Paddy Considine

Patrick George Considine (born 5 September 1973) is an English actor, director, and screenwriter. He is known for playing antiheros in independent film. 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, was in ''A Room for Romeo Brass'' (1999), and was 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), ''Dead Man's Shoes'' (2004), winning the 2005 Empire Award for Best British Actor, and a nomination for the BIFA Award 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), ''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). Provided by Wikipedia