Paddy Considine

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).

Early life and education Considine was born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, where he still resides. He was the youngest of six children, His father, Martin Joseph Considine, was Irish. Considine has said that his father (who died in 2006) did not work and had a reputation on the estate for being violent.

In 1994, Considine moved away to study photography at the University of Brighton. While there he studied under social documentarian Paul Reas, who described one project, portraits of Considine's parents in their house in Winshill, as "fucking brilliant". Considine's performance in the film led to Paweł Pawlikowski casting him in his first starring role in Last Resort (2000). Considine played the lead role as love-struck misfit Alfie, for which he won the Best Actor award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. Considine increased his profile during the early to mid-2000s with supporting and starring roles in cult films such as 24 Hour Party People and In America.

In 2004, Considine starred in what was then the most significant role of his career, as Richard in Meadows' revenge film Dead Man's Shoes (2004), a film he cowrote

Considine appeared in the Spanish thriller Bosque de Sombras (2006). It was during the filming of this that Considine penned what later became his debut short, Dog Altogether. Considine claims that it was his co-star Gary Oldman who gave him the confidence to make the film, which led to him thanking Oldman during his BAFTA acceptance speech. In 2006, he starred in Pu-239 as Timofey Berezin, a worker at a Russian nuclear facility who gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In 2007, Considine landed roles in two popular big-budget films; the third film in the Bourne Trilogy film series, The Bourne Ultimatum, in which he played newspaper reporter Simon Ross, Also in 2011, Considine appeared as Porter Nash in the adaptation of the Ken Bruen novel Blitz, as well as starring as Jack Whicher in The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, written by Helen Edmundson and Neil McKay. In the same year, Considine was briefly reunited with one of his A Room for Romeo Brass co-stars, BAFTA-winning actress Vicky McClure. The two shared the screen in a television advert to promote "Films for Life Season". The ad was shot over two days in Spain.

He has appeared in several music videos, most notably "God Put A Smile Upon Your Face" (2002) by Coldplay and Moloko's "Familiar Feeling" (2003), In August 2015, Considine confirmed that he was writing the screenplay for the film Journeyman, in which he will also star. It is an adaptation of non-fiction novel The Years of the Locust by Jon Hotten, the true story of a sociopathic boxing promoter, Fat Rick Parker, and his doomed relationship with his naive fighter, Tim Anderson. Considine is also writing a film from a ghost story called The Leaning, with plans to direct both films. He will continue to work with Shane Meadows on King of the Gypsies, a biopic of bare-knuckle fighter Bartley Gorman, whom Considine met and became friends with whilst working as a photographer.

In April 2017, Considine made his professional stage debut in The Ferryman at the Royal Court Theatre, ahead of a transfer to the Gielgud Theatre in the West End. The production transferred to the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on Broadway, beginning previews on 2 October 2018. The play, which went on to win four Tony Awards, closed on 7 July 2019. For his performance as Quinn Carney, Considine gained nominations for best actor at both the Olivier Awards and The Tony Awards.

In 2020, he portrayed Mr Martin in the HBO miniseries The Third Day alongside Jude Law. In August 2022, Considine began appearing as King Viserys Targaryen in the Game of Thrones series prequel House of the Dragon. Considine will portray Brendan Ingle in the upcoming biographical sports drama Giant opposite Mena Massoud as Naseem Hamed.

Filmmaking Dog Altogether and Tyrannosaur In 2007, Considine wrote and directed his first short film Dog Altogether, starring Peter Mullan, partially based on Considine's father. Dog Altogether won the 2007 BAFTA award for Best Short Film, as well as a Silver Lion for Best Short Film at the 2007 Venice Film Festival, a Best British Short at the 2007 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), and the Seattle International Film Festival Short Film Jury Award (Narrative Special Jury Prize). Kermode went on to award Olivia Colman Best Actress in his own Annual Kermode Awards. She tied with Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin.

When the BAFTA Award nominations were announced on 17 January 2012, the omission of Olivia Colman in the Best Actress category led to global trending of both Olivia Colman and Tyrannosaur on Twitter. He also won a World Cinema Directing Award for his feature directorial debut Tyrannosaur at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.

Journeyman Considine's follow-up film 2017's Journeyman was written and directed and starred Considine alongside Jodie Whittaker and, although less well received than Tyrannosaur, it had an impact within the fighting community. Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping cited Journeyman as the key driver to his retirement from the sport.

Music After a short stint during college in a virtual comedy thrash group called 'Grunt', Considine and Shane Meadows formed the band She Talks To Angels (inspired by the Black Crowes song of the same name) with friends Richard Eaton, Simon Hudson, and Nick Hemming (later of The Leisure Society), with Meadows as vocalist and Considine as drummer. In 2009, they released an EP They Will Rob You of Your Gifts, and, in 2013, an album What Happened to the Get To Know Ya?

The band's breakthrough performance was in 2014 after Tim Burgess of the Charlatans invited them to perform at his curated Tim Peaks Diner event at Festival No 6 in Portmeirion, Wales. In 2002, Considine married Shelley Insley, with whom he has been in a relationship since he was 18. They have three children. Considine still lives in his home town of Burton upon Trent with his family. The Double Jack as PT Kommander Uncredited

Honour Bounty Hunter Pride Dai Donovan

Child 44 Vladimir Malevich Miss You Already Jago Macbeth Banquo 2016 The Girl with All the Gifts Sergeant Eddie Parks

The Death of Stalin Comrade Andreyev Journeyman Matty Burton Writer and director Funny Cow Angus 2019 How to Build a Girl Pat Morrigan 2021 Wolf The Zookeeper

Deep Cover Fly Heads of State Viktor Gradov 2026 Wife & Dog Post-production

Television Year Title Role Notes 2006 Pu-239 Timofey Berezin Television film 2008 My Zinc Bed Paul Peplow 2009 Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1980 Peter Hunter 2011 The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder at Road Hill House Detective Inspector Jack Whicher 2013 The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane 2014 The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: Beyond the Pale The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: 'Til Death Do Us Part 2016 Peaky Blinders Father John Hughes 4 episodes 2018 Informer Gabe Waters Miniseries 2020 The Outsider Claude Bolton / The Outsider Miniseries; 10 episodes The Third Day Mr. Martin Miniseries; 6 episodes 2022–2024 House of the Dragon Viserys I Targaryen Main role (season 1)Uncredited role (season 2); 11 episodes 2025 Small Town, Big Story Seamus Proctor Miniseries; main role; 6 episodes 2025–present MobLand Kevin HarriganMain role; 10 episodes In Production

Theatre Year Title Role Venue 2017 The Ferryman Quinn Carney Royal Court Theatre and Gielgud Theatre, London 2018 Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, New York

Music videos Year Artist Title Notes 2003 Coldplay "God Put a Smile upon Your Face" 2003 Moloko "Familiar Feeling" 2006 Arctic Monkeys "Leave Before the Lights Come On" Also writer

Awards and nominations Year Group Award Film Result 2000 Thessaloniki Film Festival Award Best Actor (tied with Misel Maticevic) Last Resort 2003 British Independent Film Awards Best Actor In America 2004 British Independent Film Awards Best Actor Dead Man's Shoes Best Screenplay (shared with Shane Meadows) Best Supporting Actor/Actress My Summer of Love London Critics Circle Film Awards ALFS Award – British Actor of the Year In America Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 2005 Empire Awards Best British Actor Dead Man's Shoes Evening Standard British Film Awards Best Actor London Critics Circle Film Awards ALFS Award – British Actor of the Year 2006 British Independent Film Award Best Actor In America London Critics Circle Film Awards ALFS Award – British Supporting Actor of the Year Cinderella Man 2007 Venice Film Festival Award Silver Lion – Best Short Film Dog Altogether British Independent Film Award Best British Short Film Seattle International Film Festival Award Special Jury Prize, Narrative Edinburgh International Film Festival Award Best British Short Film 2008 BAFTA Awards Best Short Film 2011 Sundance International Film Festival Award The World Cinema Award for Directing: Dramatic Tyrannosaur Nantucket Film Festival Award Best Writer/Director Munich Film Festival CineVision Award Outstanding Debut Feature Voices Festival of independent European Cinema Voices Festival Prize: Best Film Dinard British Film Festival France The Golden Hitchcock: Grand Jury Prize/Ciné+ Award The Allianz Award: Best Screenplay Zagreb Film Festival Croatia T-Com Audience Award: Best Film Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece Fischer Audience Award (For a film in the Open Horizons section) Mar del Plata Film Festival Jury Special Award Silver Astor for Best Screenplay Argentine Film Critics Association ACCA Award SIGNIS (World Catholic Association for Communication) Award Stockholm Film Festival Best First Feature British Independent Film Awards Best British Independent Film Best Director The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) Best Achievement in Production International Press Academy Satellite Awards Best Screenplay: Original Best First Feature 2012 Independent Spirit Awards Best International Film The Guardian First Film Award Best First Film London Critics Circle Film Awards The Virgin Atlantic Award – Breakthrough British Film-Maker British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) Outstanding debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Evening Standard British Film Awards Best Film Best Screenplay Jameson Empire Awards Best British Film Bucharest International Film Festival Best Film Critics' Choice Award Transilvania International Film Festival FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) Award Writers' Guild of Great Britain Best Screenplay 2017 British Independent Film Awards Best Actor Journeyman 2018 Olivier Awards Best Actor The Ferryman 2019 Tony Award Best Actor in a Play Drama League Awards Distinguished Performance Award 2026 British Academy Television Awards Best Supporting Actor MobLand