Paddy Considine will soon be seen playing the lead of Timofey in the HBO production, ‘Half Life of Timofey’, directed by Scott Z Burns alongside Radha Mitchell and Steven Berkoff.

The drama tells the story about a worker at a Russian nuclear facility who gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In addition, he will play the lead role of Norman in ‘The Backwoods’ directed by Koldo Serra, also starring Gary Oldman.

Paddy Considine is currently filming ‘Bourne Ultimatum’ directed by Paul Greengrass, where he plays Ross alongside Matt Damon and Julia Stiles.

Most recently he had a supporting lead in Ron Howard’s feature ‘Cinderella Man’ alongside Renee Zellweger and Russell Crowe.

He played the role of ‘Mike Wilson’ in the story inspired by the legendary athlete Jim Braddock.  Also last year he played ‘Frank Thoroughgood’ in Stephen Woolley’s directorial debut ‘Stoned’, about the events leading up to the death of the ex-Rolling Stone Brian Jones. 

Paddy Considine received much critical acclaim for his roles in the successful British films ‘Dead Man’s Shoes’ and ‘My Summer of Love’. 

Directed by Shane Meadows, and co-written by Shane and Paddy, he played the lead role as the tormented ‘Richard’ in ‘Dead Man’s Shoes’. 

It was for his portrayal of this character that he was awarded ‘Best British Actor’ at the 2005 Evening Standard Film Awards and Empire Film Awards, and nominated for ‘Best British Actor’ at the London Film Critics Circle and British Independent Film Awards. 

The film also won ‘Best British Film’ at the 2005 South Bank Awards and received a nomination for the Alexander Korda Award at the 2005 BAFTA Film Awards. Paddy played the character of ‘Phil’ in ‘My Summer of Love’, directed by Phil Pavlikovsky, alongside newcomers Nathalie Press and Emily Blunt. 

The BAFTA Award winning drama earned Paddy a nomination for ‘Best Supporting Actor’ at the British Independent Film Awards in 2005.

In 2002, Paddy Considine played the male lead of ‘Johnny’ in ‘In America’ alongside Samantha Morton and directed by Jim Sheridan. 

He also played ‘Him’ in the BAFTA-award winning short film ‘My Wrongs 8245-8249 and 117’.  Other film credits include ‘24 Hour Party People’, ‘Last Resort’ (for which he won ‘Best Actor’ at the Thessaloniki Film Festival), and ‘A Room For Romeo Brass’, also directed by Shane Meadows.