- His American accent in Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2016) was so convincing that his co-star Steve Martin had no idea he was from England until a few weeks into production.
- Son of Elizabeth, an author, columnist, and psychoanalytic psychotherapist, and Richard Alwyn, a documentary filmmaker.
- Great-grandson of composer, conductor, music teacher and BAFTA member William Alwyn, who was born William Alwyn Smith.
- Grandson of Director, Producer and Writer Jonathan Alwyn
- His great-uncle (maternal grandmother’s brother) is Bruce Kent, a political activist and former Roman Catholic priest, who was active in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
- Joe studied at the same private school for boys as actor Daniel Radcliffe, the ‘City of London School’, located on the north bank of the River Thames.
- Studied theater at the same college as Andrew Garfield ‘Royal Central School of Speech and Drama’
- His favourite movie is On The Waterfront
- His favorite food is pizza
- His first prize as an actor was delivered in Cannes by the director of the Festival Thierry Frémaux
- Auditioned for the role of Sam in Love Actually (2003), but lost out to Thomas Brodie-Sangster. His first onscreen role came 13 years later, the lead in Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2016).
- Ben Whishaw, Mark Rylance, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Daniel Day Lewis and Marlo Brando are his favorite actors
- he celebrated his 24th anniversary in the United States while doing screen tests and auditions for Billy Lynn Long Halftime Walk (they gave him a cake!)
- His favorite TV show is The Office (the British version)
- He really likes Paul Thomas Anderson
- He loves Jim Carrey’s work
- as a child he loved The Mask of Zorro and drove his mother crazy by carving little Z’s all over the house
- he prefers London to New York
- had lots of pets, from rats to turtles, fish and guinea pigs
He has (or had) a dog named Flint, and is currently the ‘father’ of a cat named Benjamin that he shares with his girlfriend Taylor Swift - he used to play rugby but stopped due to a shoulder injury
- his favorite color is blue
- In 2020 using the pseudonym “William Bowery”, Joe co-wrote 5 songs on the albums ‘folklore’ and ‘evermore’ they are: exile, betty, coney island, champagne problems, and evermore. For the latter, Joe composed the melody and plays the piano on the recorded track.
- he likes sad songs
- he likes peppermint tea
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