Sean Brian Gilder (born 1 March 1964) is an English stage, film and screen actor, he is also a

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Gilder was born in

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, England. He is best known for his portrayal of Paddy Maguire on '' Shameless'' from 2005 to 2010, and as Styles on '' Hornblower''. He has appeared in ''

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'' (as the Sycorax Leader) as well as '' New Tricks'', ''

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'', and the 2004 film, ''

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''. In ''Mike Bassett: England Manager'' he was one of the journalists. According to ''The Sun'' newspaper, Gilder left ''Shameless'' after series 7 with the reason rumoured to be his bad relationship with actress

Tina Malone Christina Malone (born 30 January 1963) is an English actress. She is best known for portraying the roles of Mo McGee in '' Brookside'' and Mimi Maguire in '' Shameless'', both broadcast on Channel 4. She was also a housemate on the sixth seri ...

, who played his character's on screen wife, Mimi.

Other media appearances

In March 2008, Sean appeared as Paddy's gay twin brother Noel in ''Shameless'', however in a trick to viewers, Noel was credited as being played by Neil Grades, an

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of Sean Gilder. On 3 April 2008, he appeared on ''

The Paul O'Grady Show ''The Paul O'Grady Show'' is a British comedy chat show presented by comedian Paul O'Grady, first shown on 11 October 2004. The programme is a teatime chat show consisting of a mixture of celebrity guests, comic stunts, musical performances, a ...

'' alongside fellow '' Shameless'' star Alice Barry, who played

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. In January 2014, he was Bosola in '' The Duchess of Malfi'', playing opposite Gemma Arterton in the inaugural production at the

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. In June 2017, he appeared in the third series of the BBC drama ''

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'', as Tholly Tregirls.

Personal life

Gilder attended

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,Queen Mary Players
where he earned a BA (Hons) in Modern History and Third World Studies. He then trained at the

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and entered the profession in 1987. He is married to actress

Robin Weaver Robin Weaver (born April 1970) is an English actress, best known for playing the roles of Clara in '' The Muppet Christmas Carol'' and recurring character Pamela Cooper in the E4 sitcom '' The Inbetweeners'' and its feature-length films, ''The I ...

and they have two children named Thomas and Violet.

Filmography

Video games

References

External links

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seangilder.com
1964 births Alumni of Queen Mary University of London Alumni of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art English male soap opera actors Living people {{UK-tv-actor-1960s-stub