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Shardlake’s Paul Kaye on death of family member who was killed in violent attack

As Paul Kaye joins the cast of Disney+ drama Shardlake, we reveal the real life tragedies that have dogged the actor in real life.

Paul Kaye has played villains, heroes, fan favourite pathologist Dr Malcolm Donahue in Vera, and now Brother Jerome in Shardlake – but his real life has been as dramatic as some of his roles. Paul wrote in The Guardian: “When I heard in the days that followed Shuli’s death that they handed out sweets in Gaza to celebrate the fact that the rocket had hit a target, I was appalled.” Paul’s alter-ego got his own TV series, and regularly appeared on BBC’s The Sunday Show, where Dennis Pennis would “torture” celebrities – from Hugh Grant to Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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