Biography
Paul Anderson is an English actor who started his acting career in the late 2000s. He was previously a ticket scalper who decided to attend Webber Douglas drama school, subsequently landing roles in theatre and in films such as The Firm, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and Passion. Anderson is known for his breakout role as Arthur Shelby in British television series Peaky Blinders.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Lift
2024
as Donal
An international heist crew, led by Cyrus Whitaker, race to lift $500 million in gold from a passenger plane at 40,000 feet.
Nightmare Alley
2021
as Geek #1
An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dang...
Tijuana Bible
2020
as Nick
Holed up in Tijuana on a path to self-destruction, an Iraq veteran seeks deliverance by helping a young Mexican woman navigate the underworld in a que...
Hostage Radio
2019
as Andrew Wilde
A radio host is kidnapped on air and forced to tell secrets about his past.
Robin Hood
2018
as Guy of Gisbourne
A war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown.
Hostiles
2017
as Corporal Tommy Thomas
A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family thr...
24 Hours to Live
2017
as Jim Morrow
An assassin seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.
Brimstone
2016
as Frank
In the menacing inferno of the old North-American West, Liz is a genuine survivor who is hunted by a vengeful preacher for a crime she didn’t commit.
The Revenant
2015
as Anderson
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
In the Heart of the Sea
2015
as Thomas Chappel
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almo...
Legend
2015
as Albert Donoghue
Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using ...
Electricity
2014
as Barry O'Connor
A woman leaves her seaside hometown to search for her long-lost brother, experiencing hallucinations brought on by her epilepsy during her trip.
'71
2014
as Sergeant Leslie Lewis
A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.
Still Life
2013
as Homeless Man
A council case worker looks for the relatives of those found dead and alone.
Passion
2013
as Dirk Harriman
The rivalry between the manipulative boss of an advertising agency and her talented protégée escalates from stealing credit to public humiliation to m...
The Sweeney
2012
as Francis Allen
Jack Regan, a hardened cop who doesn’t play by the rules, is confronted with a criminal from his past. With sidekick George Carter they are put on the...
Piggy
2012
as Piggy
London, modern day: Joe, a mild mannered young man is bored by his life. When his beloved brother is murdered Joe finds solace in Piggy, one of his br...
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011
as Colonel Sebastian Moran
There is a new criminal mastermind at large (Professor Moriarty) and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of ...
A Lonely Place to Die
2011
as Chris
A group of five mountaineers are hiking and climbing in the Scottish Highlands when they discover a young Serbian girl buried in a small chamber in th...
The Firm
2009
as Bex
Set in the 1980s, Dom is a teenager who finds himself drawn into the charismatic world of football 'casuals,influenced by the firm's top boy, Bex. Acc...
Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me
2008
as Roger
Candid and poignant drama about the comedian Frankie Howerd and the relationship with his long-term, long-suffering manager, and gay partner, Dennis H...
White Trash At Heart
N/A
as David's mouth/Bar Patron
"Holly HARDMAN White Trash at Heart (1992; 33 min.) An uproarious romp through the twisted byways of Lynch-land, er Holy-Sin-land, USA. "A savvy satir...
The Debt Inherited
N/A
as Terry
After the death of their father, two airheaded brothers inherit his debt to a notorious loan shark, but while finding the money to repay her, they soo...
Ring of Fire: A Tale as Old As Time
N/A
as The Narrator
A genre-spanning, format-hopping promotional short film to promote the generational Heavyweight Undisputed clash between Oleksandr Usyk & Tyson Fury