Joe Absolom (born 16 December 1978) is an English actor. He began acting in 1990 at age 11 in a peanut butter advertisement. After appearing in "Screenplay: Antonia and Jane (#5.2)" (1990) , he achieved fame as Matthew Rose in "EastEnders" (1985) in 1997 at age 18. After leaving "EastEnders" (1985) in 2000, he has appeared in Long Time Dead (2002), Extreme Ops (2002) and also popular television series "Doc Martin" (2004) and "Vincent" (2005) and most recently "Personal Affairs" (2009) .