Paddy Considine

Patrick George Considine (born 5 September 1973) is an English actor, director, screenwriter, and musician. He has had supporting roles in 24 Hour Party People (2002), In America (2003), My Summer of Love (2004), Cinderella Man (2005), Hot Fuzz (2007), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), The World's End (2013), and Macbeth (2015), and leading roles in A Room for Romeo Brass (1999), Dead Man's Shoes (2004), Blitz (2011), Honour (2014), The Girl with All the Gifts (2016), and The Death of Stalin (2017). Considine came to prominence in the early 2000s with a string of performances in independent films that prompted The Observer to describe him as "the best-kept secret in British movies". In addition to his roles in Hollywood films, he has acted in British films and television shows such as The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (2014). He wrote and directed Tyrannosaur (2011), a film loosely based on his directorial debut, the 2007 short film Dog Altogether. He has also acted in and directed several music videos, most notably Coldplay's "God Put a Smile upon Your Face" and the Arctic Monkeys' "Leave Before the Lights Come On". Considine has received an Empire Award, an Evening Standard British Film Award, and a Thessaloniki Film Festival Award for his acting. He has also won a BAFTA Award, a British Independent Film Award, a Silver Lion at the 2007 Venice Film Festival, and the Seattle International Film Festival Short Film Jury Award (Narrative Special Jury Prize) for his short film Dog Altogether. He won a second BAFTA Award and a British Independent Film Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival for Tyrannosaur.