Cast
Paul Copley
Acting
Cast
Paul Copley
Known for
Acting
Born
1944-11-25
From
Denby Dale, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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.
Enola Holmes
as Station Master
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
as Albert Mason
A Bridge Too Far
as Pvt. Wicks
The Remains of the Day
as Harry Smith
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Mason
Jude
as Mr. Willis
Blow Dry
as Ken
Zulu Dawn
as Cpl. Storey
Alfie Darling
as Bakey
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
as Mathews
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
as Matthews
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
as Mathews
Big Winners
as Arthur Thistle
Hornblower: Mutiny
as Mathews
Hornblower: The Even Chance
as Matthews
Hornblower: Duty
as Matthews
The Many Lives of Albert Walker
as Danny Peck
Silas Marner
as William Dane
Hornblower: Loyalty
as Matthews
Destiny
as Paul McShane
Black Jack
as Narrator
Some Enchanted Evening
as Peter
The Shadow in the North
as Paton
The Sound of Music Live!
as Franz
The Key
Hornblower: Retribution
as Matthews
A Christmas Carol
as Fred (Scrooge's Nephew)
Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
as Local Man
Marian, Again
as Phillip Walsh
Death of a Princess
as Steve Jackson
Reg
as Man 2
Written in Blood
as Brian Chappel
The Chester Mystery Plays
P.Q. 17
as PO Jordan
Diane
as Jim
The 12 Days of Christine
as Ernie
Ghost in the Water
as Mr. Reed
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
as Tom
A Room for the Winter
as Robert
Arnhem: The Story of an Escape
as Finnegan
How's Business
as Jack
A Pinch of Snuff
as Charlie Heppelwhite
First Encounter: King Lear
as King Lear
Father Dear Father
as Dumbo
Travellers
as Young William/Middle William/Sales Rep
Ropeless
as Larry Windsor
Speech Day
as Woodwork Master
The Infectious Imagination of Henry Bramble
as Great Uncle Geoffrey
When Kim & Aggie Went To Hospital
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Happy
as Vernon
Ticker
as Howard
Testimony of a Child
as Gerry
Bird Fancier
as Roy Pearson
On a Paving Stone Mounted
Ends and Means
Mucking Out
as Brian Wilson
Which Side Are You On?
as Narrator (voice)
Dangerous Journey
as Narrator
Doll’s Eye
as Social Worker
The Turkey Who Lives on the Hill
as Bill
The Nest Egg
Cries from a Watchtower
as Andy