Paul Blake (actor, born 1949)

Not to be confused with Paul Blake (actor, born 1904).

Paul Blake (born 1949) is an English actor.^[1] He is best known for portraying Greedo in Star Wars.^[2][3] He also had minor roles in Some of My Best Friends Are... and Hennessy, as well as some roles in television series such as Down to Earth and Crossroads.^[4] He played many roles in theatres both in the UK and abroad; including the title role in Macbeth at Salisbury Playhouse and Charles Swann in the Glasgow Citizen's Theatre production A Waste of Time (based on Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu) amongst many others.

Paul Blake
Blake at the Paradise City Comic Con in 2016
Born	1949 (age 75–76) Birmingham, England
Occupation	Actor

Blake's friend Anthony Daniels recommended him when Lucasfilm was seeking actors for the cantina scene.^[5][6]

Personal life

Blake has five children with Kate, an actress, who initially trained at The Royal Ballet School; their youngest son, also called Paul, is a gold medal-winning Paralympic athlete who won the 400m T36 at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.^[7] They also have seven grandchildren. Paul has a daughter, Lucy, from a previous marriage and two more granddaughters.