10 Most Outstanding Paddy Considine Performances

9. 24 Hour Party People

Michael Winterbottom’s 2002 biopic of Manchester legend and impresario Tony Wilson saw Considine playing Rob Gretton, then manager of the fledgling band Joy Division.

Without a huge amount of screen time, often just hovering and smoking in the background, Considine’s effectively conveys Gretton’s bluff Northern-ness and occasional frustration at Wilson’s more unnecessary extravagances. “Thirty grand for a f**king table??”