Joseph Marcell

Joseph Marcell

Born: August 18, 1948
in Saint Lucia, West Indies
Joseph Marcell (born 18 August 1948) is a St Lucian born, British actor, best known for his role as Geoffrey the Englishbutler on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air from its beginning in September 1990, until its final episode in May 1996. Born in Saint Lucia, he moved to England at the age of nine, and currently resides in Southall, Ealing, in London.

Movies for Joseph Marcell...

Hellboy: The Crooked Man
Title: Hellboy: The Crooked Man
Character: Reverend Watts
Released: November 14, 2024
Type: Movie
Hellboy and a rookie BPRD agent get stranded in 1950s rural Appalachia. There, they discover a small community haunted by witches, led by a local devil with a troubling connection to Hellboy's past: the Crooked Man.
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Goodnight Henry
Title: Goodnight Henry
Character: Mr. Pageant
Released: October 8, 2022
Type: Movie
When the Prime Minister dies in scandalous circumstances, his advisor must salvage Britain’s trade deal with the visiting French ambassador, whilst limiting the damage a chambermaid may cause to the country's reputation.
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Title: I Hate You
Character: Ralph
Released: September 29, 2022
Type: TV
Hate You is a comedy about best friends. Two best friends in their 20s – Charlie played by Tanya Reynolds, Sex Education) and Becca played by newcomer, Melissa Saint and their intense, messy friendship in today’s intense, complicated world. It’s about the one friend you can say anything to and do anything with: the idiotic in-jokes, and the laughing till you almost puke, as well as the insane bickering and late-night shouting matches. It’s about that one friend you really love - and really hate.
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Folding
Title: Folding
Character: Errol
Released: September 21, 2022
Type: Movie
A young Taiwanese woman on the run finds friendship and shelter in the home of a lonely grief-ridden widower.
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The Stranger in Our Bed
Title: The Stranger in Our Bed
Character: Stefan
Released: August 26, 2022
Type: Movie
A newly married woman leaves her wealthy husband for a lover who mysteriously disappears. Things start to unravel and become life-threatening on a trip to the husband's family estate.
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The Exorcism of God
Title: The Exorcism of God
Character: Father Michael Lewis
Released: March 11, 2022
Type: Movie
An American priest working in Mexico is considered a saint by many local parishioners. However, due to a botched exorcism, he carries a secret that’s eating him alive until he gets an opportunity to face his demon one final time.
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Title: Mammoth
Character: Roger Buck
Released: November 5, 2021
Type: TV
In 1979 an avalanche catches Tony Mammoth unaware - thought dead, Tony is bought back to the land of the living in 2021.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion
Title: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion
Character: Self
Released: November 18, 2020
Type: Movie
Join Will Smith, Tatyana Ali, Karyn Parsons, Joseph Marcell, Daphne Maxwell Reid, Alfonso Ribeiro and DJ Jazzy Jeff, for a funny and heartfelt night full of music and dancing in honor of the show that ran for six seasons and 148 episodes.
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The Man in the Hat
Title: The Man in the Hat
Character: Old Man
Released: September 18, 2020
Type: Movie
The Man In The Hat sets off from Marseilles in a small Fiat 500. On the seat beside him is a framed photograph of an unknown woman. Behind him is a 2CV into which is squeezed Five Bald Men. Why are they chasing him? And how can he shake them off? As he travels North through France, he encounters razeteurs, women with stories to tell, bullfights, plenty of delicious food, a damp man, mechanics, nuns, a convention of Chrystallographers and much more, coming face to face with the vivid eccentricities of an old country.
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Title: Tamron Hall
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 9, 2019
Type: TV
Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she interviews in thorough meaningful and entertaining conversations.
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Hero: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross
Title: Hero: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life & Times of Mr. Ulric Cross
Character: C.L.R. James
Released: February 28, 2019
Type: Movie
Inspired by the life and times of Caribbean war hero, judge and diplomat Ulric Cross whose amazing life spanned key moments of the 20th Century like WW2, African independence movements, Black Power, the rise of a new brand of Black leadership around the world, events that define our present reality.
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Title: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Character: Chief Wembe
Released: February 14, 2019
Type: Movie
Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.
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Lady Windermere's Fan
Title: Lady Windermere's Fan
Character: Lord Lorton
Released: March 20, 2018
Type: Movie
The day of Lady Windermere’s birthday party, and all is perfectly in order. Until her friend Lord Darlington plants a seed of suspicion. Is her husband having an affair? And will the other woman really attend the party? First performed in 1892, Lady Windermere’s Fan explores the ambiguity of upper class morality and the fragile position of women in society in the late Victorian era in one of Wilde’s most popular and witty plays.
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Wrapped Up In Christmas
Title: Wrapped Up In Christmas
Character: Jim Nash
Released: November 25, 2017
Type: Movie
With Christmas just around the corner, 8-year-old Molly asks the mall Santa to find a boyfriend for her beloved aunt.
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Return to Zero
Title: Return to Zero
Character: Dr. Harrington
Released: May 18, 2014
Type: Movie
Based on the true story of a successful couple, Maggie and Aaron who are preparing for the arrival of their first child.
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Fedz
Title: Fedz
Character: Fast Eddie
Released: March 13, 2013
Type: Movie
In London, just a few years from now, the government have enforced a curfew - no civilians on the streets after dark. A terrorist group have threatened to release a killer virus. Time is running out for the FEDZ.
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Title: Death in Paradise
Character: Alexander Jackson
Released: October 25, 2011
Type: TV
A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie.
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Title: Jericho
Character: Clive Marlowe
Released: October 16, 2005
Type: TV
Jericho is an ITV British crime drama series which was transmitted in 2005. It was created and written by Stewart Harcourt and starred Robert Lindsay as Detective Inspector Michael Jericho, who is loved by the public but who is embarrassed by his status as a hero. The series was set in London in 1958.
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Title: In the House
Released: April 10, 1995
Type: TV
In the House is an American sitcom
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Sioux City
Title: Sioux City
Character: Dr. Darryl Reichert
Released: April 1, 1994
Type: Movie
A young Lakota Sioux, adopted by a wealthy Jewish couple in Beverly Hills, gets in touch with his cultural roots and solves a mystery in this thriller
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David Copperfield
Title: David Copperfield
Character: Mr. Micawber (voice)
Released: December 10, 1993
Type: Movie
An animated version of the classic David Copperfield story. Filled with music, color, and anthropomorphic versions of the classic characters.
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Title: A Touch of Frost
Character: Joshua Ray
Released: December 6, 1992
Type: TV
Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch.
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Title: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Character: Geoffrey Butler
Released: September 10, 1990
Type: TV
Will, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to live with his Uncle Philip, Aunt Vivian, his cousins — spoiled Hilary, preppy Carlton and young Ashley — and their sophisticated British butler, Geoffrey. Though Will’s antics and upbringing contrast greatly with the upper-class lifestyle of his extended relatives, he soon finds himself right at home as a loved part of the family.
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Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
Title: Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
Character: John
Released: October 26, 1988
Type: Movie
London, 1963: The Doctor returns to the place where it all began — alongside his latest companion, Ace, with unfinished business. Not for the first time, unusual events are unfolding at Coal Hill School. At 76 Totter's Lane, the Doctor discovers that his oldest foes — the Daleks — are on the trail of stolen Time Lord technology that he left on Earth long ago. The Daleks are planning to perfect their own time-travel capability, in order to unleash themselves across the whole of time and space.
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Cry Freedom
Title: Cry Freedom
Character: Moses
Released: November 6, 1987
Type: Movie
A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.
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Playing Away
Title: Playing Away
Character: Robbo
Released: January 2, 1987
Type: Movie
To mark the conclusion of their "Third World Week" celebration, a cricket team in a small English village invites a black cricket team from South London to a charity game with comical results.
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Title: The Bill
Released: October 16, 1984
Type: TV
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.
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End of the Line
Title: End of the Line
Character: Harry
Released: July 11, 1984
Type: Movie
Life in a Scottish New Town
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Title: Fancy Wanders
Released: October 24, 1980
Type: TV
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Title: Empire Road
Released: October 31, 1978
Type: TV
Empire Road was a British television series, made by the BBC in 1978 and 1979. Written by Michael Abbensetts, the show ran for two seasons of eight episodes each. The series was the first British television series to be written, acted and directed predominantly by black artists. A soap opera, similar in format to Coronation Street, Empire Road depicted life for the African-Caribbean, East Indian and South Asian residents of a racially diverse street in the city of Birmingham. Prominent cast members included Norman Beaton, Corinne Skinner-Carter, Wayne Laryea, Joseph Marcell and Rudolph Walker. The programme also provided early TV exposure for Julie Walters who appeared in a few episodes. The series was made at BBC Pebble Mill with location work in the Handsworth area of Birmingham. The eponymously named theme song was recorded by Matumbi and also released as a single in 1978.
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Title: The Professionals
Character: Nero
Released: December 30, 1977
Type: TV
The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.
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Title: Rumpole of the Bailey
Released: December 17, 1975
Type: TV
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients, and has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes.
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: John
Released: November 23, 1963
Type: TV
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.