---
name: "Paul Ready"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-ready"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 June 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T18:18:03.245743+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."
---

# Paul Ready

Actor. Born 23 June 1977 in Birmingham, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 June 1977, Birmingham, England, UK
- **Active:** 2006–2018
- **Also known as:** 폴 레디, Пол Риди, بول ريدي
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 80 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Mystery 3, Comedy 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Action & Adventure 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $25m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ready, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7153132, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0713961/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1534392

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Terror*](https://film.one/tv/the-terror.md) (82)
- **Netflix:** [*Bodyguard*](https://film.one/tv/bodyguard.md) (77)

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## Biography

Paul Ready is a British actor. Born in Birmingham in 1977, he grew up in Harborne and attended King Edward VI Five Ways school before training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

He is known for television roles including Mike in *Pulling* (2006), Lee in *Utopia* (2013), Rob MacDonald in *Bodyguard* (2018) and Doctor Henry Goodsir in *The Terror* (2018). Film credits include *The Death of Stalin* (2017), *The Dig* (2021) and *Heart of Stone* (2023).

Ready is a regular performer at the National Theatre and Royal Court Theatre, with West End appearances including *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest*. He is married to actress and writer Michelle Terry.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Bodyguard* (2018), Fi1m 77, as Rob MacDonald — [page](https://film.one/tv/bodyguard.md)
- *The Terror* (2018), Fi1m 82, as Doctor Henry Goodsir — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-terror.md)
- *The Death of Stalin* (2017), Fi1m 83, as NKVD Officer Delov — [page](https://film.one/film/the-death-of-stalin.md)
- *Utopia* (2013), Fi1m 83, as Lee — [page](https://film.one/tv/utopia.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

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

- *Ann Droid* (2026), series, as Michael
- *National Theatre at Home: Summerfolk* (2026), as Sergei Vassilich Bassov
- *All That Glitters* (2026), as Shakespeare
- *Bring Them Down* (2025), as Gary
- *Heart of Stone* (2023), as Bailey
- *Capture* (2023), as Dad
- *Motherland: Last Christmas* (2022), as Kevin
- *The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself* (2022), series, as Soul
- *The Dig* (2021), as James Reid Moir
- *Mandy* (2020), series, as Cooper
- *Muse* (2020), as Aderman
- *MotherFatherSon* (2019), series, as Nick Caplan
- *Flack* (2019), series, as Damien Paulson
- *Bodyguard* (2018), series, as Rob MacDonald — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/bodyguard.md)
- *The Terror* (2018), series, as Doctor Henry Goodsir — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-terror.md)
- *Motherland* (2017), series, as Kevin
- *The Death of Stalin* (2017), as NKVD Officer Delov — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-death-of-stalin.md)
- *The Witness for the Prosecution* (2016), series, as Tripp
- *The Circuit* (2016), as Danny
- *Beside Himself* (2016), as Devlin
- *Cuffs* (2015), series, as DI Felix Kane
- *One Wrong Word* (2013), as Tony
- *Utopia* (2013), series, as Lee — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/utopia.md)
- *Utopia* (2013), as Lee
- *Ripper Street* (2012), series, as Dr. Frederick Treves, Frederick Treves
- *Private Peaceful* (2012), as Captain Wilkins
- *Silk* (2011), series, as Tony Paddick
- *Love's Labour's Lost - Live at Shakespeare's Globe* (2010), as Don Armado
- *National Theatre Live: London Assurance* (2010), as Charles Courtly
- *Pulling* (2006), series, as Mike
- *Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman* (2005), as Anthony David Farrow
- *Twisted Tales* (2005), series, as Phil
- *Blackpool* (2004), series, Acting
- *Life Begins* (2004), series, as Mark
- *Tipping the Velvet* (2002), series, as Renter Alice
- *Jeffrey Archer: The Truth* (2002), as Paul McCartney
- *Plain Jane* (2002), as Clerk
- *Born and Bred* (2002), series, as Abel Marl
- *Princess of Thieves* (2001), as Sheriff's servant
- *Maybe Baby* (2000), as Student Doctor
- *Angels and Insects* (1995), as Tom
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Henry Harrison
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, as William
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Tom

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