Patrick George Considine (born 5 September 1973) is an English actor, director, and screenwriter. He frequently collaborates with filmmaker/director
Shane Meadows
Shane Meadows (born 26 December 1972) is an English director, screenwriter and actor, known for his work in independent film, most notably the cult film '' This Is England'' (2006) and its three sequels (2010–2015).
Meadows' other films i ...
. He has received two
British Academy Film Awards
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, three
Evening Standard British Film Awards
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,
British Independent Film Award
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s and a
Silver Lion
The Silver Lion ( it, Leone d'argento, also known as Silver Lion for Best Direction) is an annual award presented for best directing achievements in a feature film at official competition section of the Venice Film Festival since 1998.
The pri ...
for Best Short Film at the
2007 Venice Film Festival.
His first major onscreen appearance was in his first collaboration with Meadows in ''
A Room for Romeo Brass
''A Room for Romeo Brass'' is a 1999 British teen comedy-drama film directed by Shane Meadows, who also co-wrote the film with Paul Fraser. The film was mainly shot in Calverton, Nottinghamshire between 5 September and 17 October 1998. The locat ...
'' (1999) in which he played the small-town disturbed character Morell. His first lead role as love-struck misfit Alfie in
Paweł Pawlikowski
Paweł Aleksander Pawlikowski (; born 15 September 1957) is a Polish filmmaker. He garnered early praise for a string of documentaries in the 1990s and for his award-winning feature films of the 2000s, '' Last Resort'' (2000) and '' My Summer of ...
’s ''
Last Resort'' (2000) won him the Best Actor award at the
Thessaloniki Film Festival
The Thessaloniki Film Festival is a Thessaloniki-based cultural institution focusing on cinema. The Institution organizes the Thessaloniki International Film Festival every November and the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival every March, while its ...
. Through the early 2000’s he had leading performances in both ''
In America'' (2003) and ''
My Summer of Love
''My Summer of Love'' is a 2004 British drama film directed by Paweł Pawlikowski and co-written by Pawlikowski and Michael Wynne. Based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Helen Cross, the film explores the romantic relationship between two ...
'' (2004), and supporting parts in ''
Doctor Sleep'' (2002) and ''
24 Hour Party People'' (2002). His role as Richard in Meadows' revenge film ''
Dead Man's Shoes'' (2004), a film he cowrote,
won him the 2005
Empire Award for Best British Actor
The Empire Award for Best British Actor was an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine ''Empire'' to honor a British actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industr ...
and a nomination for the
British Independent Film Award for Best Actor.
On television, Considine has had lead roles in several productions including; ''
Pu-239
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'' (2006), ''
My Zinc Bed'' (2008), ''
Red Riding
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'' (2009) and the BBC series ''
Informer
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'' (2018), starring in the title role as Detective Inspector
Jack Whicher
Detective Inspector Jonathan "Jack" Whicher (1 October 1814 – 29 June 1881) was an English police detective. He was one of the original eight members of London's newly formed Detective Branch, which was established at Scotland Yard in 1842. in ''
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
''The Suspicions of Mr Whicher'' is a British series of television films made by Hat Trick Productions for ITV, written by Helen Edmundson and Neil McKay. It stars Paddy Considine in the title role of detective inspector Jack Whicher of the Met ...
'' series of television films. As well as smaller recurring roles in series 3 of the BBC gangster series ''
Peaky Blinders
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'' (2016), and the
HBO
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miniseries ''
The Outsider'' (2020). Considine starred alongside
Jude Law
David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor. He received a British Academy Film Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. In 2007, he received an Honorary Césa ...
in the
Sky Atlantic
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miniseries ''
The Third Day
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Plot
Steve Mallory has been involved in a car crash, and it appears he has k ...
'' (2020). In 2022, he starred in the
HBO
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''
Game of Thrones
''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...
'' prequel series ''
House of the Dragon
''House of the Dragon'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by George R. R. Martin and Ryan Condal for HBO. A prequel to '' Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019), it is the second TV show in the '' A Song of Ice and Fire'' franch ...
''.
Considine made his filmmaking debut with the short film ''
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) he wrote and directed and for which he won a
BAFTA Award for Best Short Film
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, a
British Independent Film Award
The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) is an organisation that celebrates, supports and promotes British independent cinema and filmmaking talent in United Kingdom. Nominations for the annual awards ceremony are announced in early November, ...
, a
Silver Lion
The Silver Lion ( it, Leone d'argento, also known as Silver Lion for Best Direction) is an annual award presented for best directing achievements in a feature film at official competition section of the Venice Film Festival since 1998.
The pri ...
at the 2007
Venice Film Festival
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, and the Seattle International Film Festival Short Film Jury Award (Narrative Special Jury Prize)
and its 2011 feature film adaptation ''
Tyrannosaur
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'' which won a second for
and a British Independent Film Award at the 2011
Sundance Film Festival
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and acting awards for both its lead actors
Olivia Colman
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and
Peter Mullan
Peter Mullan (; born 2 November 1959) is a Scottish actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role in Ken Loach's ''My Name Is Joe'' (1998), for which he won Best Actor Award at 1998 Cannes Film Festival, 2000's '' The Claim'' and all thr ...
, he followed this up by directing and starring in his second feature ''Journeyman'' to critical acclaim. He has also appeared in several music videos, including
Coldplay
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's "
God Put a Smile upon Your Face" and the
Arctic Monkeys
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' "
Leave Before the Lights Come On
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".
Despite portraying Banquo in the onscreen adaptation of Shakespeare's ''Macbeth'' (2015), Considine has only had a very brief career on stage. He received
Olivier Awards
The Laurence Olivier Awards, or simply the Olivier Awards, are presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognise excellence in professional theatre in London at an annual ceremony in the capital. The awards were originally known as ...
and
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual cer ...
nominations as Best Actor in 2018 and 2019 for his performances in ''
The Ferryman'' at the
Royal Court Theatre
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, at the
Gielgud Theatre
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The theatre was designed by W. G. R. Sprague an ...
, and at the
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (formerly the Royale Theatre and the John Golden Theatre) is a Broadway theater at 242 West 45th Street (George Abbott Way) in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1927, the theat ...
on
Broadway
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Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
.
Early life
Considine was born in
Burton upon Trent
Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a market town in the borough of East Staffordshire in the county of Staffordshire, England, close to the border with Derbyshire. In United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011, it had a ...
, Staffordshire, where he still resides.
[Ojumu, Akin (2001)]
Paddy Considine: The best-kept secret in British movies
, ''The Observer
''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. It is a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', whose parent company Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993. First published in 1791, it is the w ...
'', 11 March 2001, retrieved 31 March 2010 He grew up with his brother and four sisters in a council estate in
Winshill
Winshill is an area to the east of the town of Burton upon Trent, in the borough of East Staffordshire, England.
Flanked to the north and east by the South Derbyshire border, historically the parish of Winshill had always been part of Derbyshir ...
, a village of Burton.
[Mottram, James (2009]
Interview: Paddy Considine, actor
''The Scotsman
''The Scotsman'' is a Scottish compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh. First established as a radical political paper in 1817, it began daily publication in 1855 and remained a broadsheet until August 2004. Its par ...
'', 2 October 2009, retrieved 31 March 2010 His father, Martin Joseph Considine, was Irish.
Considine attended, among other schools,
Abbot Beyne Senior School and
Burton College. In 1990, Considine enrolled to do a National Diploma in Performing Arts at Burton College, where he first met
Shane Meadows
Shane Meadows (born 26 December 1972) is an English director, screenwriter and actor, known for his work in independent film, most notably the cult film '' This Is England'' (2006) and its three sequels (2010–2015).
Meadows' other films i ...
.
In 1994, Considine moved away to study photography at the
University of Brighton
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. While there he studied under the social documentarian
Paul Reas
Paul Reas (born 1955) is a British social documentary photographer and university lecturer. He is best known for photographing consumerism in Britain in the 1980s and 1990s.
Reas has produced the books ''I Can Help'' (1988), ''Flogging a Dead ...
, who described one project, portraits of Considine's parents in their house in Winshill, as "fucking brilliant".
At one point, Considine was threatened with expulsion, but graduated with a first-class B.A.
Acting career
After graduating from university, Meadows cast Considine in several short films, as well as his second film, ''
A Room for Romeo Brass
''A Room for Romeo Brass'' is a 1999 British teen comedy-drama film directed by Shane Meadows, who also co-wrote the film with Paul Fraser. The film was mainly shot in Calverton, Nottinghamshire between 5 September and 17 October 1998. The locat ...
'' (1999). Considine, in his screen debut, played the disturbed character Morell.
[Hoby, Hermione (2009)]
Paddy and Shane: story of a partnership
, ''The Observer
''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. It is a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', whose parent company Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993. First published in 1791, it is the w ...
'', 27 September 2009, retrieved 31 March 2010 Considine's performance in the film led to
Paweł Pawlikowski
Paweł Aleksander Pawlikowski (; born 15 September 1957) is a Polish filmmaker. He garnered early praise for a string of documentaries in the 1990s and for his award-winning feature films of the 2000s, '' Last Resort'' (2000) and '' My Summer of ...
casting him in his first starring role in ''
Last Resort'' (2000). Considine played the love-struck misfit Alfie, for which he won the Best Actor award at the
Thessaloniki Film Festival
The Thessaloniki Film Festival is a Thessaloniki-based cultural institution focusing on cinema. The Institution organizes the Thessaloniki International Film Festival every November and the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival every March, while its ...
.
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, 4 January 2005, retrieved 31 March 2010 Considine increased his profile during the early to mid-2000s with supporting and starring roles in cult films such as ''
''.
In 2004, Considine starred in what was then the most significant role of his career, as Richard in Meadows' revenge film ''
.
. Both films were recognised on the award circuit, where Considine earned five nominations and two wins. The following year, Considine played Frank Thorogood (the suspected murderer of
'' (2005). It was around this time that Considine earned his reputation as a popular portrayer of cinema villains, antiheroes, and darker characters. 2005 also saw the release of Considine's second Hollywood film, ''
''.
'' (2006). It was during the filming of this that Considine penned what later became his debut short, ''
''. Considine claims that it was his co-star
who gave him the confidence to make the film, which led to him thanking Oldman during his
acceptance speech. In 2006, he starred in ''
'' as Timofey Berezin, a worker at a Russian nuclear facility who gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In 2007, Considine landed roles in two popular big-budget films; the third film in the ''
'', in which he had his first comedic role as DS Andy Wainwright. In 2008, Considine starred in ''
...