Paul Clayton
Clayton in 2020
Born (1957-03-08) 8 March 1957
Occupation(s)Actor, director, author, Columnist

Paul Clayton (born 8 March 1957) is an English actor, director and author.

Career

Clayton played Ian Chapman in award-winning Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show.[1] for five series. In 2011, Clayton portrayed Sam Foster, father of Frank Foster in Coronation Street. Clayton also appears in the BBC Three sitcom Him & Her where he plays Graham. In 2013 and 2014, he played Superintendent Marlow in Hollyoaks, until his character was murdered on 21 April.

Clayton has made other notable television appearances in Doctor Who, My Family, Doctors and Wire in the Blood, as well as films such as Ali G Indahouse. He also features in the British crime thriller The Rise.[2]

Clayton filmed "Danny Boy" for Expectation films in November 2020. He appeared in the film Greed released in February 2020 and in Sky One original Breeders He also appears in an episode of Cursed for Netflix as Ladislas. He has also directed Joe Orton's The Ruffian on the Stair at The Hope Theatre in January 2019 featuring Lucy Benjamin, Gary Webster and Adam Buchanan. Clayton was seen in "Outrageous Fortune", the opening episode of Series two of Shakespeare & Hathaway, alongside Alan Partridge in This Time With Alan Partridge, and in the acclaimed Black Earth Rising. He also appeared in season 2 of The Crown on Netflix as Bob Boothby. He also filmed Delicious with Dawn French for Sky 1. Clayton made his first stage appearance for ten years in Brimstone and Treacle at the Hope Theatre in 2017 for which he was nominated for an Off West End award for Best Actor. In May 2018, Clayton appeared in major roles in Holby City and The Split on BBC One. He also shot the short horror picture Service directed by Theo Watkins.

Clayton plays Mr Colchester in Torchwood for Big Finish Productions.[3]

In 2021 Clayton recorded "The Red List," a new adventure for Big Finish.[4]

On stage, Clayton was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company where he appeared alongside actors including Judi Dench and Zoe Wanamaker.[5] In the West End, Clayton played the leading role of Tony in the improvised comedy whodunnit Scissor Happy at the Duchess Theatre[6] alongside The Comedy Store Players.

Clayton's directing credits include Privates on Parade at the Greenwich Theatre, starring Tony Slattery, The Comedy of Errors at Nottingham Playhouse starring Robert Bathurst, Paula Wilcox and Janet Dibley, The Pocket Dream at York Theatre Royal starring Lucy Benjamin[7] and seven productions at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury.

Clayton was Chairman of the Actors' Centre in Covent Garden for ten years, stepping down in January 2018 and a former member and associate artist of the National Youth Theatre.[8] He is a regular columnist for The Stage newspaper[9] and patron of The Hope Theatre in Islington.[10] He is also a patron of children’s literacy charity, Grimm & Co, based in his home town of Rotherham.[11]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleEpisode
2023 The Full Monty (TV Series) Dennis 8 episodes
2022 House of the Dragon Lord Merryweather 1 episode
2021 The Red List Colchester Torchwood Singles
2020 Danny Boy Sir Thayne Forbes Film
2020 Holby City Roger Ffoulkes 1 episode
2019 Breeders Jeweller 1 episode
2019 Cursed Ladislas 1 episode
2019 Shakespeare & Hathaway Leonard Baxter 1 episode
2019 This Time with Alan Partridge Dr Harding 1 episode
2019 Holby City Roger Ffoulkes 1 episode
2018 Greed Headmaster Film
2018 Holby City Roger Ffoulkes 1 episode
2017 The Split Stanley Brining 1 episode
2017 The Forgiving Earth Jack Markham 1 episode
2017 The Crown Bob Boothby 3 episodes
2016 Man in an Orange Shirt Registrar 1 episode
2016 Drifters Uncle Gerald 1 episode
2016 Delicious Guy Trevelyan 1 episode
2016 The Frankenstein Chronicles Confectioner 2 episodes
2015Wolf HallSir William Kingston2 episodes
2015Mr SelfridgeAuctioneerEpisode 3.3
2013–14HollyoaksSupt. Marlow9 episodes
2012–13Him & HerGraham5 episodes
2013VeraHotel ManagerProdigal Son
2012GambitSweaty ManFilm
2012The Secret of Crickley HallTed MasonEpisode 1
2012The RiseAlbert RendellFilm
2012VIPThe Daily Mail1 episode
2011Coronation StreetSam Foster3 episodes
2011SugartownPanel Member 1Episode 2
2011Law & Order: UKKennyCrush
2007–2015Peep ShowIan Chapman6 episodes
2010DoctorsRowly Calderone5 episodes
2009The QueenBenard InghamThe Rivals
2009Monday MondayWilliam CampbellEpisode No. 1.6
2009My FamilyPeterA Difficult Undertaking
2008Wire in the BloodGovernor Williams3 episodes
2008AffinityMr. VincyTV film
2008Doctor WhoMr BartlePlanet of the Ood
2008He Kills CoppersTweed Suit1 episode
2008DoctorsEddie MartindaleHolding Back
2007Doctor Who: The Infinite QuestMergrass (voice)3 episodes
2007Hotel BabylonBusinessmanEpisode No. 2.4
2007Rich Man, Poor Man: Ben Dover Straightens UpHimself – Acting CoachDocumentary
2006The Amazing Mrs PritchardJohn Hughes MPEpisode No. 1.1
2006The Bad Food GuideRaymond PostgateDrama documentary
2006Save Lullingstone CastleHimself – NarratorSix Part documentary
2005Coronation StreetMal QuillanEpisode No. 1.6108
200555 Degrees NorthCharles BellowsEpisode No. 2.4
2004FakersHenry PriceFilm
2003Georgian UnderworldOrdinaryInvitation to a Hanging
2002My FamilyDirectorThe Second Greatest Story Ever Told
2002Ali G IndahouseAlan SwanFilm
2001DoctorsJohn LansonComing Home
2000One Foot in the GraveMitch WernerThe Futility of the Fly
2000The Man Who CriedSecond OfficialFilm
1999Kiss Me KateClientMoney Matters
1999Tabs TalesVariousMultiple Episodes
1996Drop the Dead DonkeyMikeLuck
1989Forever GreenCommentator 2Episode No. 1.2
1988Salome's Last Dance1st NazareanFilm
1982/83JigsawHimself – PresenterMultiple Episodes
1981Brideshead RevisitedTom MarkhamOrphans of the Storm
1980All Creatures Great and SmallBrian WeetingIf Wishes Were Horses
1979ScreenplayMajor Von Richter (Barricade Major)Gossip from the Forest
1979Mersey PirateHimself – PresenterMultiple episodes

References

  1. "Paul Clayton for Actors Centre". National Student Drama Festival. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  2. "The Rise". British Board of Film Classification.
  3. "New Series 5 of Torchwood: Aliens Among Us! - News - Big Finish". www.bigfinish.com. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  4. "Doctor Who's Sophie Aldred returns as Ace for Torchwood: The Red List". Flickering Myth. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  5. "Theatricalia Website".
  6. Whatsonstage. "Scissor Happy Review". Archived from the original on 14 November 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  7. British Theatre Guide. "Pocket Dream Review". Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  8. "The Actors Centre Website".
  9. "Paul Clayton | The Stage". The Stage. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  10. "Paul Clayton becomes new patron of London's Hope Theatre | News | The Stage". The Stage. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  11. "It's curtain up for Grimm's Glorious Grand Gala". Rotherham Advertiser. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
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