Patrick "Paddy" Considine (born 5 September 1973 ) is an English actor, director, screenwriter and frequent collaborator with Shane Meadows.
To international audiences, he may be more familiar for his roles in In America, The Bourne Ultimatum, 24 Hour Party People, My Summer of Love and Hot Fuzz.
His directorial debut, the short film Dog Altogether, won a number of awards including the 2008 BAFTA Award for Best Short Film.
Considine was born in B...
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Patrick "Paddy" Considine (born 5 September 1973 ) is an English actor, director, screenwriter and frequent collaborator with Shane Meadows.
To international audiences, he may be more familiar for his roles in In America, The Bourne Ultimatum, 24 Hour Party People, My Summer of Love and Hot Fuzz.
His directorial debut, the short film Dog Altogether, won a number of awards including the 2008 BAFTA Award for Best Short Film.
Considine was born in Burton upon Trent in East Staffordshire. He grew up with his brother and sisters in a council house on Vancouver Drive in the large Manners Estate in Winshill, a suburb of Burton. He attended High Bank Infants, Joseph Clarke Junior and finally Abbot Beyne Senior until 1990, when he enrolled to do a National Diploma in Performing Arts. It was at the start of this course, at the Winshill-based Ada Chadwick campus (now demolished) of Burton College, where Considine first met Shane Meadows.
After a short stint in a virtual, comedy thrash group...
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