Actor

Joe Absolom

28 credited titles on WatchWise

Joe Absolom (born 16 December 1978) is an English actor. He began acting in 1990 at age 11 in a peanut butter advertisement. After appearing in "Screenplay: Antonia and Jane (#5.2)" (1990) , he achieved fame as Matthew Rose in "EastEnders" (1985) in 1997 at age 18. After leaving "EastEnders" (1985) in 2000, he has appeared in Long Time Dead (2002), Extreme Ops (2002) and also popular television series "Doc Martin" (2004) and "Vincent" (2005) and most recently "Personal Affairs" (2009) .

Joe Absolom in one minute

Strongest genre

Drama

$17M · 50% hit rate

Biggest hit

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

$63M

Standout efficiency

6.3x

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$25M

Combined reported budget

$29M

Gross / budget

0.9x

Bankability Index

11 / 100

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