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Paul John Ready (born 23 June 1977) is a British actor known for portraying Kevin Brady in Motherland (2016-2022), Lee in Utopia (2013–2014), Rob MacDonald in Bodyguard (2018), and Henry Goodsir in The Terror (2018). His film credits include The Death of Stalin (2017), The Dig (2021), Heart of Stone (2023), and Bring Them Down (2025). He is recognised for his ability to take on diverse roles and bring depth to his characters in different genres.
48
Years Old
20
Movies
22
TV Shows
7.2
Avg Rating
Paul John Ready (born 23 June 1977) is a British actor known for portraying Kevin Brady in Motherland (2016-2022), Lee in Utopia (2013–2014), Rob MacDonald in Bodyguard (2018), and Henry Goodsir in The Terror (2018). His film credits include The Death of Stalin (2017), The Dig (2021), Heart of Stone (2023), and Bring Them Down (2025). He is recognised for his ability to take on diverse roles and bring depth to his characters in different genres.
2018
Paul John Ready (born 23 June 1977) is a British actor known for portraying Kevin Brady in Motherland (2016-2022), Lee in Utopia (2013–2014), Rob MacDonald in Bodyguard (2018), and Henry Goodsir in The Terror (2018). His film credits include The Death of Stalin (2017), The Dig (2021), Heart of Stone (2023), and Bring Them Down (2025). He is recognised for his ability to take on diverse roles and bring depth to his characters in different genres.
Paul was born in Birmingham and, growing up in the town of Harborne, he attended King Edward VI Five Ways school. He went on to train at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and, at the age of 17, he played Romeo in the National Youth Theatre production of Romeo and Juliet at London's Bloomsbury Theatre, playing opposite Rosamund Pike's Juliet.
He is a regular at the National and Royal Court theatres. Past appearances have included leading parts in Major Barbara and Saint Joan (both plays by George Bernard Shaw) and Time and the Conways by J.B. Priestley. His West End credits include One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which starred Christian Slater. Ready is married to actress and writer Michelle Terry, whom he met in Shakespeare's Globe 2009 production of Love's Labour's Lost — they have one daughter. In 2018 he starred as the titular character in Macbeth at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, opposite Terry as Lady Macbeth. In 2020, he and Terry returned to the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse as Petruchio and Biondello respectively in The Taming of the Shrew. In 2025, he starred in Chekhov's Three Sisters as Aleksandr Vershinin, once again alongside Terry.
Paul received a commendation at the Ian Charleson Awards in 2003.
Gender
Male
Birthday
June 23, 1977
Birthplace
Birmingham, England
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2020
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2001
Plain Jane
2002
The Death of Stalin
2017
Angels and Insects
1995
Bring Them Down
2025
The Dig
2021
Motherland: Last Christmas
2022
All That Glitters
2026
Capture
2023
Beside Himself
2016
Maybe Baby
2000
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
2005
Private Peaceful
2012
The Circuit
2016
National Theatre Live: London Assurance
2010
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
2002
One Wrong Word
2013
Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2010
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Heartbeat
1992
The Terror
2018
Ripper Street
2012
Ripper Street
2012
Bodyguard
2018
Utopia
2013
Silk
2011
Motherland
2017
Mandy
2020
The Witness for the Prosecution
2016
Born and Bred
2002
Flack
2019
The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself
2022
MotherFatherSon
2019
Tipping the Velvet
2002
Blackpool
2004
Pulling
2006
Rob & Romesh Vs
2019
Life Begins
2004
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