Joe Thomas

Joseph Joe Thomas born 28 October 1983 is an English actor He played Simon Cooper in the E4 sitcom The Inbetweeners 20082010 and its two film adaptations The Inbetweeners Movie 2011 and The Inbetweeners 2 2014 After The Inbetweeners concluded Thomas remained connected to Channel 4 joining the cast of comedydrama series Fresh Meat in 2011 portraying the role of Kingsley Owen until 2016 He was reunited with his The Inbetweeners colleague James Buckley when they both joined the cast of BBC Two sitcom White Gold with Thomas portraying the role of Martin Lavender In 2018 he starred in the comedy film The Festival Born in Chelmsford Essex as the first of four boys Thomas attended King Edward VI Grammar School Chelmsford before reading History at Pembroke College Cambridge At Cambridge Thomas was a member of the Footlights alongside his future Inbetweeners costar Simon Bird Bird and Thomas served as the President and the Secretary of the Footlights respectively in 20052006 After graduating in 2006 Thomas briefly shared a flat with Bird and fellow Pembroke graduate and Footlights alumnus Jonny Sweet