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Acting

Paul Copley

Career: Active from 1975 to 2025, busiest in 1978 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 25
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: Hornblower: The Even Chance
78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 59 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Paul Copley Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Physical Comedy
1.3, average 2.4
Absurdist Humor
1.0, average 2.0
Adrenaline
3.8, average 4.8
Uncanny
1.6, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Coming-of-Age Story 3
Social Commentary 2
Social Realism 2
Loyalty & Betrayal 2
Nostalgic 2
Naval Historical Drama 2
Intriguing Mystery 2
Historical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

132

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Dangerous Journey

as Narrator

2020s

10 titles · average score 71

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

76

as Albert Mason

Play for Today

TV show · as Arthur Thistle

Rose Ayling-Ellis: Old Hands, New Tricks

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Big Winners

as Arthur Thistle

Ticker

as Howard

Downton Abbey: A New Era

75

as Mason

DI Ray

62

TV show · as Terry Hunter

The Infectious Imagination of Henry Bramble

as Great Uncle Geoffrey

Enola Holmes

72

as Station Master

Ropeless

as Larry Windsor

2010s

17 titles · average score 74

On the Edge

TV show · as Ray

Trust Me

73

TV show · as Arthur Hardacre

Broken

82

TV show · as Joe Kerrigan

The Coroner

66

TV show · as John Roxwell

Code of a Killer

74

TV show · as Sidney Jeffreys

Inside No. 9

92

TV show · as Ernie

Father Brown

77

TV show · as Mr Feste

Call the Midwife

82

TV show · as Tommy Smith

Last Tango in Halifax

83

TV show · as Harry

White Heat

47

TV show · as Alan (present day)

Vera

60

TV show · as Malcolm Kenrich

Downton Abbey

86

TV show · as Mr. Mason

2000s

26 titles · average score 68

Inspector George Gently

80

TV show

Kingdom

81

TV show · as Vincent Straker

Johnny and the Bomb

43

TV show · as Sgt. Bourke

Torchwood

81

TV show · as Clement McDonald

Life on Mars

87

TV show · as Reg Cole

Marian, Again

55

as Phillip Walsh

Shameless

77

TV show · as Norman Owens

New Tricks

83

TV show · as Pat the Rat

Hornblower: Loyalty

76

as Matthews

Born and Bred

55

TV show · as Hubert Gough

The Many Lives of Albert Walker

as Danny Peck

Waking the Dead

50

TV show · as Clifford Day

1990s

22 titles · average score 77

Queer as Folk

83

TV show · as Roy Maloney

Hornblower: The Even Chance

78

as Matthews

Hornblower

TV show · as Matthews

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Frank Dewar

Silent Witness

75

TV show

Dalziel and Pascoe

69

TV show · as Jack Henslowe

Roughnecks

TV show · as Ian

Cracker

82

TV show · as Pathologist

Peak Practice

65

TV show · as Tim Shardlow / DS Patrick Hopkins

The Remains of the Day

85

as Harry Smith

Heartbeat

80

TV show · as Dick Radcliffe / Malcolm Stainsby

as Jack

1980s

23 titles · average score 71

Stay Lucky

TV show

The Paradise Club

TV show · as Mousey Pavitt

Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus

as Local Man

Casualty

62

TV show · as Arthur / Mick McCarthur

Which Side Are You On?

as Narrator (voice)

The Bill

77

TV show

Big Deal

76

TV show · as Max

Doll’s Eye

as Social Worker

A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado

as Tom

P.Q. 17

as PO Jordan

Tenko

84

TV show · as POW

Death of a Princess

62

as Steve Jackson

1970s

31 titles · average score 64

TV show · as Dan

Minder

75

TV show · as Palmer

Cries from a Watchtower

as Andy

A Bridge Too Far

68

as Pvt. Wicks

A Christmas Carol

66

as Fred (Scrooge's Nephew)

Secret Army

81

TV show · as Eric Finch

Treasure Island

TV show

Days of Hope

TV show · as Ben Matthews

Diane

as Jim

Trinity Tales

TV show · as Dave the Joiner

Alfie Darling

35

as Bakey

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Andy

1960s

2 titles · average score 61

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Peter

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show