Paddy Considine
Biography
Patrick George Considine (born 5 September 1973) is an English actor, director, screenwriter and musician. He is known for playing antiheroes in independent films. He has received two British Academy Film Awards, three Evening Standard British Film Awards, British Independent Film Awards, and a Silver Lion for Best Short Film at the 2007 Venice Film Festival. His first major onscreen appearance was in his first collaboration with filmmaker/director Shane Meadows, A Room for Romeo Brass (1999), and he then played Alfie in Paweł Pawlikowski's Last Resort (2000). Other credits include Doctor Sleep (2002), 24 Hour Party People (2002), In America (2003), My Summer of Love (2004), and Dead Man's Shoes (2004), winning the 2005 Empire Award for Best British Actor and a nomination for the BIFA for Best Actor. He wrote and directed Dog Altogether (2007), winning a BAFTA Award for Best Short Film, and its 2011 feature film adaptation Tyrannosaur which won BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. He directed and starred in Journeyman. On stage, Considine received Olivier Awards and Tony Award nominations as Best Actor in 2018 and 2019 for his performances in The Ferryman at the Royal Court Theatre, at the Gielgud Theatre, and at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on Broadway. On television, Considine has been lead in Pu-239 (2006), My Zinc Bed (2008), Red Riding (2009), Informer (2018), and The Suspicions of Mr Whicher series of television films (2013–2014). Other television credits include Peaky Blinders (2016), The Outsider (2020), The Third Day (2020), and most notably he played a lead role as King Viserys I Targaryen in House of the Dragon (2022–2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Paddy Considine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

House of the Dragon

House of the Dragon

Peaky Blinders

The Late Late Show with James Corden

MobLand

Soccer AM

The Outsider

Heads of State
All Movies (53)
- Wife & Dog2026
- Heads of State2025 · as Viktor Gradov
- Deep Cover2025 · as Fly
- Wolf2021 · as The Zookeeper
- How to Build a Girl2020 · as Pat Morrigan
- Funny Cow2018 · as Angus
- Journeyman2018 · as Matty Burton
- The Death of Stalin2017 · as Andreyev
- The Girl with All the Gifts2016 · as Sgt. Eddie Parks
- Macbeth2015 · as Banquo
- Miss You Already2015 · as Jago
- Child 442015 · as Vladimir Malevich
- The Ties That Bind2014 · as Mr. Whicher
- Pride2014 · as Dai
- Beyond the Pale2014 · as Mr. Whicher
- Honour2014
- The Double2014 · as 'The Replicator' - Jack
- Completing the Golden Mile: The Making of The World's End2013 · as Self
- The World's End2013 · as Steven Prince
- The Murder in Angel Lane2013 · as Mr. Whicher
- Girl on a Bicycle2013 · as Derek
- Now Is Good2012 · as Father
- The Bourne Legacy2012 · as Simon Ross (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Through the Prism2011
- Blitz2011 · as Porter Nash
- The Murder at Road Hill House2011 · as Inspector Whicher
- Submarine2011 · as Graham Purvis
- Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 19802009 · as Peter Hunter
- Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee2009 · as Le Donk
- The Cry of the Owl2009 · as Robert Forrester
- My Zinc Bed2008 · as Paul
- The Bourne Ultimatum2007 · as Simon Ross
- Hot Fuzz2007 · as DS Andy Wainwright
- The Backwoods2006 · as Norman
- Pu-2392006 · as Timofey
- Stoned2005 · as Frank Thorogood
- Cinderella Man2005 · as Mike Wilson
- My Summer of Love2005 · as Phil
- Dead Man's Shoes2004 · as Richard
- In America2003 · as Johnny
- Bouncer2002 · as Knife Man
- My Wrongs #8245–8249 & 1172002 · as Him
- Doctor Sleep2002 · as Elliot Spruggs
- 24 Hour Party People2002 · as Rob
- The Martins2001 · as Hatfield Recorder Editor
- Happy Now2001 · as Glen Marcus
- Born Romantic2000 · as Ray
- Last Resort2000 · as Alfie
- The Man with No Name2000 · as The Man with No Name
- Macca’s Men2000
- Three Tears for Jimmy Prophet2000
- The Poppa Squeeze Affair2000 · as Tony Maroni
- A Room for Romeo Brass1999 · as Morell
All TV Shows (13)
- MobLand2025 · as Kevin Harrigan
- Small Town, Big Story2025 · as Séamus Proctor
- House of the Dragon2022 · as King Viserys I Targaryen
- House of the Dragon2022 · as King Viserys I Targaryen (uncredited)
- The Third Day2020 · as Mr. Martin
- The Outsider2020 · as Claude Bolton
- Informer2018 · as Gabe Waters
- The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
- Peaky Blinders2013 · as Father John Hughes
- Red Riding2009
- Soccer AM1995 · as Self
- Shooting Stars1993 · as Self
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