Paul Popplewell

Biography

Paul Popplewell is a British actor who started performing as a teenager. At 16 he took the lead role of Simon in Criminal, a BBC Two drama made for the Screen Two strand. For that part he received the Golden Chest Film Festival's Best Actor prize and a Best Actor nomination from the Royal Television Society. At 20 he acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company in a production of Bad Weather, staged at The Other Place in Stratford-upon-Avon. On screen he played Happy Mondays founder Paul Ryder in Michael Winterbottom's 24 Hour Party People (2002) and Bod in Paddy Considine's Tyrannosaur (2011), and he was in the Black Mirror episode Fifteen Million Merits. Between 2021 and 2023 he was the receptionist Paul Pegg on the BBC One drama Casualty. In 2005 he also featured in the video for Lyla, a single by Oasis.

49years old

Turns 50 on January 1in 81 days

Born January 1, 1977East Riding of Yorkshire
Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19

Movie Career

Films: 11
Career span: 26 years1998 to 2024

Genres

Drama100%, 11 films
Comedy27%, 3 films
Romance18%, 2 films
Action9%, 1 film
Biography9%, 1 film

First and latest

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Early training
Popplewell was 20 when he took a part in Bad Weather, a Royal Shakespeare Company production staged at The Other Place in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.

Paul Popplewell movies on Netflix

Scoop2024IMDb rating 6.5as Editor
Journeyman2018IMDb rating 7.0as Jackie
'712014IMDb rating 7.2as Training Corporal
The Goob2014IMDb rating 5.7
The Trip2011IMDb rating 7.0as Paul
Tyrannosaur2011IMDb rating 7.5as Bod
The Waiting Room2007IMDb rating 6.5as Van Man
In This World2003IMDb rating 7.3as Voice Over (Europe) (voice)
24 Hour Party People2002IMDb rating 7.3as Paul Ryder
Morvern Callar2002IMDb rating 6.8as Cat in the Hat
Twice Upon a Yesterday1998IMDb rating 6.1as Simon

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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Tyrannosaur2011 Dramaas Bod
IMDb rating 7.536K votes
The Trip2011 Comedy, Dramaas Paul
IMDb rating 7.024K votes
'712014as Training Corporal
IMDb rating 7.265K votes
In This World2003as Voice Over (Europe)voice
IMDb rating 7.34.6K votes
Journeyman2018as Jackie
IMDb rating 7.05.2K votes
Scoop2024as Editor
IMDb rating 6.522K votes
The Goob2014
IMDb rating 5.71.3K votes
24 Hour Party People2002as Paul Ryder
IMDb rating 7.341K votes

Most often with

Michael Winterbottom directed three of these films, Paddy Considine two. Sean Harris appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Sean Harris

Steve Coogan

Paddy Considine

Ralf LittleMichael WinterbottomDirector, 3 films

Paddy ConsidineDirector, 2 films

Films together

Sean Harris3 films together, 2002 to 2014
Sean Harris's page
- '712014IMDb rating 7.2Popplewell as Training CorporalHarris as Captain Sandy Browning
- The Goob2014IMDb rating 5.7Harris as Womack
- 24 Hour Party People2002IMDb rating 7.3Popplewell as Paul RyderHarris as Ian
Steve Coogan2 films together, 2002 to 2011
Steve Coogan's page
- The Trip2011IMDb rating 7.0Popplewell as PaulCoogan as Steve
- 24 Hour Party People2002IMDb rating 7.3Popplewell as Paul RyderCoogan as Tony Wilson
Paddy Considine2 films together, 2002 to 2018
Paddy Considine's page
- Journeyman2018IMDb rating 7.0Popplewell as JackieConsidine as Matty Burton
- 24 Hour Party People2002IMDb rating 7.3Popplewell as Paul RyderConsidine as Rob Gretton
Ralf Little2 films together, 2002 to 2007
Ralf Little's page
- The Waiting Room2007IMDb rating 6.5Popplewell as Van ManLittle as Stephen
- 24 Hour Party People2002IMDb rating 7.3Popplewell as Paul RyderLittle as Hooky (Peter Hook)
Michael WinterbottomDirector, 3 films, 2002 to 2011
All films by Michael Winterbottom
- The Trip2011IMDb rating 7.0Popplewell as Paul
- In This World2003IMDb rating 7.3Popplewell as Voice Over (Europe)voice
- 24 Hour Party People2002IMDb rating 7.3Popplewell as Paul Ryder
Paddy ConsidineDirector, 2 films, 2011 to 2018
All films by Paddy Considine
- Journeyman2018IMDb rating 7.0Popplewell as Jackie
- Tyrannosaur2011IMDb rating 7.5Popplewell as Bod

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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