Joel Blakely-Clark was born October 12th in New Zealand to Production Accountant mother Gillian Blakely. He is a actor and brother to 5 siblings, 2 Half sisters Nathalie Blakely and Arabella Clark as well as 3 half brothers Thomas Blakely, Torryn Clark and Hadley Clark. He completed his secondary education at Wellington College in 2023, Starting his acting career at the age of 7 performing in community theatre he then transitioned to screen acting at 10 starting out as the introduction voice for Whats Now and acting in community college short film assignments, weeks before Covid19 Joel with his Mother moved to Wellington City, were he then signed with his first Agency and begun his professional screen and stage acting career.