Joseph Martin Morgan (born 16 May 1981) is an English actor. His accolades including one People's Choice Awards, TV Guide Awards alongside eight nominations for Teen Choice Awards. After studying at Gower College Swansea, he starred in the first series of the Sky One's Hex, portraying Troy and has appeared in supporting roles in films Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) and Alexander (2004) and the BBC Two television series The Line of Beauty (2006). Morgan came in attention after playing Klaus Mikaelson on The CW's supernatural television series The Vampire Diaries (2011). He later starred in its spinoff series The Originals (2013–2018) reprising his role as the protagonist. He has portrayed CJack60/Elliot in the Peacock series Brave New World, and Brother Blood in the HBO Max series Titans. Morgan starred as James Ackerson in the Paramount+ series Halo (2024). (Via Wikipedia)