Paul Copley
Actor/Actriz
59
Movies
64
TV Shows
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 and Country.
With many and varied roles to follow, Paul soon established himself as one of the UK's leading stage, film, television and radio actors.
In 2011-2015 Paul gained worldwide recognition appearing in 16 episodes of the hugely popular television series Downton Abbey playing the popular role of farmer Mr Mason.
Paul is married to the actress Natasha Pyne. They married in 1972, after both performing in a Leeds Playhouse production of Frank Wedekind's Lulu, adapted by Peter Barnes, directed by Bill Hays in 1971.
As Actor/Actress
Los asesinatos de Midsomer
Frank Dewar
Llamen a La Partera
Tommy Smith
Vera
Malcolm Kenrich
Casualty
Frederick Chambers
Testigo silencioso
Play for Today
Downton Abbey
Mr. Mason
Padre Brown, detective
Mr Feste
Minder
Palmer
BBC Play of the Month
Heartbeat
Dick Radcliffe
Peak Practice
Tim Shardlow
The Bill
Waking the Dead
Secret Army
Eric Finch
Shameless
Norman Owens
New Tricks
Pat the Rat
Torchwood: El día del milagro
Clement McDonald
Inside No. 9
Ernie
Playhouse
Jim
ITV Playhouse
Peter
BBC2 Play of the Week
Finnegan
Cracker
Pathologist
Moving On
Ronnie
Enola Holmes
Station Master
Churchill's People
Viventius
Hornblower
Matthews
Life on Mars
Reg Cole
Kingdom
Vincent Straker
George Gently