But the band are always looking to push things further, and this January, to make things a…2018-09-08T08:00:55.000Z. Batey's performance is notable due to his vocal prowess, which spawned the hit songs "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher" and "Her Sweet Kiss. Whilst at Cambridge, he co-wrote and performed the sketch show ‘Good Clean Men’ with Alex Owen and Ben Ashenden (The Pin). Batey also played in the British TV series C.B. Most popular Most recent. The Bard on The Witcher. 190.7k Followers, 5 Following, 14 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Joey Batey (@joeybateyofficial) He let us film one of his lessons with RSC musician and company band member Nick Lee. In 2014, he appeared in The Riot Club directed by Lone Scherfig. Joey Batey's Net Worth And Works. Mount Pleasant was another show where he was hired for a few episodes, and he was also cast in the first season of In the Dark. The Amazing Devil – The Horror and The Wild / MarblesOur new session with The Amazing Devil is something a bit different, and a bit special. Text. He let us film one of his lessons with RSC musician and company band member Nick Lee. Now, the actor is pointing his focus towards the biggest role in his career, The Witcher. A huge thank you to everyone at #northsevenstudios for providing a sick man with a steady supply of lemon and honey. The character is more of a comic-relief in the game and the books, an offset to the brooding and angry nature of Geralt. Photo. Joey Batey does such a wonderful job at his song in The Witcher, including the earworm “Toss a Coin,” because he has a lot of experience as a singer in real life too. Joey Batey was born in 1993, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. According to IMDb, Batey has a lot of credits to his name before getting the role of Jaskier. Source: IMDb. [8], L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators, "The Amazing Devil: Love Run – Album Review", "The Horror and the Wild, by The Amazing Devil", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joey_Batey&oldid=980767838, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 28 September 2020, at 09:54. In the photo above, Batey was pictured with the group about four months ago, so he’s definitely still involved. The J.K. Rowling‘s book adaptation of Cormoran Strike was next in the list of characters he was hired to play, and then he moved on to Knightfall where his character of Pierre lasted for five episodes, and now he is all set to appear in The Witcher. Joey Batey has a net worth of $500,000 from his professional career as a singer and actor. Now he will appear in The Witcher, playing the fan-favorite character of Jaskier. Joey is also a singer who is a member of the band The Amazing Devil, and they released their first album in 2016 called Love Run. ‘The Witcher’: Joe Batey (Jaskier the Bard) Is a Singer in Real Life, Copyright © 2020 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. They have a new album called The Horror and the Wild coming out in February 2020. That last part was a quote from Baptism of Fire, the third novel in the Witcher series. He played Edward of Lancaster in the show for two episodes and in the same year he was cast in Whitechapel, where he appeared in two episodes of the fourth season of the show. Powered by. [1] He studied at Robinson College, Cambridge. He studied at the University of Cambridge and was in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Olivier. He played court musician Mark Smeaton. They include The War of the Worlds (Henderson), Stan Lee’s Lucky Man (Bobby), Knightfall (Pierre), CB Strike (Al), In the Dark (Shelley), Mount Pleasant (Gopher), Whitechapel (Gavin), The White Queen (Edward of Lancaster), and more. Source: IMDb. "[4][5][6], He is a vocalist and musician for the indie folk band The Amazing Devil, as well as the primary writer and composer. But the band are always looking to push things further, and this January, to make things a…. Filter by post type. Whilst at Cambridge, he co-wrote and performed the sketch show ‘Good Clean Men’ with Alex Owen and Ben Ashenden (The Pin). The actor was born in 1993 to his father and mother in Newcastle, and he spent his time early life in Tyne’s side where he grew up loving football and acting. Here be the real monsters… Lots of love gang.”. He is best known for portraying Jaskier in the Netflix fantasy series The Witcher. Be so good as to shut your trap.’, A post shared by Joey Batey (@joeybateyofficial) on Jul 7, 2019 at 3:14am PDT. Joey started his career in the theatre where he played Macbeth in the Shakespearean play, Macbeth. Joey is playing one of supporting characters in the series, Jaskier, who is commonly known as Dandelion. Learning to play the lute | Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies | Royal Shakespeare CompanyJoey Batey, the actor who plays the young musician Mark Smeaton in Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, is learning to play the lute. Actor, director, producer, that is… Grayson Gurnsey Plays Ricky in Virgin River – 5 Quick Facts! For procedural cop show fans,… Shalita Grant Plays Sherry in You Season 3 – 5 Quick Facts, Sarah Dugdale is an actress… Sarah Dugdale as Lizzie in Virgin River Season 2 – 5 Quick Facts. Batey shared on his Instagram about his work with his group in August: Taking a break from @witchernetflix and utterly overjoyed to be back in the studio putting down the second album with my band @theamazingdevil. Before you leave, make sure to visit Celebs In-depth for more Biography and Gossip on your favorite celebrities. The show follows Geralt, one of the Witchers who hunt down unnatural things for money and also Yennefer, played by Anya Chalotra. I'm not Joey or neither do i know him. Since the first acting job, the actor only built on his career which resulted in him transitioning between theatres and recording side of the show business. Batey was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1989. He posted on Instagram about the work he was doing in post-production, writing: “A lovely week tunelessly warbling in the studio for #thewitcher. Is he a professional singer? In 2013, Batey debuted in a British thriller Murder on the Home Front directed by Geoffrey Sax. Read more about Joey's journey to become Mark Smeaton at his blog on…, The Amazing Devil – The Horror and The Wild / Marbles, Our new session with The Amazing Devil is something a bit different, and a bit special. The actor who plays the Bard Jaskier and sings "Toss a Coin" is a singer in real life too. The Amazing Devil’s Facebook page is here. As a musician, he is a vocalist in the indie-folk band, "The Amazing Devil." But who is Joey Batey in real life? Grayson Gurnsey Plays Ricky in Virgin River – 5 Quick Facts! https://heavy.com/entertainment/2019/12/witcher-joey-batey-jaskier-bard-singer So, be ready to enjoy his performance and goofy looks for an extended period of time when all the episodes are made available for streaming on Netflix. Joey Batey appeared in the hit series Cormoran Strike. POLL: Is Better Call Saul Better than Breaking Bad. ‘Dandelion… Regis just told you to f*** off. The two along with Freya Allan‘s character Ciri are the leading players of the show, but there are a few supporting cast members also. THIS IS UNOFFICIAL FANPAGE. If you’re watching the new Netflix series The Witcher, then you’ve no doubt enjoyed the bard character Jaskier. In 2017, Paul McGuigan cast him as Eddie in Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool. Source: Reddit. Joey Batey. The first recorded entertainment he was part of was in the TV movie Murder on the Home Front which was the same year he was cast in the TV show The White Queen. Learn more about him here. 1.2K likes. Batey is a British actor who was born in Newcastle. Read more about Joey's journey to become Mark Smeaton at his blog on…2014-01-24T11:04:34.000Z, Redanian Intelligence, a publication specializing in The Witcher news and inside behind-the-scenes scoops, reported back in July that Batey was recording songs for The Witcher. He studied at Robinson College, Cambridge. Here be the real monsters… Lots of love gang. The Bard will obviously be one of the important players on the show, considering he is set to appear in all eight of the first season’s episodes. Batey is also the frontman for The Amazing Devil group, so he does work in music outside of acting too. The actor is not known for his comedic chops, but he can sing evidently by the fact he is a singer in a band. He has said he grew up in a "musical family" and has always been around music. Be so good as to shut your trap.'”. He played the bard Jaskier in Netflix's adaptation of The Witcher, based on the Polish novel series of the same name. A huge thank you to everyone at #northsevenstudios for providing a sick man with a steady supply of lemon and honey. He’s portrayed by Joey Batey and he sings a lot. Please remember that, thank you :) Joey Batey is a British actor, originally from Newcastle upon Tyne. Shalita Grant Plays Sherry in You Season 3 – 5 Quick Facts, Sarah Dugdale as Lizzie in Virgin River Season 2 – 5 Quick Facts, Early Life and Getting Started in the Showbusiness, Joey is Playing ‘Jaskier’ (Dandelion) in the Upcoming Netflix Series ‘The Witcher’. Batey was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1989. He was supported by his family from an early age to do whatever he likes in his life, so Joey did a lot of sports, took music and singing classes whenever he had some spare time from his studying. He was also in productions of Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies on West End and Broadway, according to his IMDb profile. Joey is a skilled … Some of their notable songs are "New York Torch Song," "King," "Pray," "Pruning Shears," "Battle Cries," "Two Minutes," "Love Run," etc. The last time we recorded with the band we set up in an actor's club in Soho (see our other channel videos). Joey finished his schooling there and enrolled in the University of Cambridge to study Modern and Medieval Languages and also started working in theatre. Netflix ‘Dandelion… Regis just told you to fuck off. Learning to play the lute | Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies | Royal Shakespeare Company, Joey Batey, the actor who plays the young musician Mark Smeaton in Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, is learning to play the lute. Little is known about his family except that his spent his childhood living with his parents. [2][3] He trained at L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris. He just said it more politely. Joey Batey appeared in a few episodes of ‘The White Queen.’