Paul Blackthorne

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Paul Blackthorne
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Blackthorne at Wales Comic-Con Homecoming Wrexham 2022
Born (1969-03-05) 5 March 1969 (age 55)
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present
Website paulblackthorne.com

Paul Blackthorne (born 5 March 1969)[ citation needed ] is an English actor. Although born in Shropshire, he spent his early childhood on UK military bases in Britain and Germany. [1]

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Blackthorne broke into acting via television advertisements in England. His breakthrough commercial in the UK came in the Grim Reaper advertisement for Virgin Atlantic. Numerous radio commercials followed.

Blackthorne's first film role was in the Academy award nominated Hindi-language Indian film Lagaan , released in the year 2001. Since then, he has mostly appeared in American films and television shows. He had recurring roles in the American series ER and 24 , both in 2004, and has been a regular cast member in the series The Dresden Files (2007), in which he played the titular character of Harry Dresden, as well as Lipstick Jungle (2008–09) and Arrow (2012–2018).

Film

Blackthorne's first film role was as Captain Andrew Russell in the Oscar-nominated Bollywood film Lagaan . He spent six months learning Hindi for the role.

He also starred in the independent feature-length film Four Corners of Suburbia , winner of both the Crossroads Film Festival in Best Narrative Feature (2006) and in the category of Best Composer at the Avignon Film Festival, Avignon, France (2006).

Additional indie film credits include Bret Easton Ellis's This Is Not an Exit , and a starring role in the British film The Truth Game. Blackthorne appeared as Jonas Exiler in Special , with Michael Rapaport.

Blackthorne's directorial debut This American Journey was released in 2013.[ citation needed ] The road trip documentary film follows Blackthorne and Australian photographer Mister Basquali as they travel across America interviewing everyday Americans about how they feel about their country and their hopes for its future. The film was featured at the Hollywood, Carmel, Ojai and Big Bear Film Festivals. It was released through Cinema Libre Studios.

Blackthorne would be joined[ clarification needed ] the cast of Dark Ascension, as "Willis". [2]

Television

In 2002, Blackthorne portrayed British doctor Matt Slingerland on Presidio Med and made appearances as Guy Morton in the British television series Holby City , Liam MacGregor in Peak Practice , Doctor Jeremy Lawson in NBC's ER and biological terrorist Stephen Saunders on 24 . He also appeared on Medium in two roles (one uncredited as Henry Stoller, Junior),[ citation needed ] Deadwood , and an episode of Monk Season 5 Episode 10 "Mr. Monk and the Leper" as dermatologist Aaron Polanski. He appeared as Shane Healy, a British musician and husband of Wendy Healy (played by Brooke Shields), in the NBC series Lipstick Jungle for two seasons. He played an IRA terrorist in the US series Burn Notice in 2009 in one episode. In 2010, he appeared in two episodes of Leverage as an arms dealer and in an episode of CSI: Miami directed by Rob Zombie. Later that year he had a recurring role in The Gates as Christian Harper. Also on 7 December 2010, he appeared in the Christmas episode ("Secret Santa") of the SyFy series Warehouse 13 . He appeared in a two-part cliffhanger during the mid-season break of White Collar Season 2.

In the Sci Fi Channel's 2007 series, The Dresden Files , Blackthorne portrayed the lead character, wizard / detective Harry Dresden.

He starred as Clark Quietly in the ABC paranormal/adventure/horror television series The River about a group of people on a mission to find a missing TV explorer in the Amazon.

In 2012, Blackthorne joined the main cast of The CW superhero drama series Arrow as Detective Quentin Lance. [3] He left the series at the end of the sixth season in May 2018, but returned in a guest role in the eighth and final season in the episode "Fadeout". [4]

Personal life

In 2001, shortly after filming of Lagaan finished in India, the town where filming took place was levelled by an earthquake, including the apartment building in which the cast of Lagaan was staying. To assist the earthquake victims, Blackthorne exhibited his photography in a show in London. [5] [6] [7]

He is the godfather of actor Jacob Dudman. [8]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998Romeo Thinks AgainRomeo
2000Rhythm & BluesJohn
2001 Lagaan Captain Andrew Russell
The Truth GameDan [9]
2003MindcrimeMan
2005Four Corners of SuburbiaWalt Samson
2006 Special Jonas Exiler
2008The Gold LunchEx-Husband
2009 A Christmas Carol Guest No. 3, Business Man No. 2Voice
2012 Justice League: Doom John Corben / Metallo, Henry AckersonVoice
2013This American JourneySelf [10]
2014 Dumb and Dumber To Emergency Room DoctorCameo
2017Dark AscensionWillis
Daisy Winters Robert Stergen
2021 Margrete: Queen of the North William Bourcier

Television

YearTitleCharacterNotes
1999 Jonathan Creek GinoEpisode: "The Eye of Tiresias"
2000Rhythm & BluesJohn [11]
2001 Holby City Guy Morton11 episodes
2002–03 Presidio Med Dr. Matt Slingerland13 episodes
2004Gramercy ParkJack QuinnUnaired pilot
ER Dr. Jeremy Lawson5 episodes
24 Stephen Saunders10 episodes
2005 Medium Henry StollerEpisode: "I Married a Mind Reader"
2006 Monk Dr. Aaron PolanskiEpisode: "Mr. Monk and the Leper"
2007 The Dresden Files Harry Dresden Lead role, 13 episodes
Big Shots Terrence Hill9 episodes
2008–09 Lipstick Jungle Shane Healy20 episodes
2009 Burn Notice Thomas O'NeillEpisode: "Long Way Back"
2010 Warehouse 13 Larry NewlyEpisode: "Secret Santa"
Leverage Tony Kadjic2 episodes
CSI: Miami Tony EnrightEpisode: "L.A."
White Collar Julian Larssen2 episodes
The Gates Christian Harper6 episodes
2012 The River Clark Quietly8 episodes
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Professor Tom LaudnerEpisode: "Trends with Benefits"
Necessary Roughness Jack St. CloudEpisode: "Mr. Irrelevant"
2012–20 Arrow Quentin Lance Series regular (Season 1–6); Special guest star (season 7); recurring role (season 8) [12]
2015–17 The Flash Special guest star (Season 1 & 4)
2016 Legends of Tomorrow Special guest star (Season 1)
2019 The InBetween Detective Tom HackettSeries regular
2023 The Company You Keep John Baylor
2023 Magnum_P.I. XavierHit & Run

Video games

YearTitleCharacterNotes
2017 Star Wars Battlefront II Gideon Hask

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