Joseph Charles Shade (born 12 January 1994 in Barking) is a British actor who played Peter Beale in EastEnders as a child from 1998 to 2004. He took over the role from Alex Stevens. In an interview, Adam Woodyatt, who played Joseph's on-screen father said that he had great fun working with the three child actors who played his children; the only problem was that Joseph was so interested in all the toys on set it was difficult to get him to concentrate on filming. In 2004, Joseph and Casey Anne Rothery, who played his on screen twin sister Lucy Beale, were replaced with new actors, James Martin and Melissa Suffield, to play the twins.
