Paddy Considine : biography
Patrick George "Paddy" Considine (born 5 September 1973) is an English actor, film director, screenwriter, and musician. He is best known for his portrayals of dark, troubled, and morally or mentally ambiguous characters. Considine frequently collaborates with Shane Meadows. He has starred in films such as In America, Dead Man’s Shoes, The Cry of the Owl, Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End.
Considine came to prominence in the early 2000s with a string of performances in independent films that prompted the Observer to describe him as "the best-kept secret in British movies".Ojumu, Akin (2001) "", The Observer, 11 March 2001, retrieved 2010-03-31 In addition to leading and supporting roles in Hollywood films, he has acted in independent British films and television shows. He wrote and directed Tyrannosaur, a 2011 film based on his directorial debut, the 2007 short film Dog Altogether. He had acted in and written several music videos, most notably the Arctic Monkeys video for "Leave Before the Lights Come On".
Considine has received an Evening Standard British Film Award, Empire Award, and Thessaloniki Film Festival Awards, as well as eight other award nominations for his acting. He has also won a BAFTA Award, British Independent Film Award, Silver Lion at the 2007 Venice Film Festival, and the Seattle International Film Festival Short Film Jury Award (Narrative Special Jury Prize) for his short film Dog Altogether. He won a second BAFTA Award, British Independent Film Award, and a World Cinema Directing Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival for Tyrannosaur.
Early life
Considine was born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, where he still resides. He grew up with his brother and sisters in a council estate in Winshill, a suburb of Burton.Mottram, James (2009) , The Scotsman, 2 October 2009, retrieved 2010-03-31 Considine attended, among other schools, Abbot Beyne Senior School and Burton College. In 1990, he enrolled to do a National Diploma in Performing Arts at Burton College, where he first met Shane Meadows. Neither of them completed the course. In 1994, he moved away to study at the University of Brighton, where he went on to get a first-class degree in photography.
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1999 | A Room for Romeo Brass | Morell | |
2000 | Last Resort | Alfie | |
2000 | Born Romantic | Ray | |
2001 | Happy Now | Glen Marcus | |
2001 | The Martins | Hatfield Recorder editor | |
2002 | 24 Hour Party People | Rob Gretton | |
2002 | Doctor Sleep | Elliot Spruggs | |
2002 | My Wrongs 8245-8249 and 117 | Him | Short film |
2002 | Bouncer | Knife man | Short film |
2003 | In America | Johnny | |
2004 | Dead Man’s Shoes | Richard | Writer |
2004 | My Summer of Love | Phil | |
2005 | Cinderella Man | Mike Wilson | |
2005 | Stoned | Frank Thorogood | |
2006 | Bosque de Sombras | Norman | |
2006 | Pu-239 | Timofey Berezin | |
2006 | This is England | WriterUncredited | |
2006 | "Leave Before the Lights Come On" | Writer | Arctic Monkeys music video |
2007 | Hot Fuzz | DS Andy Wainwright | |
2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum | Simon Ross | |
2007 | Dog Altogether | Writer and director | |
2008 | My Zinc Bed | Paul Peplow | |
2009 | The Cry of the Owl | Robert Forrester | |
2009 | Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1980 | Detective Peter Hunter | |
2009 | Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee | Le Donk | |
2010 | Submarine | Graham T. Purvis | |
2011 | The Suspicions of Mr Whicher | Detective Jonathan Whicher | |
2011 | Blitz | Sgt. Porter Nash | |
2011 | Tyrannosaur | Writer and directorVoice only | |
2012 | Girl on a Bicycle | Derek | |
2012 | Now Is Good | Father | |
2013 | The World’s End | Stevenhttp://twitchfilm.com/2012/09/paddy-considine-martin-freeman-eddie-marsan-and-rosamund-pike-are-headed-to-the-worlds-end.html |