Paul Butterworth - Film & Television Actor
British Character Actor | Film, Television & Theatre
With nearly five decades of experience, Yorkshire-born actor Paul Butterworth has appeared in character roles in films such as The Full Monty, the BBC/HBO series Strike, and Richard Eyre’s Allelujah.
Paul trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in the 1970s and earned a Combined Studies degree from Leeds Beckett University in the 1980s.
Alongside acting, he maintains a parallel visual arts practice and was awarded a BA in Painting by the University for the Creative Arts in 2024.
Reflections on a Career in Acting
In a recent conversation with Cambridge Chronicles, I reflected on nearly five decades of working as an actor — from The Full Monty to British television — including the realities of sustaining a career over time, treating small roles with the same seriousness as leads, being cut from finished work, and balancing acting with life as an artist.
A short extract from that conversation is included below.
The full conversation is available via Cambridge Chronicles.
Agent Contact
James Ireson – Narrow Road Agency
Selected Credits
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The Full Monty – Barry, dir. Peter Cattaneo (BAFTA Award – Best Film, 1998)
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Strike – Michael Ellacott - (BBC/HBO series, 2017–23)
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Allelujah – Richard, dir. Richard Eyre (with Judi Dench & Derek Jacobi, 2022)
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Anemone — Mr Jarvis -Credited role (scene not in final cut), dir. Ronan Day Lewis
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