Editing Paul Kaye (section)

===Acting career===
[[File:Paul Kaye.jpg|thumb|right|Kaye as Mike Strutter in 2008]]
In 1998, Kaye appeared in the video to the [[Fat Les]] song "[[Vindaloo (song)|Vindaloo]]" as a [[Richard Ashcroft]] look-alike. That same year, he also appeared as the character DI Lindsay De Paul in the TV comedy movie ''You Are Here''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195425/combined|title=You Are Here (1998) (TV)|access-date=11 November 2017|website=IMDb.com}}</ref>

Kaye also appeared as the singer of a fictional punk band called Spunk in a 1999 [[mockumentary|mock-documentary]] of the same name, which appeared as the 'wrath' part of a [[Channel 4]] series on the [[seven deadly sins]].<ref name="campaignlive">{{cite web |url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/1145198/ |title=BetVictor brings in comedian Kaye for latest ad campaign |last1=Reynolds |first1=John |date=14 August 2012 |publisher=campaignlive.co.uk |access-date=14 April 2013}}</ref>

In 2000, Kaye starred in the comedy series ''[[Perfect World (sitcom)|Perfect World]]'', a sitcom about a down-on-his-luck marketing manager. He also briefly presented a BBC2 quiz show, ''Liar'', in which six contestants would all have a supposed claim to fame and the studio audience voted on which one they believed was telling the truth. In the same year, Kaye took a dramatic role alongside [[Michelle Collins]] in ''[[Two Thousand Acres of Sky]]''.<ref name="2000A">{{cite web| title= 2,000 Acres of Sky Mon 1st Jan 2001, 20:30 on BBC One London| url= https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/48e815c07e694c12a45f7001e2fcce85| website=[[BBC Genome]]|date=1 January 2001 |access-date=24 February 2023}}</ref>

In 2004, Kaye played the leading role in the film ''[[Blackball (film)|Blackball]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Blackball – Paul Kaye and Alice Evans Interview – Video Dailymotion|url= http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqs03p_blackball-paul-kaye-and-alice-evans-interview_shortfilms|website=Dailymotion|access-date=30 September 2016|date=12 May 2012}}</ref> His role as [[Deafness|deaf]] DJ Frankie Wilde in the 2005 mockumentary ''[[It's All Gone Pete Tong]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Paradise Lost: It's All Gone Pete Tong|url= https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2005/06/paradise-lost-its-all-gone-pete-tong.html |website=pastemagazine.com|date=17 June 2005|access-date=30 September 2016}}</ref> won him the Film Discovery Jury Award at the 2005 [[US Comedy Arts Festival]]. He played in two episodes of the BBC drama series ''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]'', playing Dr. David Carney in "Shadowplay".<ref>"Shadowplay" on the IMDb.</ref> Television appearances in 2006 and 2007 included episodes of ''[[Hustle (TV series)|Hustle]]'', ''[[EastEnders]]'' and ''[[Kingdom (2007 TV series)|Kingdom]]''. Kaye was the chief interviewer on rockworld.tv, in which he interviewed up-and-coming punk and indie bands.{{cn|date=June 2024}}

Kaye appeared in ''[[Hotel Babylon (BBC series)|Hotel Babylon]]'' (11 March 2008, [[BBC One]]), ''[[Pulling (TV series)|Pulling]]'' (Series 2, March 2008, [[BBC Three]]), and as Uncle Gorwel in ''[[A Child's Christmases in Wales]]'' by [[Mark Watson]] (17 December 2009, [[BBC Four]] and 24 December 2009, [[BBC One Wales]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/christmas/sites/content/pages/a-childs-christmases-in-wales.shtml |title=Wales – Christmas – Content – A Child's Christmases in Wales |publisher=BBC |date=9 December 2009 |access-date=26 November 2012}}</ref>

From November 2010 to January 2011, Kaye played Matilda's father Mr. Wormwood in the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]'s musical ''[[Matilda (musical)|Matilda]]'', based on the classic [[Roald Dahl]] [[Matilda (novel)|novel of the same name]].<ref>{{cite news|series=Culture |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8160186/Waltzing-Matilda-Dahls-classic-dances-on-to-the-stage.html |author=Allott, Serena|title=Waltzing Matilda: Dahl's classic dances on to the stage |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=26 November 2010 |access-date=26 November 2012}}</ref> Kaye reprised the role when the musical transferred to the [[Cambridge Theatre]] in London's West End in October 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rsc.org.uk/about-us/press/matilda-the-musical-young-actresses.aspx |title=Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical |publisher=RSC |access-date=26 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111226170211/http://www.rsc.org.uk/about-us/press/matilda-the-musical-young-actresses.aspx |archive-date=26 December 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In April 2012, Kaye was nominated for the [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical]].<ref name="NTU"/>

In 2012, he appeared as a character called Maurice in UK TV adverts for the rebranding for the digital era of betting website [[Victor Chandler|BetVictor]], to launch their new BetVictor app.<ref name="vc">{{cite web|title= Victor Chandler - Brand History |url= https://www.bv-group.com/victorchandler/|work= bv-group.com|access-date= 19 September 2024}}</ref>

In 2013, Kaye appeared as [[List of A Song of Ice and Fire characters#Thoros of Myr|Thoros of Myr]] in the [[Game of Thrones (season 3)|third season]] of the [[HBO]] series ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', and as Danno in the [[BBC Radio 4]] series ''Love in Recovery''. In 2016, he reprised his role as Thoros of Myr in the [[Game of Thrones (season 6)|sixth season]] of ''Game of Thrones'',<ref>{{cite web|title='Game Of Thrones' Season 6 Spoilers: Paul Kaye Returns As Thoros Of Myr|url=http://www.movienewsguide.com/game-thrones-season-6-spoilers-paul-kaye-returns-thoros-myr/196126|website=movienewsguide.com|access-date=30 September 2016|date=21 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717183602/https://www.movienewsguide.com/game-thrones-season-6-spoilers-paul-kaye-returns-thoros-myr/196126|archive-date=17 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> and returned for the [[Game of Thrones (season 7)|seventh season]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/1/M72277.html|title=Paul Kaye Spotlight CV|work=Spotlight|access-date=June 22, 2017}}</ref>

In 2014, Kaye played Brother Lucian in the movie ''[[Dracula Untold]]''. In 2015 he played a criminal in the BBC drama ''[[The Interceptor]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wallis|first1=Sara|title=The Interceptor, on BBC1 tonight, is a gripping pacey thriller|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-previews/interceptor-been-done-before-gripping-5855089|website=mirror.co.uk|access-date=30 September 2016|date=10 June 2015}}</ref>

In 2015, he featured as the drunken, haunted Naval Officer Harry Brewer in the National Theatre's revival of ''[[Our Country's Good]]''. He also appeared in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' as an alien funeral director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/our-countrys-good?cast|title=Our Country's Good|work=National Theatre}}</ref> That same year, He played Vinculus in Susanna Clarke's ''[[Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (TV series)|Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell]]''.<ref name="tv">{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/paul-kaye/credits/3000652342/|title=Paul Kaye credits |publisher=tvguide.com|accessdate=8 April 2024}}</ref>

Kaye's other television credits include ''The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge'', an episode of [[Reece Shearsmith]] and [[Steve Pemberton]]'s anthology series ''[[Inside No. 9]]'', Netflix's first original TV series ''[[Lilyhammer]]'', the BAFTA winning ''[[Murder in Successville]]'',<ref name="tv"/> BBC miniseries ''[[Three Girls (TV series)|Three Girls]]'',<ref name="tv"/> Sky comedy ''[[Zapped (TV series)|Zapped]]'',<ref name="tv"/> ''[[Drunk History (UK TV series)|Drunk History]]'', ''[[The Windsors]]'', ''[[Urban Myths (TV series)|Urban Myths]]'', ''Terry Pratchett: Back in Black'', and the adaptation of [[Terry Pratchett]] and [[Neil Gaiman]]'s ''[[Good Omens (TV series)|Good Omens]]''.<ref name="tv"/>

In 2017, Kaye appeared onstage as Chilean bomb maker Jose Miguel in ''B'', a new play by [[Guillermo Calderón]] at the [[Royal Court Theatre]]. He appears as Dr. Malcolm Donahue, the pathologist in ITV's ''Vera'' until  2023. Kaye has appeared as Danno, who is a recovering alcoholic attending Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) meetings in Pete Jackson's [[BBC Radio 4]] comedy drama series ''Love in Recovery''. In 2019, Kaye debuted as hospital chaplain Daniel Booth in the ITV dramedy ''[[Cold Feet]]'', and played a psychiatrist in the [[Netflix]] comedy series ''[[After Life (TV series)|After Life]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/after-life-cast-ricky-gervais-netflix-new-series/|title=After Life cast: who stars with Ricky Gervais in new Netflix series – and where else you've seen them|last=Sanusi|first=Victoria|work=iNews|date=8 March 2019|access-date=8 April 2019}}</ref>

In 2020, he appeared in the [[Netflix]] drama ''[[The Stranger (British TV series)|The Stranger]]'', as Patrick Katz, and portrayed "The Cowboy" in the HBO miniseries ''[[The Third Day (miniseries)|The Third Day]]''. In 2021, he played Guy Forks in a [[Bonfire Night]] special of [[Mackenzie Crook]]'s re-working of [[Worzel Gummidge (2019 TV series)|''Worzel Gummidge'']] for the BBC. 
In 2023, Kaye starred in ''[[The Pillowman]]'', staged at the [[Duke of York's Theatre]], London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/jun/22/the-pillowman-review-duke-of-yorks-london-lily-allen-martin-mcdonagh|title=The Pillowman review – Lily Allen fails to deliver visceral punch|website=The Guardian|last=Akbar|first=Arifa|date=22 June 2023|access-date=22 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/the-pillowman-review-lily-allen-tickets-b2362238.html|title=The Pillowman review: A dark, twisted triumph despite lightweight Lily Allen's one-note turn|website=The Independent|last=Thompson|first=Jessie|date=22 June 2023|access-date=22 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/the-pillowman-duke-of-yorks-theatre-review-lily-allen/|title=The Pillowman, Duke of York's Theatre, review: Lily Allen all at sea in dull revival|website=The Telegraph|last=Allfree|first=Claire|date=21 June 2023|access-date=22 June 2023}}</ref>