Age: 42
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Joseph William Gilgun (born 9 March 1984) is an English actor known for several roles, including that of Vinnie O'Neill in the Sky One series Brassic, Eli Dingle in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, Jamie Armstrong in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street, Woody in the film This Is England (2006) and its subsequent spin-off series, and Rudy Wade in E4's Misfits. From 2016 to 2019, he starred in the AMC television adaptation of the Vertigo comic Preacher as the Irish vampire Cassidy. Gilgun was born in Chorley, Lancashire, to Judith and Andrew Gilgun. He grew up in Rivington, Lancashire, as part of a working-class family with his two younger sisters, Jennie Seddon and Rosie Thomson. Gilgun attended Rivington VA Primary School and Southlands High School. He has dyslexia and ADHD, which he describes as the "biggest pain of [his] life" and in interviews has openly discussed depression and anxiety. He started drama workshops at the age of eight, following advice from an educational psychologist, and was described as having "exceptional talent". He also trained at the Laine Johnson Theatre School and the Oldham Theatre Workshop. When he was 10, he got his first TV acting role in Coronation Street. He stayed with the show until he was thirteen years old. Gilgun studied A-Levels at Runshaw College. Outside of odd jobs and a few roles in small theatre productions, Gilgun worked as a plasterer until returning to acting full-time with Emmerdale in 2006.
Joseph Gilgun
Ozzy Osbourne
for Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath: The Birth of Doom (Biopic)
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The film, "Black Sabbath: The Birth of Doom," is an intense, raw cinematic chronicle of the band that created heavy metal. The story begins in the bleak, industrial landscape of late-1960s Birmingham, England, focusing on four working-class friends: the volatile vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, the inventive, accident-scarred guitarist Tony Iommi, the introspective bassist Geezer Butler, and the rock-steady drummer Bill Ward. United by a shared sense of alienation and a hatred for the saccharine pop music of the era, they channel the atmosphere of poverty and dread around them into a new, darker sound. The central narrative tracks the band’s frantic, chaotic rise from playing dingy local clubs to recording their revolutionary, self-titled debut album—a sound inspired by the chilling minor chords of classical music and the horror of cheap local cinema. The film dissects the group's internal combustion: the tension between Iommi’s musical discipline and Ozzy’s self-destructive, charismatic chaos, all while Geezer's dark, philosophical lyrics give voice to the counterculture's anxieties. It explores the pressures of sudden, unprecedented fame, the devastating toll of substance abuse, and the constant friction that ultimately defined their creative genius, cementing their status as accidental pioneers who changed the face of music forever.
