibal (Season 3, 2014) as Mason Verger
- The River (TV, 2012) as Lincoln Cole
- Doctor Who (2024) as John Francis Vater in “Boom”

Awards
- California Independent Film Festival Rising Star Award (2008)
- Best Actor Drama at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (2008) for The 27 Club

Music
- Sang Beatles songs in Across the Universe
- Performed songs as Peter Hook in Control
- The 27 Club included a theme song written by him and James Forgey