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Paul Blackthorne (March 5, 1969) is a British actor on film, television and radio. He is also a photographer.
Blackthorne broke into acting via television commercials in England. His breakthrough commercial in the UK came as The Grim Reaper for Virgin Atlantic, which was hugely successful. Numerous radio commercials followed.
Blackthorne's first silver screen success was as Captain Andrew Russell in the Oscar-nominated Bollywood movie, Lagaan. He spent six months learning Hindi for the role. Shortly after filming finished in India, the town where filming took place was levelled by an earthquake, including the apartment building in which the cast of Lagaan were staying. To assist the earthquake victims, Blackthorne exhibited his photography in a special show in London.
He also starred in Mindcrime and the festival-winning indie feature length film, Four Corners of Suburbia, winner of both the Crossroads Film Festival in Best Narrative Feature (2006) & 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 movie, The Truth Game. Paul's most recent indie film role is "Jonas Exiler" in Special, with Michael Rapaport, which is scheduled for a 2007 release in the US.
In 2002, Blackthorne portrayed British import Doctor Matt Slingerland of Presidio Med and made notable 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 made appearances on Medium in two roles (one uncredited as Henry Stoller, Junior), Deadwood, and recently finished filming an episode of Monk.
In the Sci Fi Channel's new series for 2007, The Dresden Files, Blackthorne portrays the lead character, professional wizard Harry Dresden.
Blackthorne is 6'3" tall.
Paul has recently been cast as his 24 character Stephen Saunders in the upcoming 24 film production. The films plot is thought to be based around "Operation Nightfall"
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