Joe Anders

Joe Alfie Winslet Mendes (nacido el 22 de diciembre de 2003), ^{[ 1 ]} conocido profesionalmente como Joe Anders , es un actor, guionista y compositor estadounidense-británico ^{[ 2 ]} . Es hijo de la actriz Kate Winslet y del director de cine Sam Mendes , y medio hermano menor de la actriz Mia Threapleton . Comenzó su carrera con un pequeño papel en el drama bélico 1917 (2019), la película de Channel 4 I Am Ruth (2022) y el drama bélico biográfico Lee (2023) antes de protagonizar la comedia romántica musical sobre la mayoría de edad Bonus Track (2023). También escribió el guion de la película Goodbye June (2025), el debut como directora de su madre.

Anders nació como Joe Alfie Winslet Mendes ^{[ 3 ] [ 4 ]} en la ciudad de Nueva York el 22 de diciembre de 2003, ^{[ 1 ] [ 5 ]} hijo de la actriz inglesa Kate Winslet y el director de cine Sam Mendes . ^{[ 6 ] [ 7 ]} Sus padres se separaron en 2010, cuando él tenía seis años, ^{[ 8 ]} y se divorciaron en 2011. ^{[ 9 ]} Su padre se identifica como judío secular . ^{[ 10 ]} Tiene tres medio hermanos: una media hermana mayor del primer matrimonio de su madre con el pintor y cineasta Jim Threapleton , la actriz Mia Threapleton (nacida en 2000); ^{[ 5 ]} un medio hermano menor (nacido en 2013) del tercer matrimonio de su madre con el empresario inglés Edward Abel Smith; ^{[ 5 ]} y una media hermana menor (nacida en 2017) del segundo matrimonio de su padre con la trompetista inglesa Alison Balsom . ^{[ 11 ]} Su padrastro, Edward Abel Smith, es el exjefe de promoción de marketing y experiencia de astronautas en Virgin Galactic y sobrino del cofundador de la compañía, el magnate británico Richard Branson . ^{[ 12 ]} Después de casarse con Winslet en 2012, Abel Smith se convirtió en padre a tiempo completo ayudándola a criar a sus hijos. ^{[ 13 ]}

His maternal grandmother worked as a nanny and waitress, and his maternal grandfather was a struggling actor who took labouring jobs to support the family.^[14][15] His maternal great-grandparents were both actors and ran the Reading Repertory Theatre Company.^[16] His paternal grandfather, Jameson Peter Mendes, was a Roman Catholic University professor^[17] of Portuguese descent from Trinidad and Tobago,^[18][10] and his paternal grandmother, novelist Valerie Mendes, is an English Jew.^[19] His paternal great-grandfather was the Trinidadian writerAlfred Mendes.^[18] He also has Irish and Swedish ancestry through his mother.^[20][21] His maternal five times great-grandfather, Anders Jonsson, was an agricultural slave labourer in Sweden and was arrested for stealing potatoes and honey to feed his family and died in prison from typhoid in 1832, while waiting for his appeal.^[21]

Anders grew up between New York City and England.^[22][23] In 2010, he relocated with his mother and half-sister from New York to England to avoid paparazzi,^[24] and since 2013 they have lived in West Wittering, Sussex.^[25]

In 2019, Anders made his feature film debut at the age of 15 with a small part as Private Willock in the war drama 1917, directed by his father, Sam Mendes. He was credited as "Joe Mendes" in the film.^[26]

In 2022, he changed his stage name to Joe Anders and had a small part in the Channel 4 television drama film I Am Ruth (2022), directed by Dominic Savage, appearing alongside his mother Kate Winslet and his sister Mia Threapleton, portraying their son and brother, respectively.^[27]

In 2023, Anders had a small part as an American soldier in the biographical war drama Lee, directed by Ellen Kuras,^[28] and had his first leading role in the musical coming-of-age romantic comedy Bonus Track,^[29] directed by Julia Jackman.^[6][30] For his performance in Bonus Track, he was longlisted for the British Independent Film Awards in the Breakthrough Performance category, but did not get the nomination.^[31]

In October 2024, Anders joined the cast of Zoe Kazan's upcoming miniseries East of Eden, adapted from John Steinbeck's 1952 novel of the same name.^[32] In May 2025, Anders joined the cast of Apple TV+'s series Cape Fear.^[33]

Anders is also a musician^[34] and learned how to play the piano in 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown.^[35] In 2024, he composed the score for Mike Gilbert's short film Big Cat.^[36]

At the age of 19, Anders attended a screenwriting course at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, England, where he wrote the screenplay for the British family drama film Goodbye June (2025), inspired by the death of his maternal grandmother when he was 13 years old.^[37] The film marks both Anders' screenwriting debut and Winslet's directorial debut, and was released by Netflix on 24 December 2025.^[38][37]

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