Paul Reynolds (born 6 February 1970) is an English actor, well known for portraying Colin Mathews in ''

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'' (1989–1993), Kelvin Raine in '' Maisie Raine'' (1998) and convicted police murderer Chris Craig in '' Let Him Have It'' (1991).

Early life

Reynolds was born in Wanstead,

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, and attended the

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Career

Reynolds' breakthrough role on television came playing

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Colin Mathews in the

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-winning ITV series ''

''. His career continued with the roles of Kevin in ''Ghostbusters of East Finchley'' and Sammy Dobbs, the unscrupulous sports agent in

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's '' Trevor's World of Sport''. On the big screen, Reynolds portrayed Christopher Craig opposite Christopher Eccleston's

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in '' Let Him Have It'' and the mischievous Matt in ''

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'' alongside Clive Owen. In later years, Reynolds made appearances as Squeak in 1995 and 1998 in ''

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'' alongside Julia Sawalha, his ''Press Gang'' co-star. He also made a

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in ''

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'', again with Julia Sawalha. As well as many TV, film and radio appearances, Reynolds has appeared on stage in leading roles at The National Theatre, The Royal Court, The Almeida and The Bristol Old Vic portraying Baby in ''Mojo'' and Eugene in

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's ''

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''. Reynolds also spent ten years in the BBC World Service radio drama '' Westway'' playing Fizza. In 2005 Reynolds had a break from acting to set up his own production company called Remould Media which specialised in filming concerts as well as developing TV and film scripts and ideas. He currently conducts his own production work. He starred in ''Lucky You'', a stage adaptation of

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's novel of the same title which premiered at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Filmography

Film

Television

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'' *'' M.I. High'' *'' The Last Detective'' *'' Holby City'' *''

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'' *'' Mike and Angelo'' *''

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'' *'' Waking the Dead'' *''

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'' *''

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'' *'' Trevor's World of Sport'' *'' The Jury'' *''

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'' *'' Gentleman (dave)'' *''

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'' *'' Maisie Raine'' *''The Locksmith'' *''

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'' *''The Ghostbusters of East Finchley'' *''

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'' *''Cone Zone'' *'' Money for Nothing'' *'' All Good Things'' *''

'' *'' Frank Stubbs Promotes'' *'' Dirtysomething'' *'' Great Expectations'' *'' No Place Like Home'' *''

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'' *''

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(Guest Appearance in "Loyalties" S8E69 as Jeff Childs and "Letter Bomb" as David)'' *'' EastEnders'' *''

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'' *''Dodger''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reynolds, Paul English male film actors English male television actors People from Wanstead 1970 births Living people