Paul Anderson

Paul Anderson (born 12 February 1978 ) is a British film and television actor whose career took off after portraying Arthur Shelby Jr. in Peaky Blinders (2013-2022). He played Colonel Sebastian Moran in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and Mr. Anderson in The Revenant (2015).

Career Anderson decided to pursue acting in the mid 2000s, after working for many years as a ticket scalper and aspiring musician, and enrolled at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. He began his acting career by appearing in plays written by his friend Gregory Burke, who made his screen debut with the critically acclaimed 2014 film '71. Anderson's first leading role was in the 2009 British movie, The Firm.

Having appeared as the English military sharpshooter Sebastian Moran in the 2011 film Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows, Anderson's break followed in 2013, where he was cast as a main character in the BBC Two show Peaky Blinders as Arthur Shelby, a gangster in post First World War Birmingham. Since then, Anderson has appeared in many major films, including Ron Howard's In the Heart of the Sea and The Revenant, as well as Brimstone, which was released in 2016.

On 1 February 2024, Anderson made an appearance in a promo trailer for the upcoming undisputed heavyweight boxing match between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk.

Personal life Anderson is from Kennington, South London. Anderson is working on rebuilding his career and has starred in the 2026 historical drama miniseries The Gray House since the incident.

Filmography

Film

Television