Bio
Joe Anderson is an English actor best known for his roles in the feature films Across the Universe, Becoming Jane, Control, The Ruins, The Crazies and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.
He is best known to television audiences for his starring role as Lincoln Cole in the paranormal horror series The River, in 2012.
Anderson was raised in London, England and studied photography before attending the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art to hone his acting talents.
Early in his career, Anderson worked in theatre, television and film, but it wasn't until the musical film Across the Universe that he broke out into the mainstream. He continued in such films as Becoming Jane, Love Happens, Amelia and The Crazies.
Beyond acting, Anderson is a musician, having performed several vocal numbers for the soundtrack of Across the Universe, as well as playing the bass in Control and The 27 Club, the latter role garnering him the Best Actor, Drama Award at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival in 2008.
He also received the Rising Star Award at the California Independent Film Festival in 2008.