Paddy Considine, born September 1973, is a British actor from Staffordshire.

At the age of 17, he enrolled for a National Diploma in Performing Arts at Burton College, where he met screenwriter and director Shane Meadows – now most notably known for gritty drama, This Is England.

Meadows would later cast Considine in a string of his early projects, including A Room for Romeo Brass. This would lead to Considine being cast in films including 24 Hour Party People and In America.

In 2004, Considine wrote and starred in Dead Man’s Shoes, which earned him a Best British Actor award at the 2005 Empire Awards.

In the years that followed, Considine became known as one of Britain’s biggest UK talents, appearing in Edgar Wright’s cult favourites Hot Fuzz and The World’s End alongside Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, through to blockbuster The Bourne Ultimatum alongside Matt Damon.

He has been with his wife, Shelley, since they were both 18 years old. They married in 2002 and together they have three children.

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Created and directed by Chris O’Dowd, this witty and heartwarming comedy follows Hollywood TV exec Wendy Patterson, who returns to her small Irish hometown after 20 years in Los Angeles to film her new project. But as cameras start rolling, long-buried secrets come to light – especially when it comes to her childhood ex, Séamus (Considine), the now local doctor who keeps experiencing weird events.

Considine stars alongside Christina Hendricks, who plays Wendy, with O’Dowd also appearing as novelist Jack E. McCarthy.

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Set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon is set during the time that the Targaryen dynasty ruled over the Seven Kingdoms, but on the brink of a civil war as the line of succession is fought over.

Considine stars as King Viserys, the well-meaning ruler of Westeros whose decision to declare his daughter Rhaenyra as his heir disrupts centuries of male rule. With a fraught relationship with his more aggressive brother, Daemon (Matt Smith), his hesitance for war often sees him as weak as he tries to keep the peace in his Kingdom – and comes with disastrous consequences.

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The ten-episode series follows police detective Ralph Anderson (Ben Mendelsohn), as he sets out to investigate the mutilated body of 11-year-old Frankie Peterson found in the Georgia woods.

The mysterious circumstances surrounding this horrifying crime leads Ralph, still grieving the recent death of his own son, to bring in unorthodox private investigator Holly Gibney (Cynthia Erivo), whose uncanny abilities he hopes will help explain the unexplainable.

Considine plays ex-con Claude Bolton, a recovering addict who works at The Peach Crease, a local strip club and bar who becomes embroiled in the case as it unfolds.

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Thriller The Third Day is told in three separate but interconnected parts: Summer, Autumn and Winter.

Sam (Jude Law) and Helen (Naomie Harris) are separately drawn at different times to a strange island off the British coast. Isolated from the mainland, they become entangled in the idyllic and dangerously enchanting world, and the secretive rituals of its inhabitants as they seek answers for their own devastating pasts.

As the story unfolds, Autumn was broadcast as a live event on Sky Arts and online.

Considine stars as Mr Martin, who owns the local pub alongside his wife and harbours some of the story’s secrets.

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In Child 44, Ministry of State Security (MGB) Agent and war hero Leo Demidov begins to investigate a series of horrific child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union of the early 1950s.

However, as Soviet doctrine states only capitalism creates serial killers, his fears are ignored, and soon Demidov is disgraced for going against the state and moved to a smaller position in the town of Volsk with his wife, Raisa.

Considine stars as Vladimir Malevich, a former prisoner of war who has close ties to the case as it unfolds. He joins an all-star cast including Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Gary Oldman, Joel Kinnaman, Vincent Cassel.