Stanislavski's system
Duttine was born in Shelf, Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. His father, Geoffrey, is the brother of actor John Duttine. Joe moved to London and attended the Drama Centre London—since 1999 a part of the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design of the University of the Arts London—where he studied Stanislavski's system of method acting alongside actors Craig Kelly and John Simm.