Paddy Considine
Born: 1973-09-05 in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Patrick George Considine (born 5 September 1973) is an English actor, director, screenwriter and musician. He is known for playing antiheroes in independent films. He has received two British Academy Film Awards, three Evening Standard British Film Awards, British Independent Film Awards, and a Silver Lion for Best Short Film at the 2007 Venice Film Festival. His first major onscreen appearance was in his first collaboration with filmmaker/director Shane Meadows, A Room for Romeo Brass (1999), and he then played Alfie in Paweł Pawlikowski's Last Resort (2000). Other credits include Doctor Sleep (2002), 24 Hour Party People (2002), In America (2003), My Summer of Love (2004), and Dead Man's Shoes (2004), winning the 2005 Empire Award for Best British Actor and a nomination for the BIFA for Best Actor. He wrote and directed Dog Altogether (2007), winning a BAFTA Award for Best Short Film, and its 2011 feature film adaptation Tyrannosaur which won BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. He directed and starred in Journeyman. On stage, Considine 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, at the Gielgud Theatre, and at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on Broadway. On television, Considine has been lead in Pu-239 (2006), My Zinc Bed (2008), Red Riding (2009), Informer (2018), and The Suspicions of Mr Whicher series of television films (2013–2014). Other television credits include Peaky Blinders (2016), The Outsider (2020), The Third Day (2020), and most notably he played a lead role as King Viserys I Targaryen in House of the Dragon (2022–2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Paddy Considine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
2025
- MobLand as Kevin Harrigan
- Heads of State as Viktor Gradov
- Deep Cover as Fly
- Small Town, Big Story as Séamus Proctor
2022
- House of the Dragon as King Viserys I Targaryen
- The House That Dragons Built as Self
2021
- Wolf as The Zookeeper
2020
- The Outsider as Claude Bolton
- The Third Day as Mr. Martin
- How to Build a Girl as Pat Morrigan
2018
- Informer as Gabe Waters
- Funny Cow as Angus
- Journeyman as Matty Burton
2017
- The Death of Stalin as Andreyev
2016
- The Girl with All the Gifts as Sgt. Eddie Parks
2015
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- Child 44 as Vladimir Malevich
- Miss You Already as Jago
- Macbeth as Banquo
2014
- Pride as Dai
- The Double as 'The Replicator' - Jack
- Beyond the Pale as Mr. Whicher
- Honour
- The Ties That Bind as Mr. Whicher
2013
- Peaky Blinders as Father John Hughes
- The World's End as Steven Prince
- Girl on a Bicycle as Derek
- The Murder in Angel Lane as Mr. Whicher
- Completing the Golden Mile: The Making of The World's End as Self
2012
- The Bourne Legacy as Simon Ross (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Now Is Good as Father
2011
- Blitz as Porter Nash
- Submarine as Graham Purvis
- Tyrannosaur ... (Director)
- Through the Prism
- The Murder at Road Hill House as Inspector Whicher
2009
- Red Riding
- The Cry of the Owl as Robert Forrester
- Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 as Peter Hunter
- Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee as Le Donk
2008
- My Zinc Bed as Paul
2007
- The Bourne Ultimatum as Simon Ross
- Hot Fuzz as DS Andy Wainwright
- Dog Altogether ... (Director)
2006
- The Backwoods as Norman
- Pu-239 as Timofey
2005
- Cinderella Man as Mike Wilson
- My Summer of Love as Phil
- Stoned as Frank Thorogood
2004
- Dead Man's Shoes as Richard
2003
- In America as Johnny
2002
- 24 Hour Party People as Rob
- Bouncer as Knife Man
- Doctor Sleep as Elliot Spruggs
- My Wrongs #8245–8249 & 117 as Him
2001
- The Martins as Hatfield Recorder Editor
- Happy Now as Glen Marcus
2000
- Born Romantic as Ray
- Last Resort as Alfie
- Macca’s Men
- The Poppa Squeeze Affair as Tony Maroni
- The Man with No Name as The Man with No Name
- Three Tears for Jimmy Prophet
1999
- A Room for Romeo Brass as Morell
1995
- Soccer AM as Self
1993
- Shooting Stars as Self