Sean Gilder

Actor Mar 1 (age 62) Brampton, Cumberland, England, UK 1984–2026 (42 year career)

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Biography

Sean Brian Gilder (born 1 March 1964) is an English stage, film and screen actor, he is also a playwright Gilder was born in Brampton, Cumberland, England. He is best known for his portrayal of Paddy Maguire on Shameless from 2005 to 2010, and as Styles on Hornblower. He has appeared in Doctor Who (as the Sycorax Leader) as well as New Tricks, Gangs of New York, and the 2004 film, King Arthur.

Known For

Film

Gangs of New York

Rat Pit Game Master

Film

The Fall

Walt Purdy

Film

King Arthur

Jols

Film

The Selfish Giant

Kitten

Film

Shameless

Paddy Maguire

Film

The Gold

DI Neville Carter

Film

Hornblower: The Even Chance

Styles

Film

Mike Bassett: England Manager

Journalist

Filmography

Acting (77)

Movies (35)

Bad Apples

2026 Upcoming

as Frank

Sep 4

Starve Acre

as Gordon

The Undertaker

as Kelly

The Road Dance

as Peter

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

2021

as Dave Tucker

6.3

The Good Soldier Schwejk

Faithless

as Det. McIlveny

Rust

as Richard

The Duchess of Malfi

as Bosola

The Selfish Giant

as Kitten

The 9/11 Faker

as Self - Narrator US (voice)

The Fall

as Walt Purdy

Desire Management

as Crying Man

Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion

2005

as Sycorax Leader

King Arthur

as Jols

Hornblower: Duty

as Styles

Hornblower: Loyalty

as Styles

Gangs of New York

as Rat Pit Game Master

7.3

AKA

2002

as Tim Lyttleton

5.3

Hornblower: Retribution

as Styles

Hornblower: Mutiny

as Styles

Mike Bassett: England Manager

as Journalist

Don Quixote

as Captain

Honest

as The Hawk

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

1999

as Styles

7.2

Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil

1999

as Styles

7.2

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

1998

as Styles

7.5

Hornblower: The Even Chance

1998

as Styles

7.5

Far from the Madding Crowd

as Joseph Poorgrass

The Investigator

Dual Balls

Clancy's Kitchen

as Nick

The Innocent Sleep

as Police Constable

Circles of Deceit: Kalon

1996

as Tarleton

Rich Deceiver

1995

as Sean Murphy

1.0

Television (42)

Star City

as Vladimir Belikov

Possession

as Tom McKenzie

The Witness

as DCS Nicholas Campbell

6.4

Mary & George

2024

as Sir Thomas Compton

Passenger

as Tony Corrigan

The Gold

as DI Neville Carter

Slow Horses

as Sam Chapman

Sherwood

as Dean Simmons

Shadow and Bone

as Dressen

Out of Her Mind

as Simon

His Dark Materials

as Father Graves

Alien: Isolation - The Digital Series

2019

as Henry Marlow (voice)

Atlanta

as Folk

The Last Kingdom

as Wulfhere

Poldark

as Tholly Tregirls

SunTrap

as Pirate Pete

Treasure Island

as Black Dog

Them From That Thing

as Various

Death in Paradise

as Skip Marsden

Vera

as Bobby

Doctor Who Greatest Moments

as Self

Life on Mars

as Leslie Johns

Doctor Who

as Sycorax Leader

Doctor Who Confidential

Shameless

as Paddy Maguire

Shameless

as Paddy Maguire

New Tricks

State of Play

as DS Mark 'Chewy' Cheweski

Ultimate Force

Murphy's Law

The Vice

Hornblower

as Styles

Far from the Madding Crowd

as Joseph Poorgrass

Midsomer Murders

as Danny Carver

Touching Evil

as Steve Carroll

Our Friends in the North

as PC Lukoschek

Bugs

Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge

as Liam Partridge

A Touch of Frost

Between the Lines

Casualty

as DS Hennessy

The Bill

as John Kirkby