Joseph Gilgun

Joseph William Gilgun born 9 March 1984 is an English actor known for several roles including that of Vinnie ONeill in the Sky One series Brassic Eli Dingle in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale Jamie Armstrong in the longrunning ITV soap opera Coronation Street Woody in the film This Is England 2006 and its subsequent spinoff series and Rudy Wade in E4s 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 workingclass 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 ALevels at Runshaw College Outside of odd jobs and a few roles in small theatre productions Gilgun worked as a plasterer until returning to acting fulltime with Emmerdale in 2006