Paul Birchard - the only Actor ever to have left Hollywood, based himself in Glasgow, and lived to tell about it!
Film, TV, Theatre and Radio
Who's He Worked With ?
Dame Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Ken Loach, Lindsay Anderson, Kevin Spacey, Cate Blanchett, John Boorman, Christopher Nolan, Joe Wright, Angela Lansbury, Anthony Page, Tim Burton, Trevor Nunn, John Cusack, Linda Hamilton, Merchant/Ivory, Martin Sheen, Christopher Morahan "- and many others."
Recent work:
THE WHITE HOUSE MURDER CASE (Orange Tree Theatre, directed by Christopher Morahan), THE ANGELS' SHARE (Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival), AIR FORCE ONE IS DOWN (Mini Series), HANNA, OUTPOST: BLACK SUN, LOVE BITE (Films), THE GOAT (Traverse Edinburgh, directed by Dominic Hill), INHERIT THE WIND (Old Vic, directed by Trevor Nunn); THE DARK KNIGHT, 1408, SPOOKS (BBC), INSIDE WACO, WATERLOO ROAD (BBC).
Produced & Directed U & ME & TENNESSEE - an American romance... - "A gay art house movie for
the whole family!" - a documentary feature film (Official Selection Raindance Film Festival, Mardi Gras Film Festival) "A
real illumination of the ruthlessness of genius. Really fascinating!" - Simon Callow
Paul's solo stage version of THE PAT HOBBY STORIES - F. Scott Fitzgerald's hilarious and touching tales of
Hollywood - has garnered rave reviews in London, Dublin, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Paul does a lot of other stuff: Voiceovers, Singing/Songwriting, Screenwriting/Editing, Sportscasting, Radio Presenting, Teaching & Directing. He is one of the
Scottish Friends of the Jenin Freedom Theatre, a group of Actors, Directors, Playwrights, Poets and other Concerned Humans who support this remarkable Palestinian Theatre and
Acting School, and he loves playing Spolin Theater Games as well as guitar & Appalachian dulcimer, and - I'm afraid he does cabaret rather often...!