Paddy Considine

Patrick George Considine (Hiberno-English: [ˈkɑːnsəˌdaɪn]; born 5 September 1973) is an English actor with Irish ancestry. He frequently collaborates with filmmaker and director Shane Meadows. He came to prominence in the early 2000s with a string of performances 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 Meadows in A Room for Romeo Brass (1999) in which he played the small-town disturbed character Morell. His first lead role as love-struck misfit Alfie in Paweł Pawlikowski’s Last Resort (2000) won him the Best Actor award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. Considine came to prominence through the early 2000’s for leading performances in both In America (2003) and My Summer of Love (2004), and supporting parts in Doctor Sleep (2002) and in cult film 24 Hour Party People (2002). His role as Richard in Meadows’ revenge film Dead Man’s Shoes (2004), a film he co-wrote[1][2] won him the Best British Actor Award at the 2005 Empire Award for Best British Actor[2] and a nomination for the British Independent Film Award for Best Actor.