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Paddy Considine : biography

5 September 1973 –

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
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