Paul Reynolds (actor)

Paul Reynolds (born 6 February 1970)[1] is an English actor, well known for portraying Colin Mathews in Press Gang (1989-1993), Kelvin Raine in Maisie Raine (1998) and convicted police murderer Chris Craig in Let Him Have It (1991).

Paul Reynolds
Born (1970-02-06) 6 February 1970
Wanstead, London, England, U.K.
OccupationActor, producer
Years active1982–present

Early life

Reynolds was born in Wanstead, London,[1] and attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School.

Career

Reynolds' breakthrough role on television came playing Thatcherite Colin Mathews in the BAFTA award-winning ITV series Press Gang.[2] His career continued with the roles of Kevin in Ghostbusters of East Finchley[3] and Sammy Dobbs, the unscrupulous sports agent in Andy Hamilton's Trevor's World of Sport.[4]

On the big screen, Reynolds portrayed Christopher Craig opposite Christopher Eccleston's Derek Bentley in Let Him Have It [5] and the mischievous Matt in Croupier alongside Clive Owen.[6]

In later years, Reynolds made appearances as Squeak in 1995 and 1998 in Absolutely Fabulous alongside Julia Sawalha, his Press Gang co-star. He also made a cameo appearance in Lark Rise to Candleford, again with Julia Sawalha.

As well as many TV, film and radio appearances, Reynolds has appeared on stage in leading roles at The National Theatre, The Royal Court, The Almeida and The Bristol Old Vic portraying Baby in Mojo and Eugene in Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs.

Reynolds also spent ten years in the BBC World Service radio drama Westway playing Fizza.

In 2005 Reynolds had a break from acting to set up his own production company called Remould Media which specialised in filming concerts as well as developing TV and film scripts and ideas. He currently conducts his own production work.

He starred in Lucky You, a stage adaptation of Carl Hiaasen's novel of the same title which premiered at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[7]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1982The BeastmasterTils
1986CastawayMike Kingsland
1989SlipstreamTravis
1991Let Him Have ItChristopher Craig
1995Blue JuiceRecording Engineer
1998CroupierMatt
2000StardomNigel Pope
The AsylumSnape
2002Revengers TragedyJunior
2011MaltempiJeffShort film
2014The GuvnorsBig Tone
2016Eddie the EagleClive North UK Reporter
Level UpTaxi Driver
2017AuxDI Reed

Television

References
  1. "Cineplex.com - Paul Reynolds". Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. "Full cast and crew for Press Gang (1989)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  3. "Ghostbusters of East Finchley (1995– )". IMDb.com. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  4. "Trevor's World of Sport (2003– )". IMDb.com. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  5. "Let Him Have It". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  6. "Croupier". Movies.yahoo.com. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  7. Archived 2 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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