Paul Thornley (actor)

Paul Thornley
Thornley in London Road (2015)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present
Spouse(s)	Chloe Howman (m. 2013; div. 2017)

Paul Thornley is a British actor represented by Conway van Gelder Grant and Bespoke Voice Agency.

Career

Paul holds a long list of theatre credits across the UK and on Broadway. Thornley played Dodge in the original cast of the musical London Road at the National Theatre, a role which he later reprised in the film version in 2015. ^[1] . In 2025 he performed in the National Theatre revival of London Road ^[2] , once more reprising his role of Dodge.

Prior to this, Thornley performed in the National Theatre's award-winning production of Dear England ^[3] in 2023. Further credits include The Habits at Hampstead Theatre, A Chorus of Disapproval at the Harold Pinter Theatre, The Three Musketeers at the Rose Theatre, Kingston and It's a Wonderful Life at the Wolsey Theatre. ^[4] In 2025, Paul will perform in the Old Vic production of Mary Page Marlowe.

In 2016 he played Ron Weasley in the original London cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre in the West End. ^[5] He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Play at the 2017 Whatsonstage.com Awards. ^[6] Thornley reprised his role as Weasley on Broadway at the Lyric Theatre in 2018 ^[7] and again in 2020. ^[5]

Thornley's extensive screen credits include Netflix's Hostage, Maigret, Call the Midwife, Apple TV's Criminal Record and The Crown. He can also be seen in feature film The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, The Mercy'', and The Brothers Grimsby among many others.

For video games, Thornley provided the voice for Olgierd von Everec in the Hearts of Stone expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in 2015. In 2018 he voiced a major protagonist named Addam Origo in Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna – The Golden Country .

Stage

Theatre Credits

Year	Title	Role	Theatre	Dir.	Ref
2025	Mary Page Marlowe	Ray	Old Vic	Matthew Warchus
2025	London Road	Dodge	National Theatre	Rufus Norris
2025	The Habits	Dennis	Hampstead Theatre	Ed Madden
2023	Dear England	Mike Webster	National Theatre	Rupert Goold
2018	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	Ron Weasley	Palace Theatre	John Tiffany
2016	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child	Ron Weasley	Lyric Theatre New York	John Tiffany
2012	A Chorus of Disapproval	Ian Hubbard	Harold Pinter Theatre
2011	London Road	Dodge	National Theatre	Rufus Norris
2010	The Three Musketeers	Athos	Rose Theatre, Kingston	Francis Matthews
2009	It's A Wonderful Life	George	Wolsey Theatre Ipswich	Peter Rowe
2008	In The Red and Brown Water	O' Lee Roon / The Man From State	Young Vic	Walter Meierjohann
2008	The Miracle	Ginger	Royal National Theatre	Paul Miller
2007	Not A Game For Boys	Tony	Manchester Library Theatre	Simon Pittman
2005	Private Fears in Public Places	Dan	Stephen Joseph Theatre/59E59 Theater New York	Alan Ayckbourn
2001	Noises Off	Tim Allgood / Gary Lejeune	Royal National Theatre	Jeremy Sams
1999	Spend Spend Spend	Matt	Pola Jones	Jeremy Sams
1999	Escape from Pterodactyl Island	Robert Worthington	Brave New World	Philip George
1999	Hamlet	Guildenstern / Osric	Greenwich Theatre	Chris Geelan
1998	Up On The Roof	Scott	Colchester Mercury Theatre	Jenny Darnell
1998	South Pacific	Professor	Sheffield Crucible Theatre	Deborah Paige
1997	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Snug the Joiner	New Shakespeare Company	Rachel Kavanaugh
1997	Kiss Me Kate	Ralph/Hortensio	New Shakespeare Company	Ian Talbot
1996	Paint Your Wagon	Mike Mooney	New Shakespeare Company	Ian Talbot
1996	The Tempest	Francisco	Regent's Park Open Air Theatre	Patrick Garland
1995	Scrooge	Topper / Bob Crachitt	Apollo/BCC Productions	Tudor Davis
1995	All's Well That End's Well	The Astringer	Regent's Park Open Air Theatre	Helena Kaut-Howson

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2011	The Somnambulists	Man 7	[8]
2012	Broken	Policeman 1	[8]
	Metamorphosis	The Second Lodger	[9]
	Les Misérables	Constable 1	[10]
2014	Camera Trap	Nicholas	[8]
2015	Man Up	Adam
	Minions	News Reporter (voice)	[8]
	London Road	Dodge	[11]
2016	Grimsby	Clive Graves	[10]
2017	The Mercy	Portishead Operator	[8]
2023	The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry	Rich the T-Shirt Pilgrim	[8]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2003	Alibi	P.C. Blake	Television film	[8]
2003–2004	Midsomer Murders	Sergeant Gill	2 episodes	[8]
2004	The Brief	Liam Walsh	Episode: "The Road to Hell"	[8]
2004–2006	Life Begins	Jeff	15 episodes	[10]
2005	The Bill	Gordon McGowen	2 episodes	[8]
2006	Viva Blackpool	Buttons	Television film	[12]
	Doctors	Stephen Richmond	Episode: "Last Laugh"	[13]
2007	The Afternoon Play	Howard Harris	Episode: "Death Becomes Him"	[14]
	Recovery	Estate Agent	Television film	[8]
2008	Fairy Tales	Goran Pepic	Episode: "Rapunzel"
	Ashes to Ashes	Ian Kay	Episode #1.4	[8]
	Foyle's War	Edward Hylton	Episode: "All Clear"	[8]
	Love Soup	Gary	Episode: "Ragged Claws"	[8]
	Mutual Friends	Darren	2 episodes	[8]
	The Bill	Glen Thomas	Episode: "Trial and Error: Part 2"	[8]
2009	Murderland	Connor Mackie	2 episodes	[8]
2010	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Inspector Raglan	Episode: "Hallowe'en Party"	[15]
	Just William	Gamekeeper	Episode: "The Sweet Little Girl in White"	[16]
2011	Silk	Alex Turley	Episode: "All Plain Sailing"	[17]
2012	Above Suspicion	Mike Reynolds	Episode: "Silent Scream: Part 1"	[8]
	Holby City	Daniel 'Daz' Piper	Episode: "Ribbons"	[18]
2013	Doctors	Tim Mannall	Episode: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"	[19]
	Big Bad World	Nigel	Episode #1.4	[10]
	By Any Means	D.I. Matthew Dixon	Episode #1.1	[20]
2013, 2014	Trollied	Mike	2 episodes	[21]
2015	Holby City	Tom Blaine	Episode: "The Beat Goes On"	[22]
	Doc Martin	Gerry	Episode: "Rescue Me"	[10]
2016	Father Brown	Joseph Sinclair	Episode: "The Wrath of Baron Samdi"	[23]
	The Crown	Bill Matheson	Episodes: "Gelignite" and "Gloriana"	[8]
2018	Trauma	Matthew Holloway	Episode #1.2	[8]
	Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators	Rex Olsen	Episode: "The Chameleon's Dish"	[24]
	The Good Karma Hospital	Gavin	Episode #2.2	[8]
2019	Treadstone	Leo Biller	3 episodes	[8]
2021	Superworm	Papa Beetle / Papa Toad	Television film; voice	[25]
2022	Agatha Raisin	D.I. Barret	Episode: "Love, Lies and Liquor"	[8]
	Sister Boniface Mysteries	Clifford Winner	Episode: "Crimes and Miss Demeanours"	[26]
	Silent Witness	Hugh Caulfield	Episode: "History - Part Three"	[27]
2023	Lockwood & Co	Cutter	Episode: "Mesmerised"	[8]
	Vera	Steve Wilson	Episode: "For the Grace of God"	[28]
	The Gold	Max Goodman	5 episodes	[29]
	The Nevers	New Superintendent	2 episodes	[8]
	A Small Light	Scheublein	Episode: "Boiling Point"	[8]
2024	Sexy Beast	Jeff Leighton	Episode: "Trouble Is Real"	[8]
	Criminal Record	Stefan Ash	3 episodes	[30]
	Piglets	Ch. Supt. Timothy Legland (Pimp)	Episode: "Triggers"
	Tiddler	Lobster / Additional voices	Television film	[31]
2025	Call the Midwife	Philip Cunningham	Episode #14.1	[32]
	Miss Scarlet and The Duke	Bertie Campbell / Dr. Timpson	Episode: "The Deal"

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2007	Battalion Wars 2	Commander Pierce
2013	Total War: Rome II	Voice
2015	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	Olgierd von Everec	English version [33]
2016	Total War: Warhammer	Voice
2017	Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2	Voice
	Xenoblade Chronicles 2	Addam	English version
2018	Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna – The Golden Country
2020	Solasta: Crown of the Magister	Orenetis / Sitenero
2023	Diablo IV	Additional voices

References

1. "London Road: how the Ipswich murders inspired an acclaimed musical". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
2. https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/london-road/
3. https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/whats-on/dear-england-2023/
4. "Everything you need to know about the new Ron". Digital Spy. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
5. Millward, Tom (4 February 2020). "Paul Thornley to return as Ron Weasley in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway". New York Theatre Guide. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
6. "Harry Potter leads winners of the 17th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards". WhatsOnStage.com. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
7. Miller, Deb (28 April 2018). "Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' at the Lyric Theatre". DC Theater Arts. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
8. "Paul Thornley". National Theatre. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
9. "Metamorphosis: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
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11. Wolf, Matt (12 June 2015). "London Road". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
12. "Viva Blackpool". BBC. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
13. "Doctors". BBC. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
14. "The Afternoon Play: Episode 2". BBC. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
15. "Agatha Christie's Poirot - Halloween Party". ABC Television. 31 October 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
16. "Just William: The Sweet Little Girl in White". BBC. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
17. "Silk: Episode 5". BBC. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
18. "Holby City: Ribbons". BBC. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
19. "Doctors: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". BBC. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
20. "By Any Means: Episode 1". BBC. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
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22. "Holby City: The Beat Goes On". BBC. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
23. "Father Brown: The Wrath of Baron Samdi". BBC. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
24. "Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators: The Chameleon's Dish". BBC. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
25. "Superworm". BBC. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
26. "Sister Boniface Mysteries: Crimes and Miss Demeanours". BBC. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
27. Carey, Rebecca (30 May 2022). "BBC Silent Witness cast: When episode 3 is on with Duncan Preston's guest appearance". The Herald. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
28. Duke, Simon (15 January 2023). "Vera new series guest stars confirmed as Holby City legend and Game of Thrones star join cast". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
29. Hibbs, James (16 September 2023). "Meet the cast of The Gold, including Hugh Bonneville and Jack Lowden". Radio Times. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
30. Nair, Shreejit (31 August 2024). "How 'Criminal Record' Sets Up a Season 2". Collider. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
31. "Meet the Tiddler voice cast and find out everything you need to know about the animation". BBC Media Centre. 25 December 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
32. Laurie, Dan (5 January 2025). "BBC Call the Midwife viewers left 'in tears' after 'very difficult watch'". Wales Online. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
33. O'Neill, Rebecca (21 July 2020). "The Witcher 3: The Voice Actor Behind Every Main DLC Character". The Gamer. Retrieved 31 January 2025.