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Paul Reynolds
Born (1970-02-06) 6 February 1970 (age 54)
Wanstead, London, England
Occupation(s)Actor, producer
Years active1982–present

Paul Reynolds (born 6 February 1970, Wanstead, London) is an English actor. He attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School,[1] made his start as a child actor in a variety of small parts. He played the roles of Thatcherite Colin Mathews in Press Gang,[2] "Kevin" in Ghostbusters of East Finchley[3] and as Sammy Dobbs the unscrupulous sports agent in Andy Hamilton's Trevor's World of Sport.[4]

On the big screen, Reynolds portrayed Christopher Craig opposite Christopher Eccleston's Derek Bentley in Let Him Have It[5] and the mischievous Matt in Croupier alongside Clive Owen.[6]

In later years, Reynolds made an appearance as "Squeak" in 1995 and 1998 in Absolutely Fabulous alongside Julia Sawalha, his Press Gang co-star, he also made a brief cameo appearance in Lark Rise to Candleford again with Julia Sawalha.

As well as many TV, film and radio appearances Reynolds has appeared on stage in leading roles at The National Theatre, The Royal Court, The Almeida and The Bristol Old Vic portraying "Baby" in Mojo and Eugene in Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs.

Reynolds also spent eight years in the BBC World Service radio drama Westway playing Fizza, and has been in many radio productions.

In 2005 Reynolds had a break from acting to set up his own production company specialising in filming concerts as well as developing TV and film scripts and ideas. The company was called Remould Media. He currently conducts his own production work.

He starred in Lucky You, a stage adaptation of the Carl Hiaasen novel of the same title that premiered at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[7]

TV

Films

References

  1. ^ [1][dead link]
  2. ^ "Full cast and crew for Press Gang (1989)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Ghostbusters of East Finchley (1995– )". IMDb.com. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Trevor's World of Sport (2003– )". IMDb.com. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Let Him Have It". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Croupier". Movies.yahoo.com. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  7. ^ [2] Archived 2 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine