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Paddy Considine

Born 5 September 1973 (1973-09-05) (age 34)
Burton upon Trent, East Staffordshire, England
Occupation Actor, Film Director & Musician
Years active 1999—present


Patrick "Paddy" Considine (born 5 September 1973 - many sources erroneously quote his year of birth as 1974) is an English actor, director, screenwriter and frequent collaborator with Shane Meadows. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a large town straddling the River Trent in the east of Staffordshire, England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Shane Meadows (born 26 December, 1972) is a Film director, Screenwriter, and occasional Actor, from Uttoxeter, To international audiences, he may be more familiar for his roles in In America, The Bourne Ultimatum, My Summer of Love and Hot Fuzz. In America is a 2002 Irish Drama film directed by Jim Sheridan. The Bourne Ultimatum is a 2007 Spy film directed by Paul Greengrass and loosely based on the Robert Ludlum novel of the same name. My Summer of Love ( 2004) is a British film written and directed by Pawel Pawlikowski. Hot Fuzz is a 2007 British action Comedy film written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright and starring Simon He is renowned for his portrayals of many memorable anti-heroes and for his use of accents.

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Career

After returning from university, old friend Shane Meadows cast Considine in several short films, followed by his first role in a feature film as the disturbed character Morell in A Room for Romeo Brass (1999). Shane Meadows (born 26 December, 1972) is a Film director, Screenwriter, and occasional Actor, from Uttoxeter, A Room for Romeo Brass is a 1999 film directed and written by Shane Meadows. Considine went on to star in Meadows' revenge film Dead Man's Shoes (2004), a film he also co-wrote. Dead Man's Shoes ( 2004) is a British thriller directed by Shane Meadows and written by Shane Meadows and Paddy Considine.

Considine's outstanding performance in A Room For Romeo Brass had not gone unnoticed and Pawel Pawlikowski cast him in Last Resort (2000) the following year. Paweł Pawlikowski (born 1957 is a Polish-born Oxford -based BAFTA Award-winning filmmaker and academic Considine played the love struck misfit Alfie, for which he won the best actor award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. Considine has since secured nominations at numerous British film awards including one for his role as Johnny in Jim Sheridan's In America (2003). This article is about the film director For the UK Labour politician see James Sheridan.

As well as his lead roles he has had a number of supporting roles in films such as Born Romantic (2000), The Martins (2001), and 24 Hour Party People (2002). For the film starring Lee Evans see The Martins (film The Martins are a Christian singing group comprised of three siblings Joyce Martin-Sanders 24 Hour Party People is a 2002 Film about Manchester 's Popular music community from 1976 to 1997 and specifically about Factory Records During this period he also appeared in music videos, most notably "God Put A Smile Upon Your Face" (2002) by British band Coldplay and Moloko's "Familiar Feeling" (2003). Coldplay TalkColdplay#Is_or_Are_dispute_again Moloko (məˈloʊkoʊ were an Anglo-Irish electronic / pop duo consisting of Róisín Murphy from Wicklow, Republic of Ireland Other high-profile films include Pawlikowski's My Summer of Love (2004), Cinderella Man (2005) alongside Russell Crowe and Renée Zellweger, and Stoned (2005). My Summer of Love ( 2004) is a British film written and directed by Pawel Pawlikowski. Cinderella Man is a 2005 American Drama film by Ron Howard, titled after the nickname and inspired by the real life story of former Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964 is an Academy Award - BAFTA - Golden Globe - and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning New Zealand and Renée Kathleen Zellweger (born April 25, 1969) is an Academy Award - BAFTA - SAG Award - and Golden Globe -winning Stoned, also known as The Wild and Wycked World of Brian Jones in the UK, is a 2005 film about Brian Jones, one of the

In 2006, Considine appeared in Spanish thriller Bosque de Sombras (also known as BackWoods) with British actor Gary Oldman, and PU-239 (also known as The Half Life of Timofey Berezin), a drama about the plutonium black market in Russia with Australian actress Radha Mitchell from executive producers George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh. Bosque de Sombras (known as The BackWoods in the UK is a Spanish/British 2007 film directed and co-written by Koldo Serra. Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958 is an English actor writer director, producer, Voice-over artist and occasional Musician who PU-239 is a 2007 film directed by Hollywood producer Scott Z Burns based on the book PU-239 and Other Russian Fantasies written by Ken Radha Rani Amber Indigo Anunda Mitchell (born November 12, 1973) is an Australian actress. George Timothy Clooney (born May 6 1961 is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe award-winning American actor director, producer, Steven Andrew Soderbergh (born January 14 1963 is an American Film producer, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, editor, and Considine also continued working in music videos with an appearance in the Arctic Monkeys track "Leave Before The Lights Come On". Arctic Monkeys are a British Indie band from High Green, a suburb of Sheffield. " Leave Before the Lights Come On " is a song by Sheffield -based indie Rock band Arctic Monkeys and was released on August Considine featured in the action comedy Hot Fuzz from the writers Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright in 2007. Hot Fuzz is a 2007 British action Comedy film written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright and starring Simon Simon Pegg (born Simon John Beckingham; 14 February 1970) is an award-winning English Actor, Comedian, Writer Edgar Wright (born 18 April 1974 in Poole, Dorset) is an English film and Television director. In the same year, he directed and wrote the short Dog Altogether starring Peter Mullan, partially based on the life of his father Joseph. Dog Altogether is a short film written & directed by Paddy Considine. Peter Mullan (born October 21 1956) is a Scottish actor and internationally acclaimed film maker who has been appearing in films since 1990 Dog Altogether went on to win the 2007 BAFTA award for Best Short Film, as well as a Silver Lion for Best Short Film at the 2007 Venice Film Festival and Best British Short at the 2007 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). 61st BAFTA Film This page lists the winners and nominees for the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film for each year The 64th Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, opened on August 29 2007, with Joe Wright's Atonement Sources British Independent Film Awards Website The 10th British Independent Film Awards, held in November 2007 at the Roundhouse in Camden, London, honoured the best British Independent Considine also appears as a newspaper reporter in the 2007 spy thriller The Bourne Ultimatum alongside Matt Damon. The Bourne Ultimatum is a 2007 Spy film directed by Paul Greengrass and loosely based on the Robert Ludlum novel of the same name. Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8 1970 is an American Actor and Philanthropist. He has reported that he was shortlisted for the role of anti-hero Walter Kovacs / Rorschach in Warner Bros. Rorschach (ʁoɐʃax is a fictional Anti-hero featured in the acclaimed 1986 DC Comics series Watchmen. Pictures' Watchmen but that the role went to Jackie Earle Haley. Watchmen is a 2009 Film adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' 1986 Comic book Limited series Jackie Earle Haley (born July 14, 1961) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor. He has also reported that he had been offered the role of villain Jigsaw in Lionsgate's Punisher: War Zone but that the offer had been retracted. Jigsaw ( Billy "The Beaut" Russo) is a Fictional character, a Supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. Punisher War Zone is an upcoming 2008 Action film based on the fictional Marvel Comics Vigilante and Antihero The year 2008 finds Considine starring in My Zinc Bed alongside Uma Thurman and Jonathan Pryce as well as music video director Jamie Thraves' The Cry of the Owl, scheduled for release in 2009. Uma Karuna Thurman ( IPA: /ˈumə ˈθɝmən/ born April 29 1970 is an Academy Award -nominated American actress. Jonathan Pryce (born 1 June 1947 is a Welsh award-winning stage and Film actor/singer James Thraves is a British film writer and director known for his music video for Radiohead, Coldplay, KT Tunstall and Roisin Considine previously worked with Thraves on Coldplay video "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face".

Filmography (Actor)

Filmography (Writer)

Filmography (Director)

Personal life

Considine was born in Burton upon Trent in East Staffordshire and grew up on a large council estate in a suburb of a town called Winshill. A Room for Romeo Brass is a 1999 film directed and written by Shane Meadows. Last Resort (2000 is a film by Pawel Pawlikowski, released in 2000 and starring Dina Korzun, Artyom Strelnikov and Paddy Considine. The Martins is a comedy produced in 2001, written and directed by Tony Grounds, starring Lee Evans and Kathy Burke. 24 Hour Party People is a 2002 Film about Manchester 's Popular music community from 1976 to 1997 and specifically about Factory Records Doctor Sleep aka Close Your Eyes (USA Hypnotic (International English title is a 2002 film directed by Nick Willing based on the book of the same name written My Wrongs #8245 - 8249 & 117 is the first film by Chris Morris, starring Paddy Considine as a mentally disturbed man taking care of a friend's In America is a 2002 Irish Drama film directed by Jim Sheridan. Dead Man's Shoes ( 2004) is a British thriller directed by Shane Meadows and written by Shane Meadows and Paddy Considine. My Summer of Love ( 2004) is a British film written and directed by Pawel Pawlikowski. Stoned, also known as The Wild and Wycked World of Brian Jones in the UK, is a 2005 film about Brian Jones, one of the Cinderella Man is a 2005 American Drama film by Ron Howard, titled after the nickname and inspired by the real life story of former PU-239 is a 2007 film directed by Hollywood producer Scott Z Burns based on the book PU-239 and Other Russian Fantasies written by Ken Bosque de Sombras (known as The BackWoods in the UK is a Spanish/British 2007 film directed and co-written by Koldo Serra. Hot Fuzz is a 2007 British action Comedy film written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright and starring Simon The Bourne Ultimatum is a 2007 Spy film directed by Paul Greengrass and loosely based on the Robert Ludlum novel of the same name. Dead Man's Shoes ( 2004) is a British thriller directed by Shane Meadows and written by Shane Meadows and Paddy Considine. Dog Altogether is a short film written & directed by Paddy Considine. Dog Altogether is a short film written & directed by Paddy Considine. Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a large town straddling the River Trent in the east of Staffordshire, Winshill is a suburb to the east of Burton upon Trent, in the borough of East Staffordshire, England. He attended Abbot Beyne School until 1990, and then took a National Diploma in Performing Arts at Burton College, where he met Shane Meadows. Abbot Beyne School is a comprehensive Secondary school located in Staffordshire, England, with specialist Visual Arts College status as Burton College is a technical College for higher education students the college is based in the town of Burton upon Trent Amongst other things, they formed the band She Talks To Angels (inspired by a Black Crowes song of the same name) with Meadows as vocalist and "Bamm-Bamm" Considine (after Bamm-Bamm Rubble of The Flinstones) as drummer. She Talks To Angels was a short-lived early 1990s indie band from Burton upon Trent in East Staffordshire, formed at Burton Technical College The Black Crowes are an American, blues -oriented Hard rock Jam band that has sold over 20 million albums Bamm-Bamm the adopted son of Barney and Betty Rubble. He is most famous in his infant form on the long-running Animated series The Flintstones is an animated American television sitcom that ran from 1960 to 1966 on ABC. Lead guitarist in She Talks To Angels was Nick Hemming, who was also a member of The Telescopes and now The Leisure Society. Nicholas 'Nick' Hemming (born April 17 1973) is a British Musician and Guitarist, formerly of early 1990s indie band She The Telescopes were formed in 1987 by Stephen Lawrie and could best be described as a noise/ Space rock band - The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Considine has recently started a new rock band called Riding The Low. Riding The Low is an indie band based in Burton upon Trent, East Staffordshire.

Considine went on to get a first class degree in photography in Brighton. Photography (fә'tɒgrәfi or fә'tɑːgrәfi (from Greek φωτο and γραφία is the process and Art of recording pictures by means of capturing Brighton ( is a town on the south coast of England and with its neighbour Hove, forms the city of Brighton and Hove.

He still resides in Burton upon Trent with his wife and two children. Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a large town straddling the River Trent in the east of Staffordshire,

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