Paul Blackthorne
Blackthorne at Wales Comic-Con Homecoming Wrexham 2022
Born	(1969-03-05)5 March 1969 (age 56) Wellington,Shropshire, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–present
Website	paulblackthorne.com

Paul Blackthorne (born 5 March 1969)^{[citation needed]} is an English actor. Although born inShropshire, he spent his early childhood on UK military bases in Britain and Germany.^[1]

Blackthorne broke into acting via television advertisements in England. His breakthrough commercial in the UK came in theGrim Reaper advertisement forVirgin Atlantic. Numerous radio commercials followed.

Blackthorne's first film role was in theAcademy Award nominated Hindi-language Indian filmLagaan, released in 2001. Since then, he has mostly appeared in American films and television shows. He had recurring roles onER and24, both in 2004, and has been a main cast member inThe Dresden Files (2007),Lipstick Jungle (2008–09) andArrow (2012–18).

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Blackthorne's first film role was as Captain Andrew Russell in theOscar-nominatedBollywood filmLagaan. He spent six months learningHindi for the role.

He also starred in theindependent feature-length filmFour Corners of Suburbia, winner of both theCrossroads Film Festival in Best Narrative Feature (2006) and in the category of Best Composer at theAvignon Film Festival,Avignon, France (2006).

Additional indie film credits includeBret Easton Ellis'sThis Is Not an Exit, and a starring role in the British filmThe Truth Game. Blackthorne appeared as Jonas Exiler inSpecial, withMichael Rapaport.

Blackthorne's directorial debutThis American Journey was released in 2013.^{[citation needed]} The road trip documentary film follows Blackthorne and Australian photographer Mister Basquali as they travel across America interviewing everyday Americans about how they feel about their country and their hopes for its future. The film was featured at the Hollywood, Carmel, Ojai and Big Bear Film Festivals. It was released through Cinema Libre Studios.

Blackthorne would be joined^{[clarification needed]} the cast ofDark Ascension, as "Willis".^[2]

In 2002, Blackthorne portrayed British doctor Matt Slingerland onPresidio Med and made appearances as Guy Morton in the British television seriesHolby City, Liam MacGregor inPeak Practice,Doctor Jeremy Lawson in NBC'sER andbiological terroristStephen Saunders on24. He also appeared onMedium in two roles (one uncredited as Henry Stoller, Junior),^{[citation needed]}Deadwood, and an episode ofMonk Season 5 Episode 10 "Mr. Monk and the Leper" as dermatologist Aaron Polanski. He appeared asShane Healy, a British musician and husband of Wendy Healy (played byBrooke Shields), in the NBC seriesLipstick Jungle for two seasons. He played an IRA terrorist in the US seriesBurn Notice in 2009 in one episode. In 2010, he appeared in two episodes ofLeverage as an arms dealer and in an episode ofCSI: Miami directed byRob Zombie. Later that year he had a recurring role inThe Gates as Christian Harper. Also on 7 December 2010, he appeared in theChristmas episode ("Secret Santa") of theSyFy seriesWarehouse 13. He appeared in a two-part cliffhanger during the mid-season break ofWhite Collar Season 2.

In theSci Fi Channel's 2007 series,The Dresden Files, Blackthorne portrayed the lead character, wizard / detectiveHarry Dresden.

He starred as Clark Quietly in theABC paranormal/adventure/horror television seriesThe River about a group of people on a mission to find a missing TV explorer in the Amazon.

In 2012, Blackthorne joined the main cast ofThe CW superhero drama seriesArrow as DetectiveQuentin Lance.^[3] He left the series at the end of the sixth season in May 2018, but returned in a guest role in the eighth and final season in the episode "Fadeout".^[4]

In 2001, shortly after filming ofLagaan finished in India, the town where filming took place was levelled by anearthquake, including the apartment building in which the cast ofLagaan was staying. To assist the earthquake victims, Blackthorne exhibited his photography in a show in London.^[5][6][7]

He is the godfather of actorJacob Dudman.^[8]

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