Paddy Considine

Patrick George Considine (born 5 September 1973) is an English actor, director, and screenwriter. He frequently collaborates with filmmaker/director Shane Meadows. 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 Meadows in ''A Room for Romeo Brass'' (1999) in which he played the small-town disturbed character Morell. His first lead role as love-struck misfit Alfie in Paweł Pawlikowski’s ''Last Resort'' (2000) won him the Best Actor award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. Through the early 2000’s he had leading performances in both '' In America'' (2003) and '' My Summer of Love'' (2004), and supporting parts in '' Doctor Sleep'' (2002) and '' 24 Hour Party People'' (2002). His role as Richard in Meadows' revenge film '' Dead Man's Shoes'' (2004), a film he cowrote, won him the 2005 Empire Award for Best British Actor and a nomination for the British Independent Film Award for Best Actor.

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), 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 starred alongside Jude Law in the Sky Atlantic miniseries '' The Third Day'' (2020). In 2022, he starred in the HBO ''Game of Thrones'' prequel series ''House of the Dragon''.

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) and its 2011 feature film adaptation '' Tyrannosaur'' which 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 and acting awards for both its lead actors Olivia Colman and Peter Mullan, he followed this up by directing and starring in his second feature ''Journeyman'' to critical acclaim. He has also appeared in several music videos, including Coldplay's " God Put a Smile upon Your Face" and the Arctic Monkeys' " Leave Before the Lights Come On".

Despite portraying Banquo in the onscreen adaptation of Shakespeare's ''Macbeth'' (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, at the Gielgud Theatre, and at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on Broadway.

Early life

Considine was born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, where he still resides.Ojumu, Akin (2001)
Paddy Considine: The best-kept secret in British movies
, ''The Observer'', 11 March 2001, retrieved 31 March 2010 He grew up with his brother and four sisters in a council estate in Winshill, a village of Burton.Mottram, James (2009
Interview: Paddy Considine, actor
''The Scotsman'', 2 October 2009, retrieved 31 March 2010 His father, Martin Joseph Considine, was Irish. Considine attended, among other schools, Abbot Beyne Senior School and Burton College. In 1990, Considine enrolled to do a National Diploma in Performing Arts at Burton College, where he first met Shane Meadows.

In 1994, Considine moved away to study photography at the University of Brighton. While there he studied under the social documentarian Paul Reas, who described one project, portraits of Considine's parents in their house in Winshill, as "fucking brilliant". At one point, Considine was threatened with expulsion, but graduated with a first-class B.A.

Acting career

After graduating from university, Meadows cast Considine in several short films, as well as his second film, ''A Room for Romeo Brass'' (1999). Considine, in his screen debut, played the disturbed character Morell.Hoby, Hermione (2009)
Paddy and Shane: story of a partnership
, ''The Observer'', 27 September 2009, retrieved 31 March 2010 Considine's performance in the film led to Paweł Pawlikowski casting him in his first starring role in ''Last Resort'' (2000). Considine played the love-struck misfit Alfie, for which he won the Best Actor award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival.Local Heroes: Paddy Considine
, BBC, 4 January 2005, retrieved 31 March 2010 Considine increased his profile during the early to mid-2000s with supporting and starring roles in cult films such as '' 24 Hour Party People'' and '' In America''.

In 2004, Considine starred in what was then the most significant role of his career, as Richard in Meadows' revenge film '' Dead Man's Shoes'' (2004), a film he cowrote and for which he won the Best British Actor Award at the 2005 Empire Awards. In the same year, he starred in '' My Summer of Love'', his second film with director Pawel Pawlikowski. Both films were recognised on the award circuit, where Considine earned five nominations and two wins. The following year, Considine played Frank Thorogood (the suspected murderer of Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones) in '' Stoned'' (2005). It was around this time that Considine earned his reputation as a popular portrayer of cinema villains, antiheroes, and darker characters. 2005 also saw the release of Considine's second Hollywood film, '' Cinderella Man''.

Considine appeared in the Spanish thriller '' Bosque de Sombras'' (2006). It was during the filming of this that Considine penned what later became his debut short, '' Dog Altogether''. Considine claims that it was his co-star Gary Oldman who gave him the confidence to make the film, which led to him thanking Oldman during his BAFTA acceptance speech. In 2006, he starred in '' Pu-239'' as Timofey Berezin, a worker at a Russian nuclear facility who gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In 2007, Considine landed roles in two popular big-budget films; the third film in the '' Bourne Trilogy'' film series, '' The Bourne Ultimatum'', in which he played newspaper reporter Simon Ross, and '' Hot Fuzz'', in which he had his first comedic role as DS Andy Wainwright. In 2008, Considine starred in '' My Zinc Bed'' a TV film for BBC / HBO. In 2009, he starred as Peter Hunter in the Channel 4 miniseries '' Red Riding: 1980'', based on the novels by David Peace, and another collaboration with Meadows, '' Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee'', a film which was unscripted, adlibbed, and filmed in five days at a cost of £48,000, and which premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

In 2011, Considine starred in a film adaptation of Joe Dunthorne's book ''Submarine'', which Richard Ayoade wrote and directed. Also in 2011, Considine appeared as Porter Nash in the adaptation of the Ken Bruen novel '' Blitz'', as well as starring as Jack Whicher in '' The Suspicions of Mr Whicher'', written by Helen Edmundson and Neil McKay. In the same year, Considine was briefly reunited with one of his ''A Room for Romeo Brass'' co-stars, BAFTA-winning actress Vicky McClure. The two shared the screen in a television advert to promote "Films for Life Season". The ad was shot over two days in Spain.

He has appeared in several music videos, most notably " God Put A Smile Upon Your Face" (2002) by Coldplay and Moloko's " Familiar Feeling" (2003), as well as the Arctic Monkeys track " Leave Before the Lights Come On" (2006), for which he wrote the video.

Considine starred in '' The World's End'', as one of the "Five Musketeers" reattempting an "epic" pub crawl. Considine previously worked with the cast and crew on ''Hot Fuzz'' (2007). The film was released in the United Kingdom on 19 July 2013, and the United States on 23 August 2013. In August 2015, Considine confirmed that he was writing the screenplay for the film ''Journeyman'', in which he will also star. It is an adaptation of non-fiction novel ''The Years of the Locust'' by Jon Hotten, the true story of a sociopathic boxing promoter, Fat Rick Parker, and his doomed relationship with his naive fighter, Tim Anderson. Considine is also writing a film from a ghost story called ''The Leaning'', with plans to direct both films. He will continue to work with Shane Meadows on ''King of the Gypsies'', a biopic of bare-knuckle fighter Bartley Gorman, whom Considine met and became friends with whilst working as a photographer. In 2015, Considine was cast along Glenn Close, Gemma Arterton in the UK zombie film in '' The Girl with All the Gifts'', based on the 2014 novel '' The Girl with All the Gifts'' by M. R. Carey.

In April 2017, Considine made his professional stage debut in ''The Ferryman'' at the Royal Court Theatre, ahead of a transfer to the Gielgud Theatre in the West End.

The production transferred to the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on Broadway, beginning previews on 2 October 2018. The play, which went on to win four Tony Awards, closed on 7 July 2019. For his performance as Quinn Carney Considine gained nominations for best actor at both the Olivier Awards and The Tony Awards. In 2020, he portrayed Mr Martin in the HBO Mini-Series ''The Third Day'' alongside Jude Law.

In August 2022, Considine began appearing as King Viserys Targaryen in the ''Game of Thrones'' series prequel ''House of the Dragon''.

Film-making career

In 2007, Paddy Considine wrote and directed the short film '' Dog Altogether'', starring Peter Mullan, partially based on Considine's father. ''Dog Altogether'' won the 2007 BAFTA award for Best Short Film, as well as a Silver Lion for Best Short Film at the 2007 Venice Film Festival, a Best British Short at the 2007 British Independent Film Awards

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