Paul Copley

Paul Copley

Birthday: 1944-11-25

Place of birth: Denby Dale, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0178674

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.

Played in movies:

Written in Blood

Score: 9.0

Death of a Princess

Score: 7.8

The Sound of Music Live!

Score: 7.8

Hornblower: The Even Chance

Score: 7.5

Hornblower: Retribution

Score: 7.5

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

Score: 7.4

Hornblower: Mutiny

Score: 7.4

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

Score: 7.4

The Remains of the Day

Score: 7.4

Hornblower: Duty

Score: 7.4

Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil

Score: 7.3

Enola Holmes

Score: 7.3

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Score: 7.2

Hornblower: Loyalty

Score: 7.2

A Bridge Too Far

Score: 7.2

The Nest Egg

Score: 7.0

Black Jack

Score: 7.0

A Christmas Carol

Score: 6.6

The Shadow in the North

Score: 6.5

Which Side Are You On?

Score: 6.5

Ghost in the Water

Score: 6.5

Jude

Score: 6.3

Ropeless

Score: 6.0

Zulu Dawn

Score: 6.0

Blow Dry

Score: 5.9

Silas Marner

Score: 5.6

Reg

Score: 5.0

Father Dear Father

Score: 4.8

Marian, Again

Score: 4.8

Alfie Darling

Score: 4.5

Arnhem: The Story of an Escape

Score: 4.0

Diane

Score: 4.0

A Room for the Winter

Score: 1.0

Doll’s Eye

Score: 1.0

When Kim & Aggie Went To Hospital

Score: 0.0

The Turkey Who Lives on the Hill

Score: 0.0

Happy

Score: 0.0

Travellers

Score: 0.0

P.Q. 17

Score: 0.0

A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado

Score: 0.0

Cries from a Watchtower

Score: 0.0

Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus

Score: 0.0

A Pinch of Snuff

Score: 0.0

How's Business

Score: 0.0

The Many Lives of Albert Walker

Score: 0.0

Speech Day

Score: 0.0

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Score: 0.0

The Key

Score: 0.0

On a Paving Stone Mounted

Score: 0.0

Testimony of a Child

Score: 0.0

Some Enchanted Evening

Score: 0.0

Dangerous Journey

Score: 0.0

First Encounter: King Lear

Score: 0.0

Destiny

Score: 0.0

Ends and Means

Score: 0.0

Bird Fancier

Score: 0.0

Ticker

Score: 0.0

Mucking Out

Score: 0.0

The Infectious Imagination of Henry Bramble

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Born and Bred

Score: 8.5

Downton Abbey

Score: 8.1

Tenko

Score: 8.1

Inside No. 9

Score: 8.0

Queer as Folk

Score: 7.9

Inspector George Gently

Score: 7.9

This Life

Score: 7.8

Life on Mars

Score: 7.8

The Street

Score: 7.7

Hornblower

Score: 7.6

The Royal

Score: 7.6

Silent Witness

Score: 7.6

Father Brown

Score: 7.5

Call the Midwife

Score: 7.5

Secret Army

Score: 7.5

Midsomer Murders

Score: 7.5

Vera

Score: 7.4

Clocking Off

Score: 7.4

New Tricks

Score: 7.4

Code of a Killer

Score: 7.3

Torchwood

Score: 7.3

The Worst Witch

Score: 7.3

The Worst Witch

Score: 7.3

Messiah

Score: 7.2

The Lakes

Score: 7.2

Waking the Dead

Score: 7.2

Waking the Dead

Score: 7.2

Survivors

Score: 7.1

Last Tango in Halifax

Score: 7.1

Last Tango in Halifax

Score: 7.1

Heartbeat

Score: 7.1

Heartbeat

Score: 7.1

Heartbeat

Score: 7.1

Moving On

Score: 7.1

Kingdom

Score: 7.1

BBC2 Play of the Week

Score: 7.0

BBC2 Play of the Week

Score: 7.0

Playhouse

Score: 7.0

Playhouse

Score: 7.0

Dead Man Weds

Score: 7.0

DI Ray

Score: 6.9

Broken

Score: 6.9

Minder

Score: 6.8

The Bill

Score: 6.6

Cracker

Score: 6.6

Johnny and the Bomb

Score: 6.5

Roughnecks

Score: 6.5

Dalziel & Pascoe

Score: 6.5

Play for Today

Score: 6.3

Play for Today

Score: 6.3

Burn It

Score: 6.3

Days of Hope

Score: 6.2

The Coroner

Score: 6.1

Casualty

Score: 6.1

Casualty

Score: 6.1

Casualty

Score: 6.1

Peak Practice

Score: 6.1

Peak Practice

Score: 6.1

Stay Lucky

Score: 6.0

Treasure Island

Score: 6.0

No Angels

Score: 6.0

The Paradise Club

Score: 5.8

White Heat

Score: 5.7

How Clean Is Your House?

Score: 5.3

How Clean Is Your House?

Score: 5.3

On the Edge

Score: 5.0

The Bright Side

Score: 5.0

BBC Play of the Month

Score: 5.0

Harry

Score: 3.5

West End Tales

Score: 0.0

Rose Ayling-Ellis: Old Hands, New Tricks

Score: 0.0

Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork

Score: 0.0

Young Charlie Chaplin

Score: 0.0

Nice Guy Eddie

Score: 0.0