Paddy Considine makes his feature length directorial debut this week with the superb Tyrannosaur - which follows his short Dog Altogether.
The movie has already won over the critics as Considine shows that he is just as good behind the camera as he is in front of it.
The actor kicked off his career in the late nineties being cast in a series of shorts by director Shane Meadows.
It was Meadows that gave him his feature debut with A Room for Romeo Brass, the second movie for the filmmaker, which was his ticket into the industry.
In the early noughties he went on to star in the likes of 24 Hour Party People and In America, a performance for which he picked up nominations at the British Independent Film Award and the London Critics Circle Film Awards.
But it was another collaboration with Shane Meadows in 2004 - Dead Man's Shoes - that was to prove to be his major breakthrough performance.
Considine co-wrote the script with meadows and Paul Fraser as well as led the cast, which included Toby Kebbell and Gary Stretch.
The movie was a huge critical success and shot both Meadows and Considine to prominence. Since then he has mixed and matched his role moving from Hollywood movies such as Cinderella Man and The Bourne Ultimatum to Brit comedy Hot Fuzz.
He was back on the big screen this year with the highly praised Submarine before teaming up with Jason Statham for crime movie Blitz.
But as for as Considine is concerned 2011 is the year he will be remembered for Tyrannosaur - one of the best British movies of the past twelve months.
Joseph (Peter Mullan) is an unemployed widower, drinker, and a man crippled by his own volatile temperament and furious anger.
Hannah (Olivia Colman) is a Christian worker at a charity shop, a respectable woman who appears wholesome and happy.
When the pair are brought together, Hannah appears as Joseph’s potential saviour, someone who can temper his fury and offer him warmth, kindness and acceptance.
As their story develops Hannah’s own secrets are revealed - her relationship with husband James (Eddie Marsan, Happy Go Lucky, Sherlock Holmes) is violent and abusive - and as events spiral out of control, Joseph becomes her source of succour and comfort.
But he will be back on the big screen in no time as he has already completed work on Girl on a Bicycle and Now Is Good.
Tyrannosaur is released 7th October.
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