Name
Paddy Considine
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1973-09-05 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
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).
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- 2005 Cinderella Man as Mike Wilson
- 2003 In America as Johnny
- 2007 The Bourne Ultimatum as Simon Ross
- 2002 24 Hour Party People as Rob
- 2007 Hot Fuzz as DS Andy Wainwright
- 2002 Doctor Sleep as Elliot Spruggs
- 1999 A Room for Romeo Brass as Morell
- 2000 Last Resort as Alfie
- 2009 Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee as Le Donk
- 2005 My Summer of Love as Phil
- 2006 Pu-239 as Timofey
- 2004 Dead Man's Shoes as Richard
- 2006 The Backwoods as Norman
- 2002 My Wrongs #8245–8249 & 117 as Him
- 2011 The Murder at Road Hill House as Inspector Whicher
- 2011 Submarine as Graham Purvis
- 2009 The Cry of the Owl as Robert Forrester
- 2005 Stoned as Frank Thorogood
- 2001 Happy Now as Glen Marcus
- 2025 Heads of State as Viktor Gradov
- 2012 Now Is Good as Father
- 2011 Blitz as Porter Nash
- 2008 My Zinc Bed as Paul
- 2013 The World's End as Steven Prince
- 2002 Bouncer as Knife Man
- 2013 Girl on a Bicycle as Derek
- 2014 Pride as Dai
- 2013 The Murder in Angel Lane as Mr. Whicher
- 2014 Honour
- 2013 Completing the Golden Mile: The Making of The World's End as Self
- 2015 Macbeth as Banquo
- 2009 Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 as Peter Hunter
- 2014 Beyond the Pale as Mr. Whicher
- 2014 The Ties That Bind as Mr. Whicher
- 2014 The Double as 'The Replicator' - Jack
- 2015 Child 44 as Vladimir Malevich
- 2025 Deep Cover as Fly
- 2000 Born Romantic as Ray
- 2000 Macca’s Men
- 2000 The Man with No Name as The Man with No Name
- 2000 The Poppa Squeeze Affair as Tony Maroni
- 2000 Three Tears for Jimmy Prophet
- 2016 The Girl with All the Gifts as Sgt. Eddie Parks
- 2017 The Death of Stalin as Andreyev
- 2018 Journeyman as Matty Burton
- 2018 Funny Cow as Angus
- 2001 The Martins as Hatfield Recorder Editor
- 2012 The Bourne Legacy as Simon Ross (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2020 How to Build a Girl as Pat Morrigan
- 2021 Wolf as The Zookeeper
- 2027 Wife & Dog
- 2015 Miss You Already as Jago
- 2011 Through the Prism
- 2015 Pride: The True Story as Himself
- 1993 Shooting Stars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1995 Soccer AM ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2009 Red Riding ( 1 episode )
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2018 Informer ( 6 episodes ) as Gabe Waters
- 2025 Small Town, Big Story ( 6 episodes ) as Séamus Proctor
- 2022 House of the Dragon ( 10 episodes ) as King Viserys I Targaryen
- 2020 The Outsider ( 10 episodes ) as Claude Bolton
- 2022 House of the Dragon ( 2 episodes ) as King Viserys I Targaryen (uncredited)
- 2013 Peaky Blinders ( 4 episodes ) as Father John Hughes
- 2020 The Third Day ( 6 episodes ) as Mr. Martin
- 2025 MobLand ( 20 episodes ) as Kevin Harrigan
- Soon Project Codename ( 1 episode )
- Soon Army of Shadows ( 1 episode )
