Joe Thomas
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.
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Taskmaster
2015 · Self
Would I Lie to You?
2007 · Self
The Last Leg
2013 · Self
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011 · Self
The Inbetweeners
2008 · Simon Cooper
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018 · Self - Guest
Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet
2025 · Self
Fresh Meat
2011 · Kingsley Owen
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017 · Self - Contestant
The Weakest Link
2021 · Self - Contestant
Mummies
2023 · Thut (voice)
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
2017 · Self
Celebrity Bear Hunt
2025 · Self - Contestant
White Gold
2017 · Martin Lavender
The Inbetweeners Movie
2011 · Simon Cooper
New Zealand Spy
2026 · Michael Anderson
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
2021 · Guest
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
2024 · Self - Guest
Maternal
2023 · Dr. Matt Malyon
Drunk History
2015 · Alexander Graham Bell
Chickens
2013 · George Wright
The Inbetweeners 2
2014 · Simon Cooper
The Festival
2018 · Nick
Out of Order
2024 · Self - Guest
Universal
2025 · Leo
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
2019 · Three Very Different Y...
Katie Piper's Breakfast Show
2022 · Himself
We Are Not Alone
2022 · Greggs
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
2021 · Self
The Greatest Snowman
2021 · Self - Contestant
The Darkest Universe
2016 · Toby
Plebs: Soldiers of Rome
2022 · Amadeus
The Inbetweeners: Fwends Reunited
2019 · Self
Scottish Mussel
2015 · Danny
3 of a Kind
— · Robin Banks
A Trick of the Light
2011 · Joe
We Are Not Alone
2023 · Greggs