Joseph Alessi appeared in Coronation Street as paedophile Kel Hinchley between September 2019 and January 2020.
He has also appeared in The Bill, Minder, The Chief, Pie in the Sky, Wing and a Prayer, Kavanagh QC, In a Land of Plenty, Holby City, Hububb, Revelations, Mr Selfridge, I Live with Models, Brotherhood and EastEnders.
Film roles include London Kills Me, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Bridget Jones's Diary and I'll Be There.
On stage he has appeared in Animal Crackers (for which he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award) Tovarich, Arsenic and Old Lace, Henry VIII, The Comedy of Errors, The Snow Queen, The Wind in the Willows, Julius Caesar, The Tempest, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Antony and Cleopatra, The Drowsy Chaperone, Privates on Parade and Tartuffe.