Biography
John-Paul Hurley is a British actor and writer. Born in January 1974 in Denaby near Mexborough, South Yorkshire, he moved to Edinburgh in 1995 to study drama at Queen Margaret University College and has remained based there.
In 2007 he won the best actor award at the European Independent Film Awards in Paris for his performance in the short film Laid Off. He has appeared in numerous television dramas and films, including Peterloo (2018) as John Thacker Saxton, Peaky Blinders (2013) as Stanly Chapman, House of the Dragon (2022–2024) as Lord Darry, Elizabeth Is Missing (2019) as Maud's father, The Lost King (2022) as Buckingham, and Shetland (2016) as Neville. Hurley has also written the black comedy Ecclesiastical Supplies, staged in Glasgow in 2015.
