Paddy Considine

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Dead Man’s Shoes (2004)

Hot Fuzz (2007)

Journeyman (2017)

In America (2002)

Patrick George Considine is an English actor, director, and screenwriter of Irish descent who was born on the 5th of September, 1973 in Staffordshire, England. Considine was born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, where he still resides. He came to prominence through the early 2000’s for leading performances in both In America (2003) and My Summer of Love (2004), and supporting parts in Doctor Sleep (2002) and in cult film 24 Hour Party People (2002). Considine is best known for his role as Richard in Shane Meadows’ revenge film Dead Man's Shoes (2004), a film he co-wrote that won him the Best British Actor Award at the 2005 Empire Award for Best British Actor and a nomination for the British Independent Film Award for Best Actor.

Considine made his filmmaking debut with the short film Dog Altogether (2007) he wrote and directed and for which he won a BAFTA Award for Best Short Film, a British Independent Film Award, a Silver Lion at the 2007 Venice Film Festival, and the Seattle International Film Festival Short Film Jury Award (Narrative Special Jury Prize). Also in 2007, Considine appeared in Hot Fuzz, an action comedy film directed by Edgar Wright and written by Wright and Simon Pegg. He later returned in a larger role in Wright and Pegg’s 2013 science fiction comedy film The World's End. In 2011, Considine’s feature film adaptation Tyrannosaur won a second for BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer and a British Independent Film Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival as well as acting awards for both of his lead actors Olivia Colman and Peter Mullan. He followed this up by directing and starring in his second feature Journeyman (2017) to critical acclaim.

Despite portraying Banquo in the onscreen adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth in 2015, Considine has only had a very brief career on stage. He received Olivier Awards and Tony Award nominations as Best Actor in 2018 and 2019 for his performances in The Ferryman at the Royal Court Theatre and the Gielgud Theatre and The Ferryman at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on Broadway. On television, Considine has had lead roles in several productions including; Pu-239 (2006), My Zinc Bed (2008), Red Riding (2009) and the BBC series Informer (2018), notably starring in the title role as Detective Inspector Jack Whicher in The Suspicions of Mr Whicher series of television films. As well as smaller recurring roles in series 3 of the BBC gangster series Peaky Blinders (2016), and the HBO miniseries The Outsider (2020). Considine also starred alongside Jude Law in the Sky Atlantic miniseries The Third Day (2020). In 2020, it was announced that he had joined the cast of HBO’s upcoming Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon, as King Viserys I Targaryen. The series is set to premiere on August 21st, 2022 and will consist of ten episodes.