Person
Ryan Pope
Acting · Born 1973-01-01 · Manchester, England
Biography
Born in Manchester in 1973, Ryan Pope is an actor perhaps best known for his role as Psycho Paul in all seven series of the cult BBC3 sitcom Ideal. His first break upon leaving acting school was to promote the Quadrophenia comeback tour by rock band The Who where his duties consisted of dressing as a mod and riding a Lambretta. After that he was employed as a catwalk model for the Prada fashion house and secured a role in the BBC series The Lakes. He has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in both North America and the Far East and starred in Ben Wheatley's film A Field In England, Ken Loach's film Looking For Eric and Mike Leigh's Peterloo.
Known for
Skins
Alan
Andor
Kellen
Shameless
Joey Dawson
Victoria
Engineer
Sharpe
Quilter
Ideal
Psycho Paul
Ashes to Ashes
Shorty
Motherland
Mitch
The Lakes
Robert
Generation Z
Clacy
Filmography
- 2024Generation ZClacy
- 2022AndorKellen
- 2019Oh My GodBartender
- 2018PeterlooChippendale the Spy
- 2017MotherlandMitch
- 2016VictoriaEngineer
- 2016National Theatre Live: HangmenCharlie
- 2014United We FallDanny Keegan
- 2014CelluloidKarl, Dawn's Father
- 2013A Field in EnglandCutler
- 2011The Body FarmRay Quinn
- 2009Looking for EricFenner
- 2008Ashes to AshesShorty
- 2007SkinsAlan
- 2005FunlandChris Church
- 2005IdealPsycho Paul
- 2004ShamelessJoey Dawson
- 2003StrangeJamie
- 2000County KilburnBuilder
- 1998Velvet GoldmineArthur's Brother
- 1997The LakesRobert
- 1993SharpeQuilter
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