Paul Copley
Acting
Born 1944-11-25
Denby Dale, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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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 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.
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Acting
54 credits
Midsomer Murders
Play for Today
Downton Abbey
Call the Midwife
Father Brown
Casualty
Vera
Shameless
Minder
Heartbeat
Peak Practice
Inside No. 9
Playhouse
Torchwood
New Tricks
Waking the Dead
ITV Playhouse
Enola Holmes
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Life on Mars
Cracker
Moving On
Secret Army
BBC2 Play of the Week
Churchill's People
Strangers
Hornblower
The Coroner
Kingdom
A Bridge Too Far
The Paradise Club
DI Ray
Born and Bred
The Lakes
Queer as Folk
The Worst Witch
Tenko
Second City Firsts
Downton Abbey: A New Era
The Afternoon Play
Last Tango in Halifax
This Life
Messiah
The Remains of the Day
Survivors
Harry
Trust Me
Big Deal
Premiere
On the Edge
White Heat
Zulu Dawn
Code of a Killer
Roughnecks
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