Paterson Joseph stars as General Arnold Gaines, the head of the Specials Situations Group - the underfunded department responsible for planning the official U.S. government response to apocalyptic scenarios - in NBC's apocalyptic comedic drama "You, Me and the Apocalypse."
 
Joseph has amassed an impressive list of film and television credits in both the U.S. and the U.K. His television credits include "Safe House," "Babylon," "Survivors," "Peep Show," "The Leftovers" and NBC's hit drama series "Law & Order," among many others. His film credits include "The Other Man," "Stop the World," "Let It Snow," "The Beach," "The Long Run" and "In the Name of the Father."
 
Joseph's stage credits include "Julius Caesar," "Royal Hunt of the Sun," "Les Blancs" (for which he won the Best Actor Barclays TMA Awards in 2001), "The Pretenders" and "The Tempest," among many others.