Biography
He made his acting debut, cast as an Edinburgh public schoolboy, in three episodes of the detective series "Taggart". Soon after, McFadden became a familiar face to many in his native Scotland through a regular role on the popular weekly serial "High Road", playing troubled teenager Gary McDonald for six years. In 1995, while still appearing on "High Road", he was cast in Gilles MacKinnon's "Small Faces", a low-key British film about a mother …
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Career Milestones
| Acting debut in three episodes of the TV series "Taggart" | ||
| Joined the Glasgow Youth Theatre at age 15 | ||
| Raised in the Irish Catholic Govanhill section of Glasgow | ||
1991 | Cast in the regular role of Gary MacDonald in STV's weekly serial "High Road" (dates approximate) | |
1995 | Film acting debut in Gilles MacKinnon's "Small Faces", billed as Joseph McFadden | |
1996 | Had lead in the British miniseries "The Crow Road" (BBC) | |
1997 | Appeared on stage in "Entertaining Mr. Sloane" in Wales | |
1998 | Co-starred with Patrick Stewart in "Dad Savage" | |
1998 | West End debut succeeding Anthony Rapp in the musical "Rent" | |
2000 | Acted in the British TV-movie "The Law" | |
2002 | Cast in "Sparkhouse" a three-part series for ITV, loosely based on "Wuthering Heights" | |
2006 | Cast in the small independent film "The Trouble With Men And Women" (lensed 2000) | |