The Terror

Paul Ready

Paul Ready is a prolific British actor onstage and on screen. Among his many roles on television, he has most recently filmed a leading role in new BBC comedy series Motherland. Other TV credits include The Witness for the Prosecution, Cuffs and Ripper Street; also for BBC, Fortitude; for Sky Atlantic, HBO’s Virtuoso; and Utopia for Channel 4. In film, his credits include the forthcoming The Death of Stalin from Main Journey and BBC America’s Private Peaceful. Onstage, Ready has starred in countless hit shows at the National Theatre and in the West End, most recently starring in Measure for Measure at the Young Vic. Other stage highlights include In the Republic of Happiness at the Royal Court and Noises Off at the Old Vic/West End. He was also in A Woman Killed with Kindness, Time and the Conways, Major Barbara and Saint Joan, all at the National Theatre, and in World Music at the Donmar Warehouse.