Paul Popplewell

Paul Popplewell (born 1977), is a British actor. He became a professional actor at 16, leaving college after gaining the lead role of Simon in the multi award-winning BBC television drama Criminal, for which he won Best Actor at the Golden Chest Film Festival and was nominated for Best Actor at the Royal Television Society Awards, alongside Pete Postlethwaite and Tom Wilkinson.

At the age of 20, Popplewell 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, he 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 later made an appearance in the music video for the Oasis single "Lyla" in 2005.

Popplewell played the character of Bod in feature film Tyrannosaur, written and directed by Paddy Considine, which was released in the UK on 7 October 2011 and in the US on 18 November 2011. Tyrannosaur premièred at the Sundance Film Festival, where it picked up three awards. To date, the film has won a BAFTA, three British Independent Film Awards, 20 international film festival awards and an International Press Academy Satellite Award.

The Goob and '71 won awards at the British Independent Film Awards and Dinard Film Festival 2014, while The Goob won the Golden Hitchcock, Best Film Award at Dinard.

Film

• Peterloo
• Journeyman
• On the Road (Wolf Alice)
• ID2: Shadwell Army
• The Goob
• '71
• The Cost of Living
• The Look of Love
• Spike Island
• Tyrannosaur
• The Trip
• Dog Altogether
• The Waiting Room
• Bright Young Things
• In This World
• Morvern Callar
• 24 Hour Party People
• Club Le Monde
• I Want You
• If Only / The Man with Rain in His Shoes
• FairyTale: A True Story

Television

• Save Me - Sky Atlantic
• Salisbury - BBC
• Our World War - BBC
• Moving On - BBC
• A Young Doctor's Notebook - Sky Arts Playhouse Presents
• Frankie - BBC
• 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

Theatre

• The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca - City of Culture
• The Hypocrite - Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)
• A Taste of Honey - Manchester 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 Theatre
• American Buffalo - Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre
• The Tempest - Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)
• Bad Weather - Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)
• Bartholomew Fair - Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)

Awards and nominations

Group	Award	Film	Result
British Arrows Craft Awards	Best Actor	Kick it Out	Won
Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards & TV Awards	Best Supporting Actor	American Buffalo	Nominated
Golden Chest International TV & Film Festival	Best Actor	Criminal	Won
Royal Television Society Awards (RTS Awards)	Best Actor	Criminal	Nominated

External links

• Paul Popplewell at IMDb
• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PaulPopplewellActor
• IMDb - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0691586/
• Live for Films - http://www.liveforfilms.com/2011/10/18/liveforfilms-com-talks-to-tyrannosaur-star-paul-popplewell/