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name: "Paul Anderson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-anderson"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 February 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T22:38:25.849786+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."
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# Paul Anderson

Actor. Born 12 February 1978 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 February 1978, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2013–2015
- **Also known as:** 保罗·安德森, 保羅·安德森, پُل اندرسون, پائول اندرسون

## Biography

Paul Anderson is an English actor born on 12 February 1978 in London. He trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and began his career in the mid-2000s after working as a ticket scalper.

He first gained attention for his leading role in the 2009 film *The Firm* and appeared as Colonel Sebastian Moran in *Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows* (2011). Anderson is best known for portraying Arthur Shelby in the BBC series *Peaky Blinders* (2013–2022). His other film credits include *The Revenant* (2015) as Anderson, *Legend* (2015), *In the Heart of the Sea* (2015), *Brimstone* (2016), *Hostiles* (2017), *Robin Hood* (2018), *Nightmare Alley* (2021) and *Lift* (2024).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Revenant* (2015), Fi1m 74, as Anderson — [page](https://film.one/film/the-revenant.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Peaky Blinders* (2013), Actor

## Also known for

- *Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows* (2011), Colonel Sebastian Moran
- *In the Heart of the Sea* (2015), Thomas Chappel
- *Legend* (2015), Albert Donoghue
- *Nightmare Alley* (2021), Geek #1
- *Robin Hood* (2018), Guy of Gisbourne
- *Hostiles* (2017), Corporal Tommy Thomas
- *Lift* (2024), Donal
- *Brimstone* (2016), Frank

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