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 filmmakerdirector Shane Meadows A Room for Romeo Brass 1999 and he then played Alfie in Paweł Pawlikowskis Last Resort 2000 Other credits include Doctor Sleep 2002 24 Hour Party People 2002 In America 2003 My Summer of Love 2004 and Dead Mans 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 Pu239 2006 My Zinc Bed 2008 Red Riding 2009 Informer 2018 and The Suspicions of Mr Whicher series of television films 20132014 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 20222024 Description above from the Wikipedia article Paddy Considine licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia