Paul Blake (actor, born 1949)
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Paul Blake | |
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 Blake at the Comic Con Stuttgart in 2025 | |
| Born | 1949 (age 76–77) Birmingham, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1971-present |
| Known for | Greedo in Star Wars |
| Children | Paul |
Paul Blake (born 1949) is an English actor.[1] He is best known for portraying Greedo in Star Wars.[2][3]
Blake got his part as Greedo on Star Wars in 1977 when his friend Anthony Daniels (portrayer of C-3PO) recommended him when Lucasfilm was seeking actors for the cantina scene.[4][5] They previously worked together on Daniels' first television job.[4]
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.[6] 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.
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.
