PAUL ANDERSON — ARTHUR SHELBY FROM PEAKY BLINDERS

PAUL ANDERSON — ARTHUR SHELBY FROM PEAKY BLINDERS

1. Paul Anderson is a British actor born on 12 February 1978.
2. Anderson is from South London.
3. He graduated from Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
4. He left school when he was about 14 or 115 years of age so there was a huge gap in his education.
5. He left drama school slightly early to do a play at the Royal Court. It was written by Gregory Burke.
6. He is married to Maya Rudolph and has four children.
7. His children include one son and three daughters.
8. He came to prominence for portraying Arthur Shelby Jr. in Peaky Blinders, Anderson in The Revenant, and Sebastian Moran in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
9. Paul Anderson is a Celtic actor of film and stage.
10. Anderson began his acting career by appearing in plays written by friend Gregory Burke.
11. His first leading role in a film was in The Firm (2009).
12. He also has appeared in many major films including Legend (2015).
13. Anderson’s break came when, in 2013, he was cast as a main character in the BBC Two show Peaky Blinders as Arthur Shelby, a gangster in post First World War Birmingham.
14. Since then, Anderson has appeared in many major films, including Ron Howard’s In the Heart of the Sea and The Revenant, as well as Brimstone, which was released in 2016.