Paul Copley
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
137
Gender
Male
Birthday
1944-11-25 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Denby Dale, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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
Midsomer Murders
Downton Abbey
Vera
Silent Witness
Father Brown
Call the Midwife
Minder
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
Casualty
Casualty
Casualty
Inside No. 9
Shameless
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead
Torchwood
Peak Practice
Peak Practice
Playhouse
Playhouse
Play for Today
Play for Today
BBC Play of the Month
New Tricks
Enola Holmes
The Bill
Life on Mars
Hornblower: Mutiny
Black Jack
BBC2 Play of the Week
BBC2 Play of the Week
Silas Marner
Alfie Darling
Moving On
Dalziel & Pascoe
The Worst Witch
The Worst Witch
Cracker
Reg
A Bridge Too Far
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Ropeless
Destiny
P.Q. 17
Hornblower
Happy
Inspector George Gently
Kingdom
Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
Secret Army
Tenko
DI Ray
Queer as Folk
Last Tango in Halifax
Last Tango in Halifax
The Afternoon Play
Downton Abbey: A New Era
This Life
The Coroner
Born and Bred
The Paradise Club
Bird Fancier
Code of a Killer
The Remains of the Day
The Street
Marian, Again
Messiah
Travellers
Churchill's People
Stay Lucky
Mucking Out
Survivors
Broken
No Angels
Jude
On the Edge
Ticker
Days of Hope
Big Winners
The Lakes
Zulu Dawn
Harry
Rose Ayling-Ellis: Old Hands, New Tricks
White Heat
How Clean Is Your House?
How Clean Is Your House?
Blow Dry
Roughnecks
Johnny and the Bomb
Burn It
Some Enchanted Evening
Hornblower: The Even Chance
Young Charlie Chaplin
The Bright Side
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
Dead Man Weds
Hornblower: Retribution
West End Tales
Nice Guy Eddie
Hornblower: Loyalty
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
The Gathering Seed
The Shadow in the North
The Sound of Music Live!
A Christmas Carol
Father Dear Father
The Royal
First Encounter: King Lear
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
The Key
Hornblower: Duty
The Many Lives of Albert Walker
Death of a Princess
On a Paving Stone Mounted
Arnhem: The Story of an Escape
Testimony of a Child
A Pinch of Snuff
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
Which Side Are You On?
A Room for the Winter
Diane
The Nest Egg
Written in Blood
Treasure Island
Speech Day
Ends and Means
Doll’s Eye
How's Business
Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork
Ghost in the Water
Cries from a Watchtower
Dangerous Journey
The Turkey Who Lives on the Hill
The Infectious Imagination of Henry Bramble
When Kim & Aggie Went To Hospital
