Film

Blackthorne's first film role was as Captain Andrew Russell in the Oscar-nominated Bollywood film Lagaan. He spent six months learning Hindi for the role.

He also starred in Mindcrime and the festival-winning indie feature length film Four Corners of Suburbia, winner of both the Crossroads Film Festival in Best Narrative Feature (2006) and in the category of Best Composer at the Avignon Film Festival, Avignon, France (2006).

Additional indie film credits include Bret Easton Ellis's This Is Not an Exit, and a starring role in the British film The Truth Game. Blackthorne appeared as Jonas Exiler in Special, with Michael Rapaport.

Blackthorne’s directorial debut This American Journey was released in 2013. The road trip documentary film follows Blackthorne and Australian photographer Mister Basquali as they travel across America interviewing everyday Americans about how they feel about their country and their hopes for its future. The film was featured at the Hollywood, Carmel, Ojai and Big Bear Film Festivals. It was released through Cinema Libre Studios.

It was announced on 18 June 2015 that Blackthorne would be joining the cast of Dark Ascension starring as Willis

Television

Minor and supporting roles

In 2002, Blackthorne portrayed British import Doctor Matt Slingerland of Presidio Med and made notable appearances as Guy Morton in the British television series Holby City, Liam MacGregor in Peak Practice, Doctor Jeremy Lawson in NBC's ER and biological terrorist Stephen Saunders on 24. He also made appearances on Medium in two roles (one uncredited as Henry Stoller, Junior), Deadwood, and an episode of Monk Season 5 Episode 10 "Mr. Monk and the Leper" as dermatologist Aaron Polinski. He appeared as Shane Healy, a British musician and husband of Wendy Healy (played by Brooke Shields), in the NBC series Lipstick Jungle for two seasons. He played an Irish terrorist in the US series Burn Notice in 2009 in one episode. In 2010 he appeared in two episodes of Leverage as an arms dealer and in an episode of CSI: Miami directed by Rob Zombie. Later that year he had a recurring role in The Gates as Christian Harper. Also on 7 December 2010, he appeared in the Christmas episode ("Secret Santa") of the SyFy series Warehouse 13. He appeared in a two-part cliffhanger during the mid-season break of White Collar Season 2.

Lead character

In the Sci Fi Channel's 2007 series, The Dresden Files, Blackthorne portrayed the lead character, wizard / detective Harry Dresden.

Blackthorne starred as Clark Quitely in the ABC original paranormal/adventure/horror television series The River about a group of people on a mission to find a missing TV explorer in the Amazon.

In the fall of 2012, he joined the cast of Arrow as series regular, Detective Quentin Lance.

Personal life

As of 2015, Blackthorne is reportedly dating actress Kaley Cuoco.

Photography and philanthropy

Paul Blackthorne is also an accomplished photographer. His exhibition, Delhi to Manhattan, appeared at Tibet House in New York City from April to June 2009, to benefit the Tibetan children of the city of Dharamsala.

In 2001, shortly after filming of Lagaan finished in India, the town where filming took place was levelled by an earthquake, including the apartment building in which the cast of Lagaan was staying. To assist the earthquake victims, Blackthorne exhibited his photography in a special show in London.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Road House	A guy in bar	Cameo
1998	Romeo Thinks Again	Romeo
2001	The Truth Game	Dan
2001	Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India	Captain Andrew Russell
2003	Mindcrime	Man
2005	Four Corners of Suburbia	Walt Samson
2006	Special	Jonas
2008	The Gold Lunch	Ex-Husband
2012	Justice League: Doom	John Corben / Metallo Henry Ackerson	Voice
2013	This American Journey	Self
2014	Dumb and Dumber To	Emergency Room Doctor
2016	Dark Ascension	Willis

Television

Year	Title	Character	Notes
1999	Jonathan Creek	Gino	1 episode, "The Eye of Tiresias"
2000	Rhythm & Blues	John
2001	Holby City	Guy Norton	11 episodes
2002-03	Presidio Med	Dr. Matt Slingerland	13 episodes
2004	Gramercy Park	Jack Quinn	Unaired pilot
2004	ER	Dr. Jeremy Lawson	5 episodes
2004	24	Stephen Saunders	10 episodes
2005	Medium	Henry Stoller	1 episode, "I Married a Mind Reader"
2006	Monk	Dr. Aaron Polanski	1 episode, "Mr. Monk and the Leper"
2007	The Dresden Files	Harry Dresden	Lead role, 13 episodes
2007	Big Shots	Terrence Hill	9 episodes
2008-09	Lipstick Jungle	Shane Healy	20 episodes
2009	Burn Notice	Thomas O'Neill	1 episode, "Long Way Back"
2010	Warehouse 13	Larry Newly	1 episode, "Secret Santa"
2010	Leverage	Tony Kadjic	2 episodes
2010	CSI: Miami	Tony Enright	1 episode, "L.A."
2010	White Collar	Julian Larssen	2 episodes
2010	The Gates	Christian Harper	6 episodes
2012	The River	Clark Quitely	8 episodes
2012	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Professor Tom Laudner	1 episode, "Trends with Benefits"
2012	Necessary Roughness	Jack St. Cloud	1 episode, "Mr. Irrelevant"
2012-present	Arrow	Quentin Lance	Main Cast
2015	The Flash	Quentin Lance	1 episode, "Who is Harrison Wells?"
2016	Legends of Tomorrow	Quentin Lance	2 episodes, "Last Refuge", "Legendary"

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