Joe Rawsthorne (Andy Moore)

4.25 (227), 5.29 (257), 5.32 (260) | 2001, 2002

The man whom Danny believed was his father his whole life, Joe was a gambler whose addiction had destroyed his marriage and relationship with his children. By the time Danny is eighteen, at his request, Joe is apparently stable enough to be a support for Jamie as he battles the same addiction. A year later, Joe has fallen off the wagon and drinking is now his primary problem. When Danny is angry at Joe for turning up drunk to a Sky Sports piece they are doing, Joe informs him he isn't his real father after Danny's mother had an affair. In order to force Danny into a lucrative move to Atletico Madrid, Taylor Doyle records Danny and Joe talking about his non-Irish heritage, which he pays Joe for, and Joe later plans to make more money by selling the tape to Paul Hankin, though he is tricked into handing it over for free.