Joseph Jacobs

Joseph Jacobs was born in 1983 and is the grandson of broadcaster David Jacobs and the son of American actor Clarke Peters who appeared in The Wire. He played Marcus Wrigley, the gormless friend of Tyrone Dobbs on Coronation Street between December 1998 and April 1999. He had first appeared in the Granada series Prime Suspect in 1996 and also appeared in The Bill, Where the Heart is and Casualty between this debut and his role on the Street, after which he shortened his professional name to Joe Jacobs and among other roles has since had a regular part on Holby Blue as PC William Jackson.