Janet Dale
Timothy Dalton
Charles Dance
The Dance of Death
Ron Daniels
The Danton Affair
Nick Darke
Daughter of the Air
Shaun Davey
Alan David
Howard Davies
Rudi Davies
Daniel Day-Lewis
Days in the Trees
Days of the Commune
The Dead Monkey
Nick Dear
Deathwatch/The Maids
Thomas Dekker
Robert Delamere
A Delicate Balance
Frances de la Tour
Robert Demeger
Jeffery Dench
Judi Dench
The Desert Air
Desire Under the Elms
Destiny
The Devil is an Ass
The Devil's Disciple
The Devils
Ann Devlin
Es Devlin
Mark Dignam
Stephen Dillane
The Dillen
Lisa Dillon
Dingo
The Dispute
Divine Gossip
Joe Dixon
Doctor Faustus
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
The Dog in the Manger
Monica Dolan
A Doll's House
Don Carlos
Donmar Warehouse
Declan Donnellan
Gregory Doran
Simon Dormandy
Roy Dotrice
John Dougall
Wayne Dowdeswell
Downchild
Penny Downie
Kevin Doyle
A Dream of People
Dreamplay
Amanda Drew
Darrell D'Silva
Kate Duchêne
The Duchess of Malfi
Duck Song
William Dudley
The Dumb Waiter
Lindsay Duncan
Jeremy Dunn
Marguerite Duras
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Susan Dury
Dutch Uncle
The Dybbuk
Charles Dyer
Chris Dyer
Joe Dixon grew up in Birmingham and first acted with the Birmingham Youth Theatre. His early progress included Mercutio in the Temba Theatre Company's Cuban Romeo and Juliet (Alby James, Young Vic, 1988); winning the Ian Charleson Award as a dandyish Jaques in Declan Donnellan's Cheek By Jowl all-male As You Like It (Lyric Hammersmith and Tour, 1991-92); Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Michael Bogdanov, ESC, Lyric Hammersmith, 1993); and Antonio in the Juliet Stevenson Duchess of Malfi (Philip Franks, Greenwich Theatre, 1995).
Dixon spent the rest of the 1990s working as a screen actor. He returned to the stage in 2001, cast as Camillo in The Winter's Tale at the National (Nicholas Hytner, Olivier). Since 2002 he has been based at the RSC: the 'Jacobethans' (Swan, 2002, Gielgud, 2002-03)—Paris in The Roman Actor (Sean Holmes), King of Bakam in The Island Princess (Gregory Doran) and Mendoza in The Malcontent (Dominic Cooke); Aron in Titus Andronicus (Bill Alexander, RST, 2003); and 'The Comedies' (RST, 2005, Novello, 2006)—Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Doran) and Antipholus of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors (Nancy Meckler).
Elsewhere: Hercules opposite Kerry Fox in Martin Crimp's reworking of Sophocles's Women of Trachis, Cruel and Tender (Luc Bondy, Young Vic, 2004).
Screen credits: Tony Marchant's Holding On (BBC, 1997); The Mummy Returns (2001); When I'm 64 (BBC, 2004).
Education: RADA
RSC: Joined 2002
Seasons: 2002 (Strat., Swan company)-02/03 (Lond.); 2003 (Strat.); 2005 (Strat., core company)-05/06 (Lond.)
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