Paul Copley
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1944-11-25 (80 years old)
Place of Birth Denby Dale, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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
Actor
as Narrator
as Albert Mason
as Howard
as Mason
as Terry
as Great Uncle Geoffrey
as Station Master
as Larry Windsor
as Ray
as Joe Kerrigan
as Franz
as John Roxwell
as Sidney Jeffreys
as Ernie
as Mr Feste
as Narrator
as King Lear
as Harry
as Alan (present day)
as Tommy Smith
as Malcolm Kenrich
as Mr. Mason
as Ronnie
as Ted
as Paton
as Vincent Straker
as Clement McDonald
as Sgt. Bourke
as Reg Cole
as Phillip Walsh
as Blind Man
as Matthews
as Matthews
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Terry Grimshaw
as Nesbitt
as Danny Peck
as Matthews
as Mathews
as Ken
as Clifford Day
as Ian Fleet
as Mathews
as Matthews
as Roy Maloney
as Mathews
as Matthews
as Brian Chappel
as Algernon Rowan-Webb
as Algernon Rowan Webb
as Matthews
as Peter Quinlan
as Frank Dewar
as Mr. Willis
as Jerry Cook
as Charlie Heppelwhite
as Ian
as Harry Smith
as Pathologist
as Thomas Thomas
as Tim Shardlow
as DS Patrick Hopkins
as Dick Radcliffe
as Herbie Lloyd
as Malcolm Stainsby
as Jack
as Gerry
as Mousey Pavitt
as Chimnery Sweep
as Local Man
as Frederick Chambers
as Mick McCarthur
as Arthur
as William Dane
as Narrator (voice)
as Roy Pearson
as Social Worker
as Mr. Reed
as PO Jordan
as Robert
as POW
as Vernon
as Steve Jackson
as Andy
as Narrator
as Cpl. Storey
as Palmer
as Young William/Middle William/Sales Rep
as Brian Wilson
as Bill
as Paul McShane
as Peter
as Fred (Scrooge's Nephew)
as Pvt. Wicks
as Eric Finch
as Finnegan
as Bakey
as Jim
as Ben Matthews
as Dumbo
as Woodwork Master
as Andy
Writer
as Writer