Joseph Gilgun

Personal context

Summary

Joseph Gilgun is an actor and co-creator of Brassic, with notable roles in This Is England, Misfits, Preacher, and Pride. His work often draws on northern working-class life and his own experiences with bipolar disorder; he has said he wanted Brassic to show working-class people as more than miserable or long-suffering. He has also spoken openly about the lack of access to talking therapy. No public statements on identity politics, DEI, or political activism are on record.