Joseph Gatt
Gatt in 2013, photo by kathclick/www.bigstockphoto.com
Birth Name: Joseph Godwin S. Gatt
Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 3 December, 1971
Ethnicity: Maltese
Joseph Gatt is a British actor and model. He has appeared in the films Thor and Star Trek Into Darkness, among others. His parents, Maria Aquilina and Godwin Gatt, were Maltese, his father from Paola and his mother from Lija.
Source: http://www.maltatoday.com
He has a very interesting face. I wouldn’t have guessed he was full Maltese.
What do you exactly mean with that. Maltese are mostly Italian/Sicilian people with other various influences as well. “Gatt” is after Italian word Gatto (“cat”) and is recorded in Gozo since the 1300s, while Aquilina has retained the Italian spelling (from Aquila – “Eagle”).
Example:
Italian: naso aquilino; English: aquiline nose. You get the meaning.
Aquilina is feminine in Italian grammar.
I just mean when I saw his name, Maltese didn’t come to mind. If you had asked me yesterday what his ethnicity was, Maltese probably wouldn’t even have registered. This is mostly my ignorance, though. For instance, I didn’t know that “Gatt” was Maltese/Italian. I probably would have thought that surname was English.
It can be Scottish or German-Austrian too. Most Gatts are Maltese though (in Malta, Australia etc).
Anyway he is surely unique looking.
1974 or 1971?
Because I think this is his birth record
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVWT-M715
His father’s name was Godwin.
Yep that’s him.
His parents are Maria Aquilina and Godwin Gatt.
Uh this guy will give me nightmares!