Joe Locke can currently be seen starring as Charlie Spring in Netflix’s Heartstopper, an adaptation of the webcomic and graphic novel of the same name by Alice Oseman. He made his professional stage debut in the Donmar Warehouse’s production of Dawn King’s The Trials in 2022, for which he won the Best Professional Debut Award at this year’s What’s On Stage Awards. Next year, he will star alongside Kathryn Hahn, Aubrey Plaza and Patti LuPone in Disney+/Marvel’s Agatha: Darkhold Diaries, based on the Marvel Comics character Agatha Harkness.