Paul Blake (born 1949) is an English actor. He is most well-known for portraying
Greedo
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in ''
Star Wars''. He also had minor roles in ''
Some of My Best Friends Are...'' and ''
Hennessy
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It is one of the "big four" cognac houses, along with Martell, Courvoisier, and Rémy Martin, who together ma ...
'', as well as some roles in television series such as ''
Down to Earth'' and ''
Crossroads
Crossroads, crossroad, cross road or similar may refer to:
* Crossroads (junction), where four roads meet
Film and television Films
* ''Crossroads'' (1928 film), a 1928 Japanese film by Teinosuke Kinugasa
* ''Cross Roads'' (film), a 1930 Brit ...
''.He played many roles in theatres both in the UK and abroad; including the title role in Macbeth at Salisbury Playhouse, Charles Swann in the Glasgow Citizen’s Theatre production A Waste of Time (based on Proust’s A La Recherche du Temps Perdu) amongst many others.
Blake's friend
Anthony Daniels
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recommended him when
Lucasfilm was seeking actors for the cantina scene.
Personal life
Blake has 5 children with Kate, an actress, who initially trained at
The Royal Ballet
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School; their youngest son , also called
Paul
Paul may refer to:
*Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name)
* Paul (surname), a list of people
People
Christianity
*Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...
, is a gold medal-winning Paralympic athlete who won the
400m T36 at the
2016 Rio Paralympics
)
, nations = 159
, athletes = 4,342
, opening = 7 September
, closing = 18 September
, opened_by = President Michel Temer
, cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva
, events = 528 in 22 sports
, stadium = Maracanã
, su ...
. They also have 7 grandchildren. Paul has a daughter, Lucy, from a previous marriage and 2 more granddaughters.
References
External links
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Male actors from Birmingham, West Midlands
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
English male film actors
English male television actors
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