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Paul Popplewell (born 18 April 1977) is a British actor. He became a professional actor at 16, leaving college after gaining the lead role of Simon in the
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television drama ''Criminal'', for which he won Best Actor at the Golden Chest Film Festival and was nominated for Best Actor at the
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Awards, alongside Oscar nominees
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and
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. At the age of 20, Popplewell was playing a leading role with the
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in their production of ''
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''. Since then, he has continued to work in film, television, theatre and radio. In 2001, he played
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bassist and founder member
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in the
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film '' 24 Hour Party People''. He later made an appearance in the music video for the
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single " Lyla" in 2005. Popplewell played the character of Bod in the BIFA and BAFTA winning feature film ''
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'', written and directed by
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, which was released in the UK on 7 October 2011 and in the US on 18 November 2011. Since 2021, he has played the receptionist, Paul Pegg in the
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drama ''
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''.


Filmography


Film

*''
Peterloo The Peterloo Massacre took place at St Peter's Field, Manchester, Lancashire, England, on Monday 16 August 1819. Fifteen people died when cavalry charged into a crowd of around 60,000 people who had gathered to demand the reform of parliamen ...
'' (2018) - Mill Overseer *''
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'' (2017) - Jackie *''On the Road (Wolf Alice)'' (2016) *'' ID2: Shadwell Army'' (2016) - Danny Boy *''
The Goob ''The Goob'' is a 2014 British film. It was made by BBC Films and directed by Guy Myhill from his own screenplay. Plot "Goob" Taylor (Liam Walpole) is a school leaver with an abusive stepfather, trapped in rural poverty in Norfolk. He clashes wit ...
'' (2014) - Levi *'' '71'' (2014) - Training Corporal *''The Cost of Living'' (2013, Short) - Mark *'' The Look of Love'' (2013) - Journalist No. 1 *'' Spike Island'' (2012) - Roses' Manager *''
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'' (2011) - Bod *'' The Trip'' (2010) - Paul *''
Dog Altogether ''Dog Altogether'' is a short film written and directed by Paddy Considine. The term "Dog Altogether" comes from an Irish expression that Considine's father used to use when situations got really bad. It was filmed on 22 January 2007 in Glasgow ...
'' (2007, Short) - Pub Youth 1 *'' The Waiting Room'' (2007) - Van Man *''
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'' (2003) - Private *''
In This World ''In This World'' is a 2002 British docudrama directed by Michael Winterbottom. The film follows two young Afghan refugees, Jamal Udin Torabi and Enayatullah, as they leave a refugee camp in Pakistan for a better life in London. Since their jour ...
'' (2002) - (Europe) (voice) *'' Heartlands'' (2002) - Gulliver's Kingdom Soldier (uncredited) *'' Morvern Callar'' (2002) - Cat in the Hat *'' 24 Hour Party People'' (2002) - Paul Ryder *''
Club Le Monde Club le Monde is an independent film released in 2002 and directed by Simon Rumley. It is set in 1993 and tells the story of one Saturday night in a small London nightclub. It stars Allison McKenzie, Dawn Steele & Annette Badland Annette B ...
'' (2002) - Dil *''
The Man with Rain in His Shoes ''The Man with Rain in His Shoes'' is a 1998 Spanish-British romantic comedy film, written by Spanish singer-songwriter Rafa Russo, directed by Spanish filmmaker María Ripoll (in her directing debut) and starring Lena Headey, Douglas Henshal ...
'' (1998) - Simon *'' I Want You'' (1998) - Phonebox Man *'' FairyTale: A True Story'' (1997) - Second Soldier


Television

*''Kids Court'' (1992, BSKYB) *''
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'' (1994, BBC) - Simon *'' Out of The Blue'' (1995, BBC) - Eddie Locke *''Island'' (1996, ITV) *''
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates ''Hetty Wainthropp Investigates'' is a British crime drama television series, starring Patricia Routledge as the title character, Henrietta "Hetty" Wainthropp, that aired for four series between 3 January 1996 and 4 September 1998 on BBC One. ...
'' (1997, BBC) - Frank Starling *''
Peak Practice ''Peak Practice'' is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale—a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District—and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most ...
'' (2000, BBC) - Greg Crinham *''
The League of Gentlemen ''The League of Gentlemen'' is a surreal British comedy horror sitcom that premiered on BBC Two in 1999. The programme is set in Royston Vasey, a fictional town in northern England, originally based on Alston, Cumbria, and follows the lives o ...
'' (2000, BBC) - Collier *'' Heartbeat'' (2000, ITV) - Gary *''
Doctors Doctor or The Doctor may refer to: Personal titles * Doctor (title), the holder of an accredited academic degree * A medical practitioner, including: ** Physician ** Surgeon ** Dentist ** Veterinary physician ** Optometrist *Other roles ** ...
'' (2000, BBC) - Jamie Farrell *''
The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, '' Woodentop'', broadcast in August 1983. The programme focused on ...
'' (2001, BBC) - Patient *''
Alan Partridge Alan Gordon Partridge is a comedy character portrayed by the English actor Steve Coogan. A parody of British television personalities, Partridge is a tactless and inept broadcaster with an inflated sense of celebrity. Since his debut in 1991, h ...
'' (2001, BBC) *''Rehab'' (2003, BBC Movie) - Phillip *''
Gifted Intellectual giftedness is an intellectual ability significantly higher than average. It is a characteristic of children, variously defined, that motivates differences in school programming. It is thought to persist as a trait into adult life, wi ...
'' (2003, ITV Movie) - Sean Dwyer *''
Totally Frank ''Totally Frank'' is a comedy drama series with a real-life band as its stars on Channel 4. It follows a band, Frank, who were struggling to make it in the music industry. Frank The band on the show consisted of lead singer Tasha ( Lauren Bl ...
'' (2005, Channel 4) - Television Producer *''The Somme'' (2005, Channel 4, documentary) - Greenhalgh *''
The Ghost Squad ''The Ghost Squad'' is a British crime drama series produced by Company Pictures, for Channel 4, broadcast from 15 November to 27 December 2005. Created by Tom Grieves, the series was inspired by the real life "Ghost Squad" that existed betwee ...
'' (2005, BBC) - DC Richard Ellis *''
The Royal ''The Royal'' is a British period medical drama, produced by Yorkshire Television (later part of ITV Studios), and broadcast on ITV1 from 2003 until its cancellation in 2011. The series is set in the 1960s and focuses on the lives of the st ...
'' (2005-2009, ITV) - Marlon Barratt / Chris Nugent *''
Simon Schama's Power of Art ''Simon Schama's Power of Art'' is an eight-part BBC TV mini-series examining the works of eight artists, the context surrounding one of their works and the message they intended to convey with these. It was written, created, narrated, and presen ...
'' (2006, BBC, documentary) - Caravaggio *'' The Wedge'' (2006, ITV) *''
Saxondale ''Saxondale'' is an English television situation comedy programme, starring Steve Coogan and co-written by Coogan and Neil Maclennan. The series is directed by Matt Lipsey and produced by Ted Dowd. Coogan and Henry Normal served as executive pr ...
'' (2007, BBC) - Freaky Dan *''
Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, '' ...
'' (2008, ITV) - Keith Lodge *'' The Trip'' (2010, BBC) - Paul *'' Waterloo Road'' (2011, BBC) - Callum Pearson *''
Black Mirror ''Black Mirror'' is a British anthology television series created by Charlie Brooker. Individual episodes explore a diversity of genres, but most are set in near-future dystopias with science fiction technology—a type of speculative fictio ...
'' (2011, Channel 4) - Dustin *''Inside Men'' (2012, BBC) - Tom *''
Accused Accused or The Accused may refer to: * A person suspected with committing a crime or offence; see Criminal charge ** Suspect, a known person suspected of committing a crime * The Accüsed, a 1980s Seattle crossover thrash band *''The Accused'', a ...
'' (2012, BBC) - Gary *'' Shameless'' (2012, Channel 4) - Eddie *''
Frankie Frankie may refer to: People *Frankie (musician), indie pop musician from Los Angeles, California * Frankie Abernathy (1981–2007), American MTV Real World cast member *Frankie Adams (born 1994), Samoan New Zealand actress *Frankie Avalon (born ...
'' (2013, BBC) - Tony Preston *'' Moving On'' (2013, BBC) - Nathan *''
A Young Doctor's Notebook ''A Young Doctor's Notebook'' (Russian: «» ''Zapiski yunogo vracha'', literally, "A Young Doctor's Notes"), also known as ''A Country Doctor's Notebook'', is a short story cycle by the Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov. The stories written in ...
'' (2013, Sky Arts Playhouse Presents) - Yuri *''
Our World War The BBC World War I centenary season was the marking of the First World War centenary, centenary of the World War I, First World War across the BBC. Programming started in 2014 and lasted until 2018, corresponding to 100 years after the war. The ...
'' (2014, BBC) - Sergeant Mitchell *''
The Salisbury Poisonings ''The Salisbury Poisonings'' is a fact-based television drama, starring Anne-Marie Duff, Rafe Spall and Annabel Scholey which portrays the 2018 Novichok poisonings and decontamination crisis in Salisbury, England, and the subsequent Amesbury ...
'' (2020, BBC) - DI Ben Mant *'' Save Me'' (2020, Sky Atlantic) - DC Mark Harper *''
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'' (2021-2023, BBC) - Paul Pegg


Theatre

* The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca - City of Culture *
The Hypocrite ''The Hypocrite'' is a 1768 comic play by the Irish writer Isaac Bickerstaffe. It is a reworking of the 1717 play '' The Non-Juror'' by Colley Cibber, itself inspired by Molière's ''Tartuffe''. The original play had derived much of its humour f ...
- Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) *
A Taste of Honey ''A Taste of Honey'' is the first play by the British dramatist Shelagh Delaney, written when she was 19. It was intended as a novel, but she turned it into a play because she hoped to revitalise British theatre and address social issues that ...
- Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre *
Toast Toast most commonly refers to: * Toast (food), bread browned with dry heat * Toast (honor), a ritual in which a drink is taken Toast may also refer to: Places * Toast, North Carolina, a census-designated place in the United States Books * '' ...
- Hull Truck * The Arbor - The Royal Court *
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- The Royal Court *The Shy Gas Man - Southwark Playhouse * Under The Whaleback - Hull Truck * The Modernists - Sheffield Crucible Theatre *
American Buffalo American Buffalo may refer to: *American Buffalo (play), ''American Buffalo'' (play), a play by David Mamet *American Buffalo (film), ''American Buffalo'' (film), a 1996 film of Mamet's play directed by Michael Corrente *American Buffalo (coin), a ...
- Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre * The Tempest - Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) *
Bad Weather "Bad Weather" is a song recorded and released as a single by Motown vocal group The Supremes in 1973. It was composed by Stevie Wonder and Lynda Laurence's brother Ira Tucker Jr., and produced by Wonder. The song was then-lead singer Jean Terrel ...
- Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) *
Bartholomew Fair The Bartholomew Fair was one of London's pre-eminent summer charter fairs. A charter for the fair was granted to Rahere by Henry I to fund the Priory of St Bartholomew; and from 1133 to 1855 it took place each year on 24 August within the preci ...
- Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)


Awards and nominations


References


External links

* *IMDb
Paul Popplewell
*Live for Films

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