Paul Ritter
Paul Ritter
Simon Paul Adams (20 December 1966 – 5 April 2021), known professionally as Paul Ritter, was an English actor. He had roles in films including Son of Rambow (2007), Quantum of Solace (2008), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) (2009), The Eagle) (2011), and Operation Mincemeat) (2021), as well as television programmes including Friday Night Dinner (2011–2020), Vera) (2011–2013), The Hollow Crown) (2012), The Last Kingdom) (2015), Chernobyl) (2019), Belgravia) (2020) and Resistance).
Early life
Ritter was born Simon Paul Adams on 20 December 1966 in Gravesend, Kent. His father Ken Adams, a turner and fitter, worked at various CEGB power stations; his mother Joan (née Mooney) was a school secretary. His family were Catholic and he had four older sisters. Adams attended Gravesend Grammar School and went on to study German and French at St John's College, Cambridge.
Early life
After graduating, he went to the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, Germany. Upon returning to the UK, he took the stage name Ritter), of German origin. He took this name because another Simon Adams was registered with the acting trade union, Equity), and he admired a German actor with the surname Ritter.
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