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INTERVIEW: The ‘Rise of the Footsoldier’ and ‘EastEnders’ actor is synonymous with playing hardmen and geezers in a particular strain of gritty British thrillers, earning him a massive working-class fanbase in the process. He speaks to Sam Moore about ageing, typecasting, and his long fight for critical respect

The ‘Rise of the Footsoldier’ and ‘EastEnders’ actor is synonymous with playing hardmen and geezers in a particular strain of gritty British thrillers, earning him a massive working-class fanbase in the process. He speaks to Sam Moore about ageing, typecasting, and his long fight for critical respect

The dark thriller stars Paddy, 50, as a former soldier who returns home to the Peak District to get even with the gang who humiliated his younger brother

Ray Winstone, Robert Carlyle and Damon Albarn are among the members of a criminal gang tearing itself apart in Antonia Bird’s Britpop-era heist thriller Face. Here’s what the locations look like, 26 years later.

As his 2004 thriller Dead Man’s Shoes is rereleased, here’s your chance to ask the This Is England director what you’ve always wanted to know

When it comes to representations of working-class men on our screens, audiences and critics need to take the rough with the smooth, says Nia Childs, curator of our Acting Hard season.

Dead Man's Shoes is returning to cinemas for the first time in years.

The lineup features a Yasujiro Ozu season and on-stage guests including actors Brian Cox and Danny Dyer, directors Ken Loach and Shane Meadows, and more.