Sean Gilder
Encyclopedia
Sean Brian Gilder is an English
stage
, film
and screen actor
, he is also a playwright
.
Gilder was born in Brampton
, Cumbria
, England
. He is best-known for his portrayal of Paddy Maguire on Shameless from 2005 to 2010, and as Styles on Hornblower
. He has appeared in Doctor Who
(as the Sycorax Leader) as well as New Tricks, Gangs of New York
, and the 2004
film, King Arthur
, which starred Keira Knightley
and Ray Winstone
. In Mike Bassett: England Manager he was one of the journalists. According to The Sun newspaper Gilder left Shameless after series 7 with the reason rumoured to be his bad relationship with actress Tina Malone
, who plays his character's on screen wife Mimi.
twin brother Noel in Shameless, however in a trick to viewers, Noel was credited as being played by Neil Grades-an anagram
of Sean Gilder. On 3 April 2008 He appeared on The Paul O'Grady Show
alongside fellow Shameless
star Alice Barry
.
where he earned a BA
(Hons) in Modern History and Third World Studies. He then trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
and entered the profession in 1987. He is married to actress Robin Weaver and they have two children named Thomas and Violet.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
stage
Stage (theatre)
In theatre or performance arts, the stage is a designated space for the performance productions. The stage serves as a space for actors or performers and a focal point for the members of the audience...
, film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and screen actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, he is also a playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
.
Gilder was born in Brampton
Brampton Bierlow
Brampton Bierlow, often known simply as Brampton, is a former mining village and civil parish situated in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, on the south side of the Dearne Valley, between Barnsley and Rotherham. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a...
, Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. He is best-known for his portrayal of Paddy Maguire on Shameless from 2005 to 2010, and as Styles on Hornblower
Hornblower (TV series)
Hornblower is the umbrella title of a series of television drama programmes based on C. S. Forester's novels about the fictional character Horatio Hornblower, a Royal Naval officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars....
. He has appeared in Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
(as the Sycorax Leader) as well as New Tricks, Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York is a 2002 historical film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. It was directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan. The film was inspired by Herbert Asbury's 1928 nonfiction book, The Gangs of New...
, and the 2004
2004 in film
The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...
film, King Arthur
King Arthur (film)
King Arthur is a 2004 film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Franzoni. It stars Clive Owen as the title character, Ioan Gruffudd as Lancelot, and Keira Knightley as Guinevere....
, which starred Keira Knightley
Keira Knightley
Keira Christina Knightley born 26 March 1985) is an English actress and model. She began acting as a child and came to international notice in 2002 after co-starring in the film Bend It Like Beckham...
and Ray Winstone
Ray Winstone
Raymond Andrew "Ray" Winstone is an English film and television actor. He is mostly known for his "tough guy" roles, beginning with that of Carlin in the 1979 film Scum and as Will Scarlet in the cult television adventure series Robin of Sherwood. He has also become well known as a voice over...
. In Mike Bassett: England Manager he was one of the journalists. According to The Sun newspaper Gilder left Shameless after series 7 with the reason rumoured to be his bad relationship with actress Tina Malone
Tina Malone
Tina Malone is an English actress, writer, director and producer, who is probably best known for playing the brash, belligerent, foul-mouthed Mimi Maguire on Shameless. She also played the role of Mo McGee on Brookside and a nurse called Bobbie on Victoria Wood's dinnerladies...
, who plays his character's on screen wife Mimi.
Other media appearances
In March 2008 Sean appeared as Paddy's gayGay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
twin brother Noel in Shameless, however in a trick to viewers, Noel was credited as being played by Neil Grades-an anagram
Anagram
An anagram is a type of word play, the result of rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to produce a new word or phrase, using all the original letters exactly once; e.g., orchestra = carthorse, A decimal point = I'm a dot in place, Tom Marvolo Riddle = I am Lord Voldemort. Someone who...
of Sean Gilder. On 3 April 2008 He appeared on The Paul O'Grady Show
The Paul O'Grady Show
The Paul O'Grady Show was a BAFTA award-winning British comedy chat show hosted by Birkenhead-born comedian Paul O'Grady. The format was originally devised by Granada Television and was broadcast on ITV before moving to Channel 4...
alongside fellow Shameless
Shameless
Shameless is a British television drama series set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate. Produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, the first seven-episode series aired weekly on Tuesday nights at 10pm from 13 January 2004...
star Alice Barry
Alice Barry
Alice Barry is an English actress.Her first regular television role was playing Peggy Hargreaves in Clocking Off. She regularly appeared in Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights and Bob & Rose, and has had minor roles in Linda Green and The Royal.She has more recently appeared in Shameless as Lillian Tyler,...
.
Personal life
Gilder attended Queen Mary, University of LondonQueen Mary, University of London
Queen Mary, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
where he earned a BA
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
(Hons) in Modern History and Third World Studies. He then trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, formerly the Webber Douglas School of Singing and Dramatic Art, was a drama school, and originally a singing school, in London. It was one of the leading drama schools in Britain, and offered comprehensive training for those intending to pursue a...
and entered the profession in 1987. He is married to actress Robin Weaver and they have two children named Thomas and Violet.
Filmography
| Year | Film/Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | May to December May to December May to December was a British sitcom which ran for 39 episodes, from 2 April 1989 to 27 May 1994 on BBC1. The series was written by Paul Mendelson and produced by Cinema Verity.... - "Send in the Clowns" |
Shop Assistant |
| 1994 | Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (TV series) Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge is a BBC Television series of six episodes , and a Christmas special in 1995... - Show 5 |
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| 1995 | The Innocent Sleep | Johnny |
| 1995 | The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work... - "Done Is Done" |
Billy McRae |
| 1995 | Rich Deceiver | Sean Murphy |
| 1995 | Resort to Murder | PC Graham |
| 1996 | Bugs Bugs (TV series) Bugs was a British television drama series which ran for four series from April 1995 to August 1999. The programme, a mixture of action/adventure and science-fiction, involved a team of specialist independent crime-fighting technology experts, who faced a variety of threats based around computers... - "Golden Rush" |
Maximillian Kristo |
| 1996 | Clancy's Kitchen Clancy's Kitchen Clancy's Kitchen is a 1996 gay-themed film directed by Duncan Roy and starring Mark Aiken, Indira Varma and Rocky Marshall..-Plot introduction:... |
Nick |
| 1996 | A Touch of Frost - "Unknown Soldier" | Corporal Devenish |
| 1996 | Circles of Deceit: Kalon | Tartleton |
| 1996 | Our Friends to the North - "1984" | PC Lukoschek |
| 1997 | Touching Evil Touching Evil Touching Evil is a British television drama serial, which began airing in 1997. It was produced by United Productions for Anglia Television, and screened on the ITV network. The first series consisted of six fifty-minute episodes. It was created by Paul Abbott, and written by Abbott with Russell T... - Season 1 Episode 1 and 3 |
Steve Carroll |
| 1997 | The Investigator The Investigator The Investigator was a radio play written by Reuben Ship and first broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on May 30 of that year... (aka Out of Line) |
Sgr. Jamie Kennedy |
| 1998 | Far From the Madding Crowd Far from the Madding Crowd (1998 film) Far from the Madding Crowd is a 1998 drama television film adaptation of the Thomas Hardy novel of the same name.... |
Joseph Poorgrass |
| 1998 | Hornblower: The Even Chance The Even Chance The Even Chance is the first of a number of TV adaptations of the exploits of Horatio Hornblower, first related by C.S. Forester.The Even Chance is the name given to this first film in the United Kingdom, while in the United States it is known as The Duel... (aka The Duel) |
Styles |
| 1998 | Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant The Examination For Lieutenant The Examination for Lieutenant is an episode of the British television series Hornblower. It is loosely based on part of Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C. S. Forester... (aka The Fire Ship) |
Styles |
| 1999 | Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil Hornblower (TV series) Hornblower is the umbrella title of a series of television drama programmes based on C. S. Forester's novels about the fictional character Horatio Hornblower, a Royal Naval officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.... |
Styles |
| 1999 | Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters The Frogs And The Lobsters The Frogs and the Lobsters is an episode of the television program Hornblower. It is set during the French revolutionary wars and very loosely based on the chapter of the same name in C.S. Forester's novel, Mr. Midshipman Hornblower and on the actual ill-fated Quiberon expedition of 1795... (aka The Wrong War) |
Styles |
| 1999 | Say You'll Be Mine | |
| 1999 | Dangerfield Dangerfield Dangerfield may mean*Dangerfield , a British television series*Rover Dangerfield, an animated feature film*Dangerfield Newby, an American former slave who followed John BrownDangerfield is a surname and may refer to:... - "Instinct" |
Kevin Bishop |
| 1999 | The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work... - "Hot Money" |
Jerry Mulligan |
| 2000 | Honest Honest (TV series) Honest is a British comedy-drama series that aired on ITV in 2008. The series is a remake of the New Zealand series Outrageous Fortune, written by James Griffin and Rachel Lang, that first aired in 2005.... |
The Hawk |
| 2000 | Don Quixote Don Quixote (2000 TV film) Don Quixote is a 2000 television film adaptation of the classic novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, made by Hallmark Entertainment and distributed by Turner Network Television A dubbed-into-Spanish version was distributed by Divisa Home Video . It was shown in three parts in... |
Captain |
| 2000 | The Vice The Vice (TV series) The Vice is an ITV police drama about the Metropolitan Police Vice Squad. It ran for five short series between 1999 and 2003. It tells the story of the London Metropolitan police forces vice squad, where prostitution, underage sex, and other such organized crime are regular occurrences... - "Force of Nature" |
Sam Shepley |
| 2000 | The Knock The Knock The Knock was a primetime UK drama series, created by Anita Bronson and broadcast on ITV from 1994 to 2000, which portrayed the activities of customs officers from Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.... |
Mark |
| 2000 | Hornblower: Mutiny Hornblower (TV series) Hornblower is the umbrella title of a series of television drama programmes based on C. S. Forester's novels about the fictional character Horatio Hornblower, a Royal Naval officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.... |
Styles |
| 2000 | Hornblower: Retribution Hornblower (TV series) Hornblower is the umbrella title of a series of television drama programmes based on C. S. Forester's novels about the fictional character Horatio Hornblower, a Royal Naval officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.... |
Styles |
| 2001 | Mike Bassett: England Manager Mike Bassett: England Manager Mike Bassett: England Manager is a 2001 satirical comedy film directed by Steve Barron, following the fortunes of the manager of Division One football club Norwich City, Mike Bassett, who having led his side to the 'Mr Clutch Cup', is appointed England manager.The film takes the form of a... |
Reporter |
| 2002 | Ultimate Force Ultimate Force Ultimate Force is a British television drama series that was shown on ITV, which deals with the activities of the fictional Red Troop of the SAS... - "The Killing of a One-Eyed Bookie" |
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| 2003 | Hornblower: Loyalty Hornblower (TV series) Hornblower is the umbrella title of a series of television drama programmes based on C. S. Forester's novels about the fictional character Horatio Hornblower, a Royal Naval officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.... |
Styles |
| 2003 | Hornblower: Duty Hornblower (TV series) Hornblower is the umbrella title of a series of television drama programmes based on C. S. Forester's novels about the fictional character Horatio Hornblower, a Royal Naval officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.... |
Styles |
| 2003 | State of Play | |
| 2003 | Gangs of New York Gangs of New York Gangs of New York is a 2002 historical film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. It was directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan. The film was inspired by Herbert Asbury's 1928 nonfiction book, The Gangs of New... |
Dog fight referee |
| 2004 | King Arthur King Arthur (film) King Arthur is a 2004 film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Franzoni. It stars Clive Owen as the title character, Ioan Gruffudd as Lancelot, and Keira Knightley as Guinevere.... |
Jols |
| 2005–2010 | Shameless Shameless Shameless is a British television drama series set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate. Produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, the first seven-episode series aired weekly on Tuesday nights at 10pm from 13 January 2004... |
Paddy Maguire |
| 2006 | Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion | The Sycorax Leader |
| 2007 | Life on Mars Life on Mars (TV series) Life on Mars is a British television series broadcast on BBC One between January 2006 and April 2007. The series combines elements of science fiction and police procedural.... - Episode 16 |
Leslie Johns |
| 2008 | The Fall | Walt Purdy |
| 2011 | The Shadow Line The Shadow Line (TV series) The Shadow Line is a seven-part British television drama serial produced by Company Pictures/Eight Rooks Ltd/Baby Cow/CinemaNX production for BBC Two... |
Robert Beatty |
| 2011 | Inspector George Gently - Episode 10 "Gently Upside Down" | Joe Claverton |