Paul Anderson

Known for: Acting

Born: 1978-02-12 (age 48)

From: London, England, UK

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.

Filmography (33)

TV★ 4.3
The Gray House
2026
as Stokely Reeves
MOVIE★ 6.4
Lift
2024
as Donal
MOVIE★ 7.0
Nightmare Alley
2021
as Geek #1
MOVIE★ 5.2
Tijuana Bible
2020
as Nick
MOVIE★ 5.8
Feedback
2019
as Andrew Wilde
MOVIE★ 5.9
Robin Hood
2018
as Guy of Gisbourne
MOVIE★ 6.9
Hostiles
2017
as Corporal Tommy Thomas
MOVIE★ 6.0
24 Hours to Live
2017
as Jim Morrow
MOVIE★ 7.2
Brimstone
2016
as Frank
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Revenant
2015
as Anderson
MOVIE★ 6.8
In the Heart of the Sea
2015
as Thomas Chappel
MOVIE★ 7.1
Legend
2015
as Albert Donoghue
MOVIE★ 5.8
Electricity
2014
as Barry O'Connor
MOVIE★ 6.8
'71
2014
as Sergeant Leslie Lewis
TV★ 6.6
The Great Train Robbery
2013
as Gordon Goody
MOVIE★ 7.5
Still Life
2013
as Homeless Man
TV★ 8.5
Peaky Blinders
2013
as Arthur Shelby
MOVIE★ 5.2
Passion
2013
as Dirk Harriman
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Sweeney
2012
as Francis Allen
MOVIE★ 5.5
Piggy
2012
as Piggy
MOVIE★ 7.1
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011
as Colonel Sebastian Moran
MOVIE★ 6.2
A Lonely Place to Die
2011
as Chris
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Firm
2009
as Bex
MOVIE★ 2.3
Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me
2008
as Roger
TV★ 7.7
Ashes to Ashes
2008
as PC Murder Suspect
TV★ 7.6
Lewis
2007
as Frank Sporetti
TV★ 7.6
Top Gear
2002
as Self
TV★ 7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Graham Spate
MOVIE
White Trash At Heart
1992
as David's mouth/Bar Patron
TV★ 6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MOVIE
The Debt Inherited
—
as Terry
TV
The Prince
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MOVIE
Fortitude
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