Table of Biography
Joe Wilkison is an English comedian, actor, and writer. Joe Wilkison started his career in a local village pub now made it up to Netflix.
Early life Childhood
Born on May 2, 1975, Joe is now 48 years old. He is the son of Brian Wilkinson and Stella Wilkinson. Although he was born in Bromley, he grew up in Kent and spent most of his youth there. Apart from this, he has not talked about having a sibling or his educational background.
Caption: Joe Wilkinson on the sets of 8 out of 10 cats with costar Victoria
Source: Comedy. co
Career and Professional Life
Joe started his career in 2004 at a local pub that hosted an open mic. He then continued performing for small and big crowds. Gradually by 2008, he had made tours and appeared at big venues like the Edinburgh Fringe and the Bloomsbury Theatre.
Television
He got his first television show in 2010. He debuted with the comedy show Robert’s Web in which he played multiple characters. In the same year, he also appeared on ‘Live at the Apollo‘, ‘the Rob Brydon Show’, ‘The Wright Stuff’, ‘Show & Tell’, ‘Comedy Lab’, and ‘My Funniest Year’. Similarly, he is a regular on popular British panel shows like ‘Have I Got News for You’, ‘Mock the Week’, and ‘Never Mind the Buzzcocks’
Amongst all the shows he has been a part of, he got major recognition from ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’. He initially started as Rachel Riley’s assistant, however, later made regular appearances on the spin-off show, ‘8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown’.
Apart from acting, Wilkinson has also contributed as a writer in the series Anna and Katy. He has also written some episodes for ‘Show and Tell’ and ‘My Funniest Year’. Similarly, he co-wrote as well as appeared in the 2016 series ‘Rovers.’ He made his Netflix debut in the role of Jeffrey in the 2019 series ‘Sex Education. Recently, he played the lead in the 3-part Gold sitcom The Cockfields. He is also a co-writer of the series which aired in 2019.
Stand-up and Other work
As a stand-up comedian, Wilkinson has made two major tours: My Mum’s Called Stella and My Dad’s Called Brian[13] and The Joe Wilkinson Experience. However, the tours had a mixed review.
Since 2014, Wilkinson started appearing in commercials and doing voice covers for ads. Moreover, he has also appeared on a special episode of ‘ The Great British Bake Off’, where he won Star Baker.
Awards
Since the beginning of his career, Joe has been conquering new levels of success. He has risen to become one of the best British comedians. In between, he also won the 2016 Hackney Empire New Act of the Year.
Joe Wilkison – Net Worth 2024
The successful comedian has not revealed his riches. However, sources estimate his net worth to be around $1 to 5 million dollars. His salary and annual income are still under review.
Relationship status
Wilkinson is a married man. He tied the knot with Petra Exton in July 2015. The couple has been happily living together since then. But, Joe is quite not open about his private life. There is not much information about their relationship. It looks as though, they have not even had children together.
Caption: Joe with the Cockfield costar Diane Morgan
Source: Chortle
Joe Wilkison – Body Measurements 2024
The Cockfield star Joe is in his mid-forties. He has a fair skin tone and brown hair. Looking into his body physique, he appears slightly overweight with an average height. However, his exact height and weight or other body measurements are unavailable.
Caption: Joe performing at the Bristol Comedy Garden 2018
Source: Instagram
Joe Wilkison – Social Media 2024
Actor-comedian Wilkinson is not very active on social media sites. Although he has an Instagram account under the user name @gillinghamjoe, he has not posted many photos. He has not updated in years, yet has over 21k followers. Nevertheless, he is quite active on Twitter where he has about 600k followers. He mostly updates on his professional life via the account.