Packy Lee

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Packy Lee
Born1981/1982 [1]
OccupationActor
Years active1998-present
Known for Peaky Blinders
SpouseDanielle
Children3

Packy Lee is a stage, television and film actor from Belfast. He is known for his recurring role on Peaky Blinders as Johnny Dogs.

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Career

Stage

His stage career began with a youth production of Oliver! at the Lyric Theatre. [2] In 2023, he appeared on stage at the Lyric Theatre portraying Gerry Adams in Owen McCafferty's play Agreement. [3] [4]

Film and Television

He appeared as Johnny Dogs in the television series Peaky Blinders . [5] [6] He was given the role by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight after seeing his performance in 2012 film King of the Travellers . [7]

His television and film appearances have also included Derry Girls , [8] Academy award winning short film The Shore and British television period crime drama series The Frankenstein Chronicles . [9] He appeared in 2019 film A Good Woman Is Hard to Find . [10]

He is set to reprise his role as Johnny Dogs in the Peaky Blinders spinoff film The Immortal Man . [11]

Personal life

He is from West Belfast. He has relatives in the Travelling community who he says gave him positive feedback for his performance in King of the Travellers and Peaky Blinders. [12] [7] He is married to Danielle and as of 2016 they have three children, Sodhla, Seadhna and Dallan. [1]

Partial filmography

Key
Denotes works that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Killing Bono Security GuardFilm
2011 The Shore JackieShort film
2012 Jump JackFilm
2012 King of the Travellers EamonFilm
2013-2022 Peaky Blinders Johnny Dogs 23 episodes
2014 Shooting for Socrates WigsyFilm
2015 The Frankenstein Chronicles Sears2 episodes
2019 A Good Woman Is Hard to Find MackersFilm
2019 The Witcher Nohorn1 episode
2022 Derry Girls Jordy1 episode
2023 Blue Lights JP Senior1 episode
TBA The Immortal Man Johnny Dogs Filming

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