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Joseph William Locke (born 24 September 2003) is a Manx actor. He is known for his lead role as high school student Charlie Spring in the Netflix teen series Heartstopper (2022–present), for which he received a nomination for the inaugural Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performance. In 2024, he starred as Billy Maximoff / William Kaplan in the Marvel Cinematic Universe…
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- Heartstopper Forever — Charlie Spring2026
- Kevin — (voice)2026
- Kevin — Chuck (voice)2026
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Agatha All Along — Self - Teen2024
- Agatha All Along — Teen2024
- Heartstopper: The Official Podcast — Self - Guest2024
- Joe Lycett's Big Pride Party — Self2022
- Heartstopper — Charlie Spring2022
- Celebrity Gogglebox — Self2019
- The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer — Self - Guest2018
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Joseph William Locke (born 24 September 2003) is a Manx actor. He is known for his lead role as high school student Charlie Spring in the Netflix teen series Heartstopper (2022–present), for which he received two Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performance nominations, winning on the second nomination in 2026. In 2024, he starred as Billy Maximoff / William Kaplan in the Marvel Cinematic Universe miniseries Agatha All Along and as Tobias Ragg in a Broadway revival of the musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
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2003 births21st-century British LGBTQ people21st-century Manx male actorsBritish LGBTQ actorsBritish male child actorsBritish male stage actorsBritish male television actorsChildren's and Family Emmy Award winnersLiving peopleManx gay actorsPeople from Douglas, Isle of ManPlace of birth missing (living people)