Joe Armstrong

Joe Armstrong: Biography in Details

Who is Joe Armstrong?

Joe Armstrong is a British actor, best known for landing the role of Allan A Dale in the British television programme Robin Hood and as Ashley Cowgill in Happy Valley and Bairstow in The Village.

Joe has also worked on various stage shows including lead role in D. C. Moore’s The Empire and appeared in the 2011 revival of Flare Path. He also shared the screen with Maxine Peake in Miss Julie at the Royal Exchange and with Louise Brealey in a touring production of Constellations.

Joe Armstrong: Bio, Age, Education

Joe Armstrong was born on 7 October 1978 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK. As of 2025, he is 46 years old. He holds British nationality and his ethnicity is caucasian. Similarly, his birth sign is 46 years old.

He was born to Sue (née Bairstow) and actor Alun Armstrong. As for siblings, he has an older brother named Tom, and a younger brother, Dan, who was in the band Clock Opera.

Speaking about his educational background, he attended the Elliott School in Putney from 1993 to 1997. After schooling, he joined the University of Bristol, where he acted in The Brecht Project—a collection of scenes from the works of Bertolt Brecht—in 1998 and Women Beware Women in 1999.

Rumours and Controversy

Joe has not been involved in controversy till now. He keeps his personal life private and has kept himself away from scandals and rumours. He ignores the activities that affect his career and image.

Career and Professional Life

Talking about his career, he made his television debut playing a small part in a 2003 episode of The Bill. After that, he made a short appearance in the ITV mini-series Between the Sheets, where his father, Alun Armstrong, also starred. In 2004, he played a supporting role in the BBC film Passer By as one of two men accused of attacking a woman on a train.

In 2004, he appeared as a guest star in the Waking the Dead episode “Fugue States,” playing a young man who returns with memory loss after being kidnapped as a child. That same year, he also acted in the Foyle’s War episode “They Fought in the Fields,” where he played the son of a farmer who was killed.

In 2011, he had a small part in an episode of Hustle and was a main cast member in the third season of Land Girls. In 2012, he appeared in Public Enemies, a show starring Daniel Mays and Anna Friel. Similarly, he portrayed the character of Stephen Bairstow in the 2013 drama The Village, depicting life in a Derbyshire village in the early 20th century.

Moreover, he also made his appearance as drug dealer-turned-kidnapper Ashley Cowgill in Sally Wainwright’s 2014 crime drama Happy Valley, starring Sarah Lancashire. Likewise, he was seen as William Allison in Wainwright’s To Walk Invisible, a television biopic about the lives of the Bronte family.

His other television credits include:

• Closer to the Moon as Răzvan
• Happy Valley as Ashley Cowgill
• Black Mirror as Nick Shelton
• To Walk Invisible as William Allison
• Darkest Hour as John Evans
• Britannia as Gildas
• Gentleman as Jack Samuel Washington
• The Bay as Dean Metcalf
• Fool Me Once as Alexander Dosman

He has also worked on various theatre shows including Dancing at Lughnasa, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, How Love Is Spelt, The Dumb Waiter, and many more.

Body Measurements: Height and Weight

Joe has maintained a good body shape and has a decent height. He stands at a height of 5 feet 10 inches and has an average weight. He has black hair and blue colour eyes. The info about his other body measurements such as biceps size, chest size, dress size and shoe size is under review.

Net Worth and Salary

Joe might have earned a good amount of money; His estimated net worth is around is around $1 million as of 2025. Information about his salary is under review. Most of his earnings are from his acting career, movies, television series, and other business ventures.

Social Media: Instagram and Twitter

Joe is active on Instagram and holds more than 10.6k followers. He has posted around 741 posts on Instagram under the username “@joearmstrong”. However, he is not active on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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