Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 25, 1944
Place of Birth
Denby Dale, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Credits
136 titles
Paul Copley
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Big Winners
Arthur Thistle
Play for Today
Arthur Thistle
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Albert Mason
Rose Ayling-Ellis: Old Hands, New Tricks
Narrator (voice)
Ticker
Howard
DI Ray
Terry Hunter
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Mason
The Infectious Imagination of Henry Bramble
Great Uncle Geoffrey
Enola Holmes
Station Master
Ropeless
Larry Windsor
On the Edge
Ray
Trust Me
Arthur Hardacre
Broken
Joe Kerrigan
Reg
Man 2
The Nest Egg
The Sound of Music Live!
Franz
The Coroner
John Roxwell
Code of a Killer
Sidney Jeffreys
The 12 Days of Christine
Ernie
Inside No. 9
Ernie
Father Brown
Mr Feste
Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork
Narrator
Last Tango in Halifax
First Encounter: King Lear
King Lear
White Heat
Alan (present day)
Call the Midwife
Tommy Smith
Vera
Malcolm Kenrich
Downton Abbey
Mr. Mason
Moving On
Ronnie
Survivors
Ted
Inspector George Gently
The Shadow in the North
Paton
Kingdom
Vincent Straker
Torchwood
Clement McDonald
When Kim & Aggie Went To Hospital
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Street
Johnny and the Bomb
Sgt. Bourke
Life on Mars
Reg Cole
Marian, Again
Phillip Walsh
Dead Man Weds
Blind Man
Shameless
Norman Owens
New Tricks
Pat the Rat
The Key
How Clean Is Your House?
Burn It
Terry Grimshaw
The Afternoon Play
Dave
The Royal
Nesbitt
Hornblower: Duty
Matthews
Hornblower: Loyalty
Matthews
Nice Guy Eddie