# Paul Reynolds (actor)

Paul Reynolds (born 6 February 1970) is an English actor, well known for portraying Colin Mathews in Press Gang (1989–1993), Kelvin Raine in Maisie Raine (1998) and convicted police murderer Chris Craig in Let Him Have It (1991).

## Early life

Reynolds was born in Wanstead, London, and attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School.

## Career

Reynolds' breakthrough role on television came playing Thatcherite Colin Mathews in the BAFTA award-winning ITV series Press Gang. His career continued with the roles of Kevin in The Ghostbusters of East Finchley, and Sammy Dobbs, the unscrupulous sports agent, in Andy Hamilton's Trevor's World of Sport.
On the big screen, Reynolds portrayed Christopher Craig opposite Christopher Eccleston's Derek Bentley in Let Him Have It and the mischievous Matt in Croupier alongside Clive Owen.
In later years, Reynolds made appearances as Squeak in Absolutely Fabulous alongside Julia Sawalha, his Press Gang co-star. In 2008, he also made a cameo appearance in Lark Rise to Candleford, again with Julia Sawalha.
As well as many TV, film and radio appearances, Reynolds has appeared on stage in leading roles at The National Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre, The Almeida and The Bristol Old Vic portraying Baby in Mojo and Eugene in Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs.
Reynolds also spent ten years in the BBC World Service radio drama Westway playing Fizza.
In 2005 Reynolds had a break from acting to set up his own production company called Remould Media which specialised in filming concerts as well as developing TV and film scripts and ideas. He currently conducts his own production work.
He starred in Lucky You, a stage adaptation of Carl Hiaasen's novel of the same title which premiered at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

## Selected filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1982 | The Beastmaster | Tils | |
| 1986 | Castaway | Mike Kingsland | |
| 1989 | Slipstream | Travis | |
| 1991 | Let Him Have It | Christopher Craig | |
| 1995 | Blue Juice | Recording Engineer | |
| 1998 | Croupier | Matt | |
| 2000 | Stardom | Nigel Pope | |
| 2000 | The Asylum | Snape | |
| 2002 | Revengers Tragedy | Junior | |
| 2011 | Maltempi | Jeff | Short film |
| 2014 | The Guvnors | Big Tone | |
| 2016 | Eddie the Eagle | Clive North UK Reporter | |
| 2016 | Level Up | Taxi Driver | |
| 2017 | Aux | DI Reed | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1985 | Terry & June | Wayne | Episode: "New Doors For Old" |
| 1986 | No Place Like Home | Wayne | Episode: "The Video" |
| 1988 | Ten Great Writers of the Modern World | Young Marcel Proust | 1 episode (mini series) |
| 1989 | Great Expectations | The Avenger | 1 episode (mini series) |
| 1989–1993 | Press Gang | Colin Matthews | 43 episodes |
| 1991 | All Good Things | Anthony Frame | 5 episodes |
| 1991–2010 | The Bill | Tony Cook, Jeff Childs, Anthony Lippi, David Cooper | 4 episodes |
| 1992–2015 | Casualty | Alan Morgan, Ken Crowley, Roddy Scotton, Pete Lewis | 4 episodes |
| 1993 | Frank Stubbs Promotes | Bruce | Episode: "Paint" |
| 1993 | Screen One | Brian | Money For Nothing |
| 1994 | Minder | Gino | Episode: "A Fridge Too Far" |
| 1994 | Screen Two | Dog | Dirtysomething |
| 1995 | Absolutely Fabulous | Squeak | Episode: "Jealous" |
| 1995 | Chiller | Michael | Here Comes the Mirror Man |
| 1995 | Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge | Colin | Beachy Head |
| 1995 | The Ghostbusters of East Finchley | Kevin Pullen | 6 episodes |
| 1995–1997 | Cone Zone | Rick Sullivan | 3 episodes |
| 1996 | Pie in the Sky | Jason Preece | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | The Locksmith | Dixie | 3 episodes |
| 1998 | Maisie Raine | Kevin Raine | 8 episodes |
| 1999 | Mike & Angelo | Dicky Greeb | Episode: "Mr Motormouth" |
| 1999 | Murder Most Horrid | David Flint | Episode: "Elvis, Jesus and Zak" |
| 1999 | Privates | Croucher | 1 episode (pilot) |
| 2000 | Time Gentleman Please | Keith Harney | Episode; "Greeting Stout Yeoman" |
| 2001 | Office Gossip | Bill | Episode: "Work Experience" |
| 2002 | The Jury | Warren Murphy | 5 episodes |
| 2003 | Trevor's World of Sport | Sammy Dobbs | 7 episodes |
| 2004 | Waking the Dead | DS Dave Marvin | 2 episodes |
| 2004–2006 | Holby City | Phil Locke, Davdi Sorokowski | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Murder in Suburbia | Tony Drinkwater | Episode: "Estate Agents" |
| 2005 | The Smoking Room | Policeman | Episode: "Smashed" |
| 2007 | The Last Detective | Shifty Driver | Episode: "The Man from Montevideo" |
| 2008 | Lark Rise to Candleford | Brewery Salesman | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | M.I. High | Quentin Flake | Episode: "You Can Call Me Al" |
| 2010 | Lewis | Mr. Davies | Episode: "Your Sudden Death Question" |
| 2012 | EastEnders | Gerry | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Quick Cuts | Trevor | 3 episodes |
| 2016 | Harley and the Davisons | Worker #2 | Episode: "Legacy" |
| 2017 | Doctors | Adam Smith | Episode: "The Second Best Man" |
| 2017 | Midsomer Murders | Butler Styles | Episode: "Last Man Out" |
| 2018 | Humans | Father at Stall | 1 episode |
| 2019 | Pure | Tim | 1 episode |
| 2022 | Dodger | Hezekiah Stebbing | 3 episodes |