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.
★7.2
MOVIE2020
Enola Holmes
as Station Master
★7.2
MOVIE1977
A Bridge Too Far
as Pvt. Wicks
★7.2
MOVIE2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Mason
★7.0
MOVIE2025
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
as Albert Mason
★7.4
MOVIE1993
The Remains of the Day
as Harry Smith
★4.6
MOVIE2005
Marian, Again
as Phillip Walsh
★6.1
MOVIE1979
Zulu Dawn
as Cpl. Storey
MOVIE1978
Travellers
as Young William/Middle William/Sales Rep
★7.3
MOVIE2001
Hornblower: Retribution
as Matthews
MOVIE1980
Happy
as Vernon
MOVIE2025
Big Winners
as Arthur Thistle
★6.6
MOVIE2007
The Shadow in the North
as Paton
★5.9
MOVIE2001
Blow Dry
as Ken
MOVIE2023
Ticker
as Howard
MOVIE2015
The 12 Days of Christine
as Ernie
MOVIE1976
The Chester Mystery Plays
★6.3
MOVIE1996
Jude
as Mr. Willis
MOVIE1978
Mucking Out
as Brian Wilson
★7.2
MOVIE2003
Hornblower: Loyalty
as Matthews
★7.4
MOVIE2001
Hornblower: Mutiny
as Mathews
★7.7
MOVIE2015
The Sound of Music Live!
as Franz
MOVIE1978
Some Enchanted Evening
as Peter
★7.3
MOVIE2003
Hornblower: Duty
as Matthews
★7.2
MOVIE1999
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
as Mathews
★7.5
MOVIE1998
Hornblower: The Even Chance
as Matthews
★4.5
MOVIE1975
Alfie Darling
as Bakey
★5.9
MOVIE1985
Silas Marner
as William Dane
★5.3
MOVIE1973
Father Dear Father
as Dumbo
★7.0
MOVIE1979
Black Jack
as Narrator
★8.0
MOVIE1986
Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
as Local Man
★5.0
MOVIE2016
Reg
as Man 2
★6.7
MOVIE1977
A Christmas Carol
as Fred (Scrooge's Nephew)
★7.2
MOVIE1999
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
as Matthews
MOVIE1994
A Pinch of Snuff
as Charlie Heppelwhite
MOVIE1983
Ends and Means
★9.3
MOVIE1998
Written in Blood
as Brian Chappel
MOVIE2012
First Encounter: King Lear
as King Lear
MOVIE1985
Bird Fancier
as Roy Pearson
★7.0
MOVIE1975
Diane
as Jim
★7.8
MOVIE1980
Death of a Princess
as Steve Jackson
★9.0
MOVIE1989
Testimony of a Child
as Gerry
★7.4
MOVIE1998
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
as Mathews
★6.6
MOVIE1985
Which Side Are You On?
as Narrator (voice)
★8.0
MOVIE1978
Destiny
as Paul McShane
★8.0
MOVIE2003
The Key
★3.2
MOVIE1983
Doll’s Eye
as Social Worker
★10.0
MOVIE2002
The Many Lives of Albert Walker
as Danny Peck
★3.3
MOVIE1981
A Room for the Winter
as Robert
★6.7
MOVIE1982
Ghost in the Water
as Mr. Reed
★9.0
MOVIETBA
Dangerous Journey
as Narrator
★9.0
MOVIE1973
Speech Day
as Woodwork Master
MOVIE2006
When Kim & Aggie Went To Hospital
as Self - Narrator (voice)
★9.0
MOVIE1978
On a Paving Stone Mounted
MOVIE1979
Cries from a Watchtower
as Andy
★9.0
MOVIE1991
How's Business
as Jack
★7.0
MOVIE2016
The Nest Egg
MOVIE1978
The Turkey Who Lives on the Hill
as Bill
★6.0
MOVIE2020
Ropeless
as Larry Windsor
★8.0
MOVIE1981
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
as Tom
★6.5
MOVIE1976
Arnhem: The Story of an Escape
as Finnegan
MOVIE2021
The Infectious Imagination of Henry Bramble
as Great Uncle Geoffrey
MOVIE1981
P.Q. 17
as PO Jordan