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Paul Copley
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Paul Copley

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1944Born, Denby Dale
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Paul is a long established and much respected British actor and voiceover artist. Born in Denby Dale, West Riding of Yorkshire, on 25th November 1944 he grew up beside a dairy farm. His father, Harold, was involved with local amateur dramatic productions, as were the rest of his family. He went to Penistone Grammar School, then the Northern Counties College of Education in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he received an Associate of the Drama Board (ADB) in Drama. He taught English and Drama in Walthamstow, before he joined the Leeds Playhouse Theatre-in-education Company in 1971. In 1976, Paul won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a New Play for his role in John Wilson's For King…

Known for

Enola HolmesStation Master
The Remains of the DayHarry Smith
Downton AbbeyMr. Mason
Downton Abbey: A New EraMason
TorchwoodClement McDonald

Filmography

AllMoviesShows
2025Big WinnersArthur ThistleMovie
2025Play for TodayArthur Thistle · 1 episodeShow
2025Rose Ayling-Ellis: Old Hands, New TricksNarrator (voice) · 2 episodesShow
2023TickerHowardMovie
2022DI RayTerry Hunter · 1 episodeShow
2022Downton Abbey: A New EraMasonMovie
2021The Infectious Imagination of Henry BrambleGreat Uncle GeoffreyMovie
2020RopelessLarry WindsorMovie
2018On the EdgeRay · 1 episodeShow
2017Trust MeArthur Hardacre · 3 episodesShow
2017BrokenJoe Kerrigan · 6 episodesShow
2016RegMan 2Movie
2016The Nest EggMovie
2015The Sound of Music Live!FranzMovie
2015The CoronerJohn Roxwell · 1 episodeShow
2015Code of a KillerSidney Jeffreys · 2 episodesShow
2015The 12 Days of ChristineErnieMovie
2014Inside No. 9Ernie · 1 episodeShow
2013Father BrownMr Feste · 1 episodeShow
2013Carved with Love: The Genius of British WoodworkNarrator · 3 episodesShow
2012Last Tango in HalifaxHarry · 24 episodesShow
2012First Encounter: King LearKing LearMovie
2012White HeatAlan (present day) · 6 episodesShow
2012Call the MidwifeTommy Smith · 1 episodeShow
2011VeraMalcolm Kenrich · 1 episodeShow
2009Moving OnRonnie · 1 episodeShow
2008SurvivorsTed · 1 episodeShow
2008Inspector George Gently1 episodeShow
2007The Shadow in the NorthPatonMovie
2007KingdomVincent Straker · 1 episodeShow
2006The Street1 episodeShow
2006Johnny and the BombSgt. Bourke · 3 episodesShow
2006Life on MarsReg Cole · 1 episodeShow
2005Marian, AgainPhillip WalshMovie
2005Dead Man WedsBlind Man · 6 episodesShow
2004ShamelessNorman Owens · 1 episodeShow
2004New TricksPat the Rat · 1 episodeShow
2003The KeyMovie
2003Burn ItTerry Grimshaw · 10 episodesShow
2003The Afternoon PlayDave · 1 episodeShow
2003The RoyalNesbitt · 1 episodeShow
2003Hornblower: DutyMatthewsMovie
2003Hornblower: LoyaltyMatthewsMovie
2002Nice Guy Eddie1 episodeShow
2002Born and BredHubert Gough · 1 episodeShow
2002The Many Lives of Albert WalkerDanny PeckMovie
2001Waking the DeadClifford Day · 1 episodeShow
2001MessiahIan Fleet · 2 episodesShow
2001Hornblower: RetributionMatthewsMovie
2001Hornblower: MutinyMathewsMovie
2001Blow DryKenMovie
1999Hornblower: The Frogs and the LobstersMathewsMovie
1999Hornblower: The Duchess and the DevilMatthewsMovie
1999Queer as FolkRoy Maloney · 2 episodesShow
1998Hornblower: The Examination for LieutenantMathewsMovie
1998The Worst WitchAlgernon Rowan-Webb, Algernon Rowan Webb · 3 episodesShow
1998Hornblower: The Even ChanceMatthewsMovie
1998HornblowerMatthews · 8 episodesShow
1998Written in BloodBrian ChappelMovie
1997The LakesPeter Quinlan · 14 episodesShow
1996This LifeJerry Cook · 6 episodesShow
1996Dalziel and PascoeJack Henslowe · 1 episodeShow
1996Silent Witness3 episodesShow
1996JudeMr. WillisMovie
1994RoughnecksIan · 13 episodesShow
1994A Pinch of SnuffCharlie HeppelwhiteMovie
1993The Remains of the DayHarry SmithMovie
1993CrackerPathologist · 5 episodesShow
1993HarryThomas Thomas · 1 episodeShow
1993Peak PracticeTim Shardlow, DS Patrick Hopkins · 2 episodesShow
1992HeartbeatDick Radcliffe, Herbie Lloyd, Malcolm Stainsby · 1 episodeShow
1991How's BusinessJackMovie
1989Stay Lucky1 episodeShow
1989The Paradise ClubMousey Pavitt · 1 episodeShow
1989Testimony of a ChildGerryMovie

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