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Paul Copley
Denby Dale, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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 fa…
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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.
Filmography
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2025
Big Winners
Movie Arthur Thistle
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2025
Play for Today
TV show Arthur Thistle
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2025
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Movie Albert Mason
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2025
Rose Ayling-Ellis: Old Hands, New Tricks
TV show Narrator (voice)
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2023
Ticker
Movie Howard
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2022
DI Ray
TV show Terry Hunter
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2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Movie Mason
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2021
The Infectious Imagination of Henry Bramble
Movie Great Uncle Geoffrey
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2020
Enola Holmes
Movie Station Master
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2020
Ropeless
Movie Larry Windsor
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2018
On the Edge
TV show Ray
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2017
Trust Me
TV show Arthur Hardacre
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2017
Broken
TV show Joe Kerrigan
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2016
Reg
Movie Man 2
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2016
The Nest Egg
Movie
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2015
The Sound of Music Live!
Movie Franz
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2015
The Coroner
TV show John Roxwell
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2015
Code of a Killer
TV show Sidney Jeffreys
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2015
The 12 Days of Christine
Movie Ernie
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2014
Inside No. 9
TV show Ernie
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2013
Father Brown
TV show Mr Feste
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2013
Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork
TV show Narrator
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2012
Last Tango in Halifax
TV show
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2012
First Encounter: King Lear
Movie King Lear
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2012
White Heat
TV show Alan (present day)
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2012
Call the Midwife
TV show Tommy Smith
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2011
Vera
TV show Malcolm Kenrich
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2010
Downton Abbey
TV show Mr. Mason
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2009
Moving On
TV show Ronnie
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2008
Survivors
TV show Ted
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2008
Inspector George Gently
TV show
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2007
The Shadow in the North
Movie Paton
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2007
Kingdom
TV show Vincent Straker
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2006
Torchwood
TV show Clement McDonald
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2006
When Kim & Aggie Went To Hospital
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
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2006
The Street
TV show
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2006
Johnny and the Bomb
TV show Sgt. Bourke
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2006
Life on Mars
TV show Reg Cole
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2005
Marian, Again
Movie Phillip Walsh
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2005
Dead Man Weds
TV show Blind Man
