Which actor plays Father John Hughes in Peaky Blinders?

Paddy Considine plays Father John Hughes in Peaky Blinders.

Considine appears in the third series as Father Hughes, a priest who is also an agent of the Economic League. The character is involved in a political scheme intended to provoke diplomatic conflict between Britain and the Soviet Union, giving the season a wider political dimension beyond the Shelby family's gang rivalries.

Father Hughes is not simply a religious adviser. The story reveals that he abused Michael Gray when Michael was six and was placed under Hughes's care. That revelation makes Hughes a deeply personal antagonist for Michael as well as a representative of the secretive political forces opposing Tommy Shelby.

Paddy Considine is an English actor, director and screenwriter from Burton upon Trent. His other notable screen roles include In America, Dead Man's Shoes and King Viserys I Targaryen in House of the Dragon. In Peaky Blinders, Father Hughes appears in four episodes.