Paul Ready

Paul Ready recently starred in Chekhov’s Three Sisters at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in London

Paul Ready is a British actor known to many TV fans for his performance in BBC TWO series Motherland.

Paul Ready recently starred in The Duchess (of Malfi) at the Trafalgar Theatre in London.

Paul’s leading screen roles include: The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself (Netflix), Heart of Stone (Netflix), The Terror (AMC), Motherland (BBC) Bodyguard (BBC), Utopia (Channel 4). He recently filmed a guest lead role in A Gentleman In Moscow (Paramount Plus), opposite Ewan McGregor. Recent film roles: co-lead with Barry Keoghan in Bring them Down, scheduled for release late 2024.

Stage credits

Ready is an accomplished stage actor. He has appeared inthe following productions:

The Contingency Plan: Resilience (Crucible, Sheffield); Macbeth in Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew, Love’s Labours Lost (Globe); Measure for Measure (Young Vic); In the Republic of Happiness, Wastwater, Forty Winks, Terrorism, Black Milk, Crazyblackmuthafuckingself (Royal Court); A Woman Killed with Kindness, London Assurance, Three More Sleepless Nights, Time and the Conways, Major Barbara, St Joan, Attempts on Her Life, Waves, Mother Clapp’s Molly House (National); Noises Off (Old Vic/West End); World Music (Sheffield Crucible / Donmar Warehouse); Romance (Almeida); Romeo & Juliet (Liverpool Playhouse); Twelfth Night (Liverpool Everyman); Cuckoos (Gate Theatre/National Studio); The Beggar’s Opera (Wilton’s Music Hall); The Comedy of Errors (Bristol Old Vic).

He received a nomination at the 2003 Ian Charleson Awards for his performance in The Comedy of Errors at Bristol Old Vic.

TV credits

Further TV credits include: Flack, MotherFatherSon, Endeavour, The Terror, Witness for the Prosecution, Fortitude 2, The Circuit, Virtuoso, Cuffs, Utopia 2, Ripper Street 2, The Tunnel, Utopia, Silk, Doc Martin, Pulling (Series 2), Holby City, Trial and Retribution, Twisted Tales, Born & Bred, Blackpool, Life Begins, Jeffrey Archer – The Truth, Heartbeat, Tipping the Velvet, Chambers, Harry Enfield Presents, Princess, Plain Jane, The Practice.