Paddy Considine

Paddy (Patrick) Considine, born 5th September 1974 in the Midlands town of Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Considine has garnered critical acclaim over the years for his diversity of roles, for his portrayals of many memorable anti-heroes and mastery of accents, using a different speaking voice for many of the movies he has appeared in. Despite his numerous popular lead and supporting roles including a number of high profile Hollywood productions, Considine is intensely private with his personal life and is known for his apathetic stance towards celebrity and the ideals of Hollywood, once stating "If I ever become a celebrity, I'll f*cking disappear and go and make shoes like Daniel Day Lewis."

As a teenager Considine studied a Performing Arts course at Burton College where he met with friend and director Shane Meadows who together formed a band called 'She talks to angels' (Paddy AKA "Bam-Bam" was their Drummer). Neither finished the and Paddy went on to study photography at Brighton University where he earned a first class honours degree.

After returning from university old friend Shane Meadows cast Considine in his first role in a feature film as the disturbed character Morell in 'A Room For Romeo Brass' (1999). Despite the films huge success at the Edinburgh film festival roumer has it that Paddy found himself at the local Job center the Monday following its premiere. Paddy then worked on several non-profit, unfunded short films with Meadows. However, Paddy's outstanding performance in 'A Room For Romeo Brass' had not gone unnoticed and he soon found himself cast in Pawel Pawlikowski's 'The Last Resort' (2000) the following year. Playing the love struck misfit Alfie, for which he won the best actor award at the Thessaloniki film festival.

Further roles ensued and Paddy has since worked alongside actors such as Matt Damon, Russell Crowe,Renée Zellweger, Uma Thurman and Gary Oldman and has gone on to gain awards and nominations at numerous British film awards including one for his touching role as Johnny in Jim Sheridan's 'In America' (2003).

As-well as his lead roles Paddy has had a number of scene stealing support roles in films such as '24 Hour Party People' (2002), 'Born Romantic' (2000), 'The Martins' (2001) and 'Stoned' (2005) working alongside the likes of Steve Coogan, Lee Evans, Jane Horrocks, Peter Kay, David Morrissey and Cathy Burke to name a few.

Considine asserted his importance within the film world in his popular and widely recognised award winning role as Richard the revengeful brother in the applauded film ' Dead Man's Shoes ' (2004) which he co-wrote with Shane Meadows. This performance is widely considered to be one of the strongest performances in British cinema history. Richard is seen as the defying role of Considine's career.2004 was also witness to the exceptional supporting role as Phil the Born again Christian in Pawlikowski's award winning 'My Summer Of Love' (2004) which didn't go unnoticed, receiving two Best Supporting Actor nominations.

2005 saw Paddy's first major Hollywood release hit the screen in the boxing biopic; 'Cinderella Man' (2005) alongside Hollywood A-listers; Russell Crowe and Renée Zellwegger. 'Cinderella Man' was closely followed by a standout performance as the 'killer' of Rolling Stones founder Bryan Jones in the highly criticised and relatively obscure movie; 'Stoned' (2005).

Having publicly shown a disappointment with the outcome of 'Stoned' Considine took a huge leap of faith when agreeing to work with another first-time director; Koldo Serra in the Spanish financed thriller 'Backwoods' AKA 'Bosque de Sombras' (2006) a widely disparaged movie, sadly resulting in what Considine consider's to be the worst performance of his career. However, all was not lost, 'Backwoods' can be directly attributed as being the film that not only put Paddy in contact with one of his acting heros, Co-star and Brit legend; Gary Oldman but also giving Paddy the inspiration to pen his first solo screenplay which became 'Dog Altogether'.

Following several professionally disappointing movies in 2005 and 2006, 2007 began strongly with the release of the 'Hot Fuzz' (2007) from the makers of the British cult classic; 'Shaun of the Dead' (2004) .Critically, the movie received many positive reviews, and was rated as highly as 'Shaun of the Dead', The film was also a huge financial success and generated £7.1 million in its first weekend of release in the UK and $5.8 in the US. Paddy made the most of a supporting role within a star studded british cast (including Simon Pegg, Steve Coogan, Jim Broadbent and Timothy Dalton) a strong performance resulting in several scene stealing moments.

The success of 'Hot Fuzz' was shortly followed by the release of the third installment of the Jason Bourne spy thriller saga; 'The Bourne Ultimatum' (2007) Which saw Paddy go up against the Movie's Star lead; Matt Damon. Ultimatum is by far the most commercially successful film adaptation of a Robert Ludlum Bourne novel, and was a major box office success worldwide. 'The Bourne Ultimatum' earned $69.2 million in its opening weekend, a record for a single opening in August and totaled $422.9 million worldwide as of November 18, 2007, higher than either predecessor.

As well as 'Hot Fuzz' and 'The Bourne Ultimatum' 2007 saw the release of Paddy's directorial debut; 'Dog Altogether' (2007). Considine directed and wrote 'Dog Altogether', partially based on life of his father Joseph. 'Dog Altogether' went on to win a Silver Lion Award at the 2007 Venice Film Festival for Best Short Film, and a BIFA Award for Best British Short at the 2007 British International Film Awards. 'Dog' stars Peter Mullan in the lead role as Joseph; a man who is plagued by violence and rage that is drives him to self destruction.The film also featured British actress; Olivia Colman and is the second of four successful collaborations with the actress (Hot Fuzz, Dog Altogether, Le Donk, Tyrannosaur).

2007 also saw Paddy take his first steps into the world of TV movies in a successful partnership with HBO Films (US) beginning with 'Pu-239' (2007) a black comedy about the Russian Plutonium black market co-staring Aussie star Radha Mitchell with Executive Producers including George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh. 'Pu-239' was well received by viewers In America which quickly sealed the deal for the second of the HBO TV movies; 'My Zinc bed' a somber story, touching on addiction, love and people lost and alone in the modern world. 'My Zinc Bed' stars Considine alongside Uma Thurman and fellow Brit Jonathan Pryce and was shown on the BBC (UK) and HBO (US) during the Autumn of 2008.

2009 so far looks set to see five projects emerge; 'Le Donk' a comedy mockumentary directed by Shane Meadows, 'Cry of the owl' directed by Jamie Thraves (Coldplay's 'God put a smile upon your face') a thriller adapted from the Patricia Highsmith novel of the same name, about a woman who falls in love with her stalker which Co-stars Julia Stiles (Bourne Ultimatum) ,'Tyrannosaur' a follow-up to 2007's 'Dog Altogether'. 'Tyrannosaur' is about a woman's journey to find the strength to leave an abusive relationship, and 'King of the Gypsies' based on the life of Gypsy Bare-knuckle boxing champion; Bartley Gorman.

Between films Paddy has found time for involvement in popular music videos for the likes of UK indie-rock darlings; The Arctic Monkeys with 'Leave before the lights come on' (2006) for which he starred and wrote, and appearances in Coldplay's 'God put a smile upon your face' (2003) and Moloko's 'Familiar feeling' (2003) As well as a voice over on the TV advert for hit EA soccer computer game 'FIFA 07'.



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5 most recent films

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher - Series 2 - 3.0 stars
The World's End - 4.0 stars
Now Is Good - 3.5 stars
Blitz - 3.5 stars
Blitz - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Bourne Ultimatum - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Bourne Ultimatum - 4.0 stars
Dead Man's Shoes - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Cinderella Man - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Hot Fuzz - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher - Series 2 - 3.0 stars
Happy Now - 3.0 stars
Pu-239 - 3.0 stars
The World's End - 4.0 stars
The Cry of the Owl - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Olivia Colman - 6 times - show films
Steve Coogan - 5 times - show films
Gary Stretch - 5 times - show films
Eddie Marsan - 5 times - show films
David Morrissey - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Shane Meadows - 8 times - show films
James Marsh - 4 times - show films
Julian Jarrold - 4 times - show films
Anand Tucker - 4 times - show films
Edgar Wright - 4 times - show films