Joseph William Locke is a Manx actor. He portrays Charlie Spring in the Netflix adaptation of Heartstopper.
Biography
He was born in Douglas, Isle of Man.[1][2][3] He attended Ballakermeen High School.[4][5] He told ITV's This Morning in April 2022 that he was studying for A-Level exams in politics, history and English.[6]
While in high school, Locke and three fellow students submitted a petition to government officials to investigate the feasibility of welcoming Syrian refugees to the Isle of Man.[1]
Trivia
- He is best friends with Sebastian Croft.
- He is openly gay.[7][8]
- In August 2022, the Isle of Man's health minister, Lawrie Hooper, announced that the government would change its blanket ban on gay men donating blood after Locke called for the "archaic" rule to be changed in a video message played at the island's annual pride celebration.[9][10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turton, Sam (November 29, 2019). "Students present Syria petition". Isle of Man Today.
- ↑ BuzzFeed UK (April 29, 2022). "Kit Connor and Joe Locke take the BFF Test". YouTube.
- ↑ "Isle of Man's Joe Locke in running for National Television Award for Netflix series Heartstopper". ITV News (May 27, 2022).
- ↑ "Students petition Tynwald to reverse Syrian refugee position". Manx Radio (November 26, 2019).
- ↑ "Netflix show starring Manx actor streams next week". Manx Radio (April 17, 2022).
- ↑ Duke, Simon (April 28, 2022). "Heartstopper actors force hasty change to This Morning schedule". ChronicleLive.
- ↑ James, Alastair (April 13, 2022). "Heartstopper's young stars are ready to share the love in Netflix's most uplifting LGBTQ series yet". Attitude.
- ↑ Levesley, David (June 3, 2022). "Joe Locke: ‘I’d love to play the first queer Disney prince or Marvel superhero’". Soho House.
- ↑ "Manx actor Joe Locke calls for gay men blood donation U-turn". BBC News (August 15, 2022).
- ↑ Wakefield, Lily (August 17, 2022). "Isle of Man vows to drop queer blood ban after Heartstopper actor calls out 'archaic' rule". PinkNews.