Paul Popplewell
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Paul Popplewell was born in 1977[1] and raised in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
He became a professional Actor aged 16 when he dropped out of college after gaining the lead role of Simon in multi award winning BBC Television Drama ‘Criminal’ for which he won Best Actor at the Golden Chest Film Festival in Sofia Bulgaria and was also nominated Best Actor at The Royal Television Society Awards alongside Pete Postlethwaite and Tom Wilkinson.
At the age of 20 he was playing a leading role with the Royal Shakespeare Company in their production of ‘Bad Weather’, since then he has continued to work in film, television, theatre and radio.
In 2001, Paul played Happy Mondays bassist and founder member Paul Ryder in the Michael Winterbottom film 24 Hour Party People having been a fan of the band since he was a kid. The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival in 2002.
He played the character of Bod in feature film Tyrannosaur, written and directed by Paddy Considine which got its U.K release 7 October 2011, U.S release 18 November 2011. Tyrannosaur premiered at Sundance Film Festival where it picked up 3 Awards. To date the film has won a BAFTA, 3 British Independent Film Awards, 17 International Film Festival Awards, and an International Press Academy Satellite Award.
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[edit] Film
Tyrannosaur, The Trip, Dog Altogether, The Waiting Room, Bright Young Things, In This World, Morvern Caller, 24 Hour Party People, Club le Monde, I Want You, If Only, FairyTale: A True Story,
[edit] Television
Shameless - Channel 4, Accused - BBC, Black Mirror - Channel 4, Inside Men - BBC, Waterloo Road - BBC, The Trip - BBC, Casualty - BBC, The Royal - ITV, Emmerdale - ITV, Saxondale - BBC, The Somme - Channel 4, The Ghost Squad - BBC, Simon Schama's Power of Art-Caravaggio - BBC, Totally Frank - Channel 4, The Royal - ITV, Gifted - ITV, Casualty - BBC, Rehab - BBC, Alan Partridge - BBC, The Bill - BBC, Doctors - BBC, Casualty - BBC, The League of Gentlemen - BBC, Peak Practice - BBC, Heartbeat - ITV, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates - BBC, Casualty - BBC, The Wedge - ITV, Island - ITV, Out of The Blue - BBC, Criminal - BBC, Kids Court - BSKYB,
[edit] Theatre
A Taste of Honey - Royal Exchange Theatre, Toast - Hull Truck, The Arbor - The Royal Court, Harvest - The Royal Court, The Shy Gas Man - Southwark Playhouse, Under The Whaleback - Hull Truck, The Modernists - Sheffield Crucible, American Buffalo - Royal Exchange Theatre, The Tempest - Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Bad Weather - Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Bartholomew Fair - Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC),
[edit] Awards and nominations
British Arrows Craft Awards - Won Best Actor (Kick it Out)
Manchester Evening News TV & Theatre Awards - Nominated Best Supporting Actor (American Buffalo)
Golden Chest International TV & Film Festival - Won Best Actor (Criminal)
Royal Television Society Awards - Nominated Best Actor (Criminal)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
Paul Popplewell at the Internet Movie Database
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paul-Popplewell-Actor/122211194510499
IMDb - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0691586/
Live for Films - http://www.liveforfilms.com/2011/10/18/liveforfilms-com-talks-to-tyrannosaur-star-paul-popplewell/
