joseph graham sugg (born 8 september 1991) is an english youtuber, actor, television personality and author. in august 2012, he began posting videos on the youtube channel thatcherjoe, and has since amassed over 8 million subscribers. in 2018, he was a finalist on the sixteenth series of "strictly come dancing", and in 2019, he performed the role of ogie anhorn in the west end production of "waitress".