Actor
Paul Copley
November 25, 1944 · 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 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.
Notable work
7.2Enola Holmes (2020)
as Station Master
7.4The Remains of the Day (1993)
as Harry Smith
8.1Downton Abbey (2010)
as Mr. Mason
7.2A Bridge Too Far (1977)
as Pvt. Wicks
7.2Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
as Mason
7.3Torchwood (2006)
as Clement McDonald
7.5Midsomer Murders (1997)
as Frank Dewar
7.8Life on Mars (2006)
as Reg Cole
Often works with
Joanne Froggatt
4 titles together
Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey: A New Era, Life on Mars
Hugh Bonneville
4 titles together
Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey: A New Era, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Michelle Dockery
3 titles together
Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey: A New Era, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Laura Carmichael
3 titles together
Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey: A New Era, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Phyllis Logan
3 titles together
Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey: A New Era, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Elizabeth McGovern
3 titles together
Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey: A New Era, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Full filmography · 129
Play for Today
as Arthur Thistle
2025
Rose Ayling-Ellis: Old Hands, New Tricks
as Narrator (voice)
2025
DI Ray
as Terry Hunter
20227
On the Edge
as Ray
2018
Trust Me
as Arthur Hardacre
20176.7
Broken
as Joe Kerrigan
20176.9
The Coroner
as John Roxwell
20156.3
Code of a Killer
as Sidney Jeffreys
20157.2
Inside No. 9
as Ernie
20148.1
Father Brown
as Mr Feste
20137.6
Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork
as Narrator
2013
Last Tango in Halifax
cast and as Harry
20127.1