Paddy Considine
British actor
- Born
- 5 September 1973, Burton upon Trent
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- actor, screenwriter, musician, photographer, film director
- Films here
- 2 (1 as director, 2 as cast)
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.
Filmography (martial arts films)
| Year | Film | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Cinderella Man | Cast |
| 2017 | Journeyman | Cast |
| 2017 | Journeyman | Director |
Frequent collaborators
- Russell Crowe
- Bruce McGill
- Nicholas Campbell
- Fulvio Cecere
- Clint Howard
- Rance Howard
- Troy Amos-Ross
- Mark Simmons
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q498389 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.