1. Paul Mackriell Copley was born on 25 November 1944 and is an English actor and voice over artist.
17 Facts About Paul Copley
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Paul Copley taught English and Drama in Walthamstow, before he joined the Leeds Playhouse Theatre-in-education Company in 1971.
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Paul Copley was the male lead character in the four-part BBC series Days of Hope in 1975, which depicted events between the First World War and the General Strike from a family involved in socialist politics.
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In 1976, Paul Copley won the Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a New Play for his role in John Wilson's For King and Country.
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Paul Copley appeared in the then-controversial ATV drama Death of a Princess, playing a British witness to the killing of an Arabian princess and her lover.
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Paul Copley has played Matthews in Hornblower, Ian in Roughnecks, Jerry in This Life, and Peter Quinlan in The Lakes.
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Paul Copley was in Big Finish's July 2002 Doctor Who story Spare Parts and appeared in Shameless as a water sports enthusiast.
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Paul Copley is a regular actor in Radio 4 drama, usually in gritty or romantic plays or series about hard-working folk set in the north of England, often repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra.
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Paul Copley played the long-suffering teacher Geoff Long in Radio 4's long running King Street Junior.
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Paul Copley narrated the Yorkshire Television nine-part serial adaptation of The Pilgrim's Progress entitled Dangerous Journey.
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On 13 February 2006, Paul Copley appeared as an angry hostage-taker in an episode of the crime drama Life on Mars.
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Paul Copley appeared in the TV Soap Coronation Street on 8 August 2007, portraying a character called Ivor Priestley, and in the TV adaptation of The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy, as wizard and former-frog Algernon Rowan-Webb.
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From 1998 to 2003, Paul Copley played Mathews in the Meridian Television series Hornblower.
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Paul Copley appeared as Clement MacDonald in Children of Earth, the third series of BBC One show Torchwood, in 2009.
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In 2017, Paul Copley appeared in Jimmy McGovern's acclaimed series Broken, Red Production Company's Trust Me, and in episode 5 of Doc Martin he played the eccentric Walter O'Donnell.
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Paul Copley took part in What Does an Idea Sound Like promoting the Veterans Work Campaign and narrated A Celebrity Taste of Italy for Channel 5.
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Paul Copley married actress Natasha Pyne in 1972, after performing with her in a Leeds Playhouse production of Frank Wedekind's Lulu, adapted by Peter Barnes and directed by Bill Hays in 1971.