Paul Blackthorne
After spending his youth on English military bases thanks to his father's career, Paul Blackthorne struggled in the early days of his acting career. He got by primarily appearing in commercials in the United Kingdom, landing a few campaigns that were majorly popular. His career as an actor kicked in late, as it wasn't until he was 30 years old that he started appearing in film and television on a regular basis. He appeared in a minor capacity in a few TV shows and shorts in the late 1990s, but his first major film role kicked his career to another level. Blackthorne co-starred in the Oscar-nominated Bollywood film "Lagaan" (2001), which required him to learn Hindi for six months before filming began. Following the success of "Lagaan," he started to appear more often in mainstream projects, including multi-episode guest roles on popular shows such as "ER" (NBC 1994-2009) and "24" (Fox 2001-2010) in 2004. He landed a starring role on the science-fiction show "The Dresden Files" (Sci Fi 2007). While it lasted only one season, Blackthorne's portrayal of the title character was well received. After "The Dresden Files" was cancelled, he next appeared as a series regular on the short-lived "Lipstick Jungle" (NBC 2008-09). Once again, the show didn't last long and Blackthorne was back out searching for another full-time role as he guested on a variety of shows. He finally found another series regular role in 2012 when he joined the main cast of the superhero show "Arrow" (CW 2012- ) as the hard-nosed Detective Quentin Lance.
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Paul Blackthorne
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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95% |
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Margrete: Queen of the North | William Bourcier (Character) | - | 2021 |
60% |
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Daisy Winters | Robert Stergen (Character) | - | 2017 |
30% |
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Dumb and Dumber To | Emergency Room Doctor (Character) | $86.2M | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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This American Journey |
Director, Writer, Executive Producer |
- | 2012 |
100% |
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Justice League: Doom | Metallo (Voice) | - | 2012 |
59% |
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Special | Jonas Exiler (Character) | $6.4K | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Four Corners of Suburbia | Walt Samson (Character) | - | 2005 |
95% |
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Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India | Captain Andrew Russell (Character) | $905.9K | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Truth Game | Dan (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rhythm & Blues | John (Character) | - | 2000 |
20% | No Score Yet | This Is Not An Exit : The Fictional World Of Bret Easton Ellis | Unknown (Character) | - | 2000 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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67% | 96% | The InBetween | Tom Hackett (Character) | 2019 2023 |
86% | 63% | Arrow | Captain Quentin Lance (Character) | 2012-2018 |
89% | 69% | DC's Legends of Tomorrow | Quentin Lance (Guest Star) | 2016 |
89% | 59% | The Flash | Quentin Lance (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Necessary Roughness | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
63% | 63% | The River | Clark Quietly (Character) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 81% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
96% | 93% | White Collar | Julian Larssen (Guest Star) | 2010-2011 |
50% | No Score Yet | The Gates | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 65% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
92% | 88% | Leverage | Tony Kadjic (Guest Star) | 2010 |
88% | 95% | Burn Notice | Thomas O'Neill (Guest Star) | 2009 |
19% | No Score Yet | Lipstick Jungle | Shane Healy (Character) | 2008-2009 |
6% | No Score Yet | Big Shots | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007-2008 |
58% | 87% | The Dresden Files | Harry Dresden (Character) | 2007 |
89% | 87% | Monk | Dr. Polanski (Guest Star) | 2006 |
92% | 95% | Deadwood | Hearst's man needling Cornishmen (Guest Star) | 2006 |
27% | No Score Yet | Presidio Med | Dr. Matt Slingerland (Character) | 2002-2003 2006 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Medium | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
87% | 87% | 24 | Stephen Saunders (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Dr. Jeremy Lawson (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Holby City | Guy Morton (Character) | 2001 |