Ryan Pope
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.
Acting
TV
Andor
as Kellen
2022
TV
Skins
as Alan
2007
Movie
Velvet Goldmine
as Arthur's Brother
1998
Movie
Looking for Eric
as Fenner
2009
Movie
A Field in England
as Cutler
2013
TV
Victoria
as Engineer
2016
Movie
Peterloo
as Chippendale the Spy
2018
TV
Shameless
as Joey Dawson
2004
TV
Ashes to Ashes
as Shorty
2008
TV
Motherland
as Mitch
2017
TV
Ideal
as Psycho Paul
2005
TV
Sharpe
as Quilter
1993
TV
Generation Z
as Clacy
2024
TV
The Lakes
as Robert
1997
TV
Funland
as Chris Church
2005
TV
The Body Farm
as Ray Quinn
2011
Movie
Celluloid
as Karl, Dawn's Father
2014
TV
Strange
as Jamie
2003
Movie
National Theatre Live: Hangmen
as Charlie
2016
Movie
United We Fall
as Danny Keegan
2014
County Kilburn
as Builder
2000
Movie
Oh My God
as Bartender
2019