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Paul Thornley 22 Astwood Mews, London, SW7 4DE CDA +44 (0)20 7937 2749|[email protected] PAUL THORNLEY HEIGHT: 6’1” HAIR: Fair EYES: Blue TRAINED: Guildford School of Acting ACCENTS: London (native), American-New York, American-Standard, Australian, Birmingham, Cockney, Dublin, Geordie, Glasgow, Liverpool, Northern, RP, South African, Welsh-Standard, Yorkshire SINGING: Baritone (Highly skilled) 01 VISA THEATRE HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD ‘Ron Weasley’ Dir. John Tiffany [Lyric Theatre New York] HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD ‘Ron Weasley’ Dir. John Tiffany [Palace Theatre] Nominated for What’s On Stage Award 2017 for Best Supporting Actor in a Play. A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL ‘Ian’ Dir. Trevor Nunn [Harold Pinter Theatre] LONDON ROAD ‘Dodge’ Dir. Rufus Norris [National Theatre] THE THREE MUSKETEERS ‘Athos’ Dir. Francis Matthews [Kingston] IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE ‘George’ Dir. Peter Rowe [Wolsey Theatre Ipswich] IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER ‘O Li Roon / The Man From State’ Dir. Walter Meierjohann [Young Vic Theatre] THE MIRACLE ‘Ginger’ Dir. Paul Miller [Royal National Theatre] NOT A GAME FOR THE BOYS ‘Tony’ Dir. Simon Pittman [Library Theatre Manchester] PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES ‘Dan’ Dir. Alan Aykbourn [Stephen Joseph Theatre / London / New York] NOISES OFF ‘Garry Lejeune / Tim Allgood’ Dir. Jeremy Sams [National and West End] SPEND, SPEND, SPEND ‘Matt’ Dirs. Jeremy Sams / Justin Green [West End / West Yorkshire Playhouse] ESCAPE FROM PTERODACTYL ISLAND ‘Robert Worthington’ Dir. Philip George [Pleasance Theatre] HAMLET ‘Guildenstern / Osric’ Dir. Chris Gheelan [Greenwich] UP ON THE ROOF ‘Scott’ Dir. Jenny Darnell [Colchester Mercury] SCROOGE ‘Bob Cratchitt’ Dir. Tudor Davis [West End / UK Tour] A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM ‘Snug’ Dir. Rachel Kavanaugh [Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre] ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL ‘The Astringer’ Dir. Helena Kaut-Howson [Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre] THE TEMPEST ‘Francisco’ Dir. Patrick Garland [Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre] KISS ME KATE ‘Hortensio / Ralph’ Dir. Ian Talbot [Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre] TELEVISION TREADSTONE [Universal Cable Productions] ‘Leo Biller’ Dir. Wayne Yip SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY [BBC] ‘Rex Olson’ Dir. Richard Signy TRAUMA [Tall Story for ITV] ‘Matthew Holloway’ Dir. Marc Evans 22 Astwood Mews, London, SW7 4DE CDA +44 (0)20 7937 2749|[email protected] PAUL THORNLEY TELEVISION Cont. GOOD KARMA HOSPITAL [Tiger Aspect for ITV] ‘Gavin’ Dir. Alex Winckler THE CROWN [Netflix] ‘Matheson’ Dir. Steven Daldry and various FATHER BROWN [BBC] ‘Joseph Sinclair’ Dir James Larkin DOC MARTIN [BBC] ‘Gerry’ Dir Nigel Cole HOLBY CITY [BBC] ‘Tom’ Dir Karl Neilson TROLLIED [Roughcut TV] ‘Mike’ Dir Paul Harrison BY ANY MEANS [Red Planet] ‘Dixon’ Dir Charlie Palmer TROLLIED [Roughcut TV] ‘Mike’ Dir Paul Harrison BIG BAD WORLD [Objective] ‘course leader’ Dir Sandy Johnson DOCTORS [BBC] ‘Tim’ Dir Alex Jacob HOLBY CITY [BBC] ‘Daz’ Dir Reza Moradi ABOVE SUSPICION [La Plante] ‘Mike Reynolds’ Dir Catherine Morshead SILK [BBC] ‘Alex Turley’ Dir. Catherine Morshead JUST WILLIAM [BBC] ‘Hughes’ Dir. Paul Seed POIROT [Mammoth] ‘Inspector Raglan’ Dir. Charlie Palmer IN DALSTON (Sky Plays) ‘Simon’ Dir. Susan Tully MURDERLAND [BBC] ‘Connor Mackie’ Dir. Catherine Morshead THE BILL [Talkback Thames] ‘Glen’ Dir. Karl Neilson MUTUAL FRIENDS [BBC] ‘Darren’ Dir. Catherine Morshead ASHES TO ASHES [BBC] ‘Ian Kay’ Dir. Catherine Morshead RAPUNZEL [Hat Trick for BBC] ‘Goran’ Dir. Catherine Morshead FOYLES WAR [Greenlit] ‘Edward Hylton’ Dir. Tristram Powell LOVE SOUP [BBC] ‘Gary’ Dir. Sandy Johnson DEATH BECOMES HIM [BBC] ‘Howard Harris’ Dir. John Greening RECOVERY [Tiger Aspect] ‘Estate Agent’ Dir. Andy DeEmmony DOCTORS [BBC] ‘Steven’ Dir. Mike Connolly GREEN WING [Freemantle] ‘Phil Macklam’ Dir. Tristram Shapeero THE BILL [Thames] ‘Gordon McGowen’ Dir. Rob Knights THE BRIEF – ROAD TO HELL [Carlton] ‘Liam’ Dir. Jack Gold LIFE BEGINS Series 1-3 [Granada TV] ‘Jeff’ Dirs. Catherine Morshead / Charlie Palmer / Jeremy Webb MIDSOMER MURDERS VII [Bentley Productions] ‘Sergeant Gill’ Dir. Peter Smith / Sarah Hellings ALIBI [ITV] ‘PC Blake’ Dir. David Richards FILM MINIONS [Illumination Entertainment] ‘News Reporter’ Dir. Kyle Balda & Pierre Coffin THE MERCY [BBC Films] ‘Daniel Porter’ Dir. James Marsh GRIMSBY [Big Talk] ‘Clive Graves’ Dir Louis Leterrier LONDON ROAD [Cuba Pictures] ‘Dodge’ Dir Rufus Norris MAN UP [Big Talk] ‘Adam’ Dir Ben Palmer CAMERA TRAP [Cinema Nx] ‘Nicholas’ Dir Alex Verner LES MISERABLES [Working Title Films] ‘Constable Valert’ Dir Tom Hooper BROKEN [Broken Films] ‘Constable Evans’ Dir Rufus Norris THE SOMNAMBULISTS [No Bad Films] ‘Man 7’ Dir Richard Jobson METAMORPHOSIS [Attractive Features] ‘Second Lodger’ Dir. Chris Swanton Page 2 of 2 .
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