---
name: "John Paul Hurley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-paul-hurley"
fi1m_id: "john-paul-hurley"
imdb_id: "nm0403461"
tmdb_id: 1716476
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T18:48:53.729424+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# John Paul Hurley

## Identity

John Paul Hurley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-paul-hurley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-paul-hurley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0403461
- **TMDB ID:** 1716476
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0403461/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1716476

Actor. Born in Denaby, near Mexborough, South Yorkshire, England.

## Details

- **Active:** 2010–2019
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 1 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0403461/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1716476

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Elizabeth Is Missing*](https://film.one/film/elizabeth-is-missing.md) (82)

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## 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.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, theagency.ie.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Elizabeth Is Missing* (2019), Fi1m 82, as Maud's Father — [page](https://film.one/film/elizabeth-is-missing.md)
- *The Village* (2013), Fi1m 78, as PC Len Burgess — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-village-2013.md)
- *Last Tango in Halifax* (2012), Fi1m 79, as Curator — [page](https://film.one/tv/last-tango-in-halifax.md)
- *Accused* (2010), Fi1m 76, as Tony Rawlings — [page](https://film.one/tv/accused.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Lost King* (2022), as Buckingham
- *House of the Dragon* (2022), series, as Lord Derrick Darry
- *Cha Cha Real Smooth* (2022), as Bartender
- *Crime* (2021), series, as DCI Ken Custer, Ken Custer
- *Elizabeth Is Missing* (2019), as Maud's Father — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/elizabeth-is-missing.md)
- *Wild Bill* (2019), series, as Darren Bailey
- *Peterloo* (2018), as John Thacker Sexton
- *Rillington Place* (2016), series, as Albert Pierrepoint
- *Peaky Blinders* (2013), series, as Stanly Chapman — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/peaky-blinders.md)
- *The Village* (2013), series, as PC Len Burgess — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-village-2013.md)
- *Shetland* (2013), series, as Neville — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Last Tango in Halifax* (2012), series, as Curator — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/last-tango-in-halifax.md)
- *Exile* (2011), series, as Kevin
- *Accused* (2010), series, as Tony Rawlings — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/accused.md)
- *Dennis Nilsen: In Love with Death* (2009), as DCS Chambers
- *Being Human* (2009), series, as Douglas
- *As Far As You've Come* (2006), Actor
- *Laid Off* (2006), as Martin
- *Shameless* (2004), series, as Timmy — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Family* (2002), as Train Ticket Clerk
- *Hold Back the Night* (1999), as Copper at Protest Camp

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