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.
Filmography
all 115
TV Shows 62
Movies 53
Narrator 4
self 2
Voice 1
Writer 1
Ticker (2023)
DI Ray (2022)
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
The Infectious Imagination of Henry Bramble (2021)
Enola Holmes (2020)
Ropeless (2020)
On the Edge (2018)
A Celebrity Taste of Italy (2017)
Broken (2017)
Reg (2016)
The Nest Egg (2016)
The Sound of Music Live! (2015)
The Coroner (2015)
Code of a Killer (2015)
British Gardens in Time (2014)
Inside No. 9 (2014)
The Railway: First Great Western (2013)
Father Brown (2013)
Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork (2013)
Last Tango in Halifax (2012)
First Encounter: King Lear (2012)
White Heat (2012)
Call the Midwife (2012)
Vera (2011)
Downton Abbey (2010)
Moving On (2009)
Survivors (2008)
Inspector George Gently (2008)
The Shadow in the North (2007)
Kingdom (2007)
Torchwood (2006)
The Street (2006)
Johnny and the Bomb (2006)
Life on Mars (2006)
Marian, Again (2005)
Dead Man Weds (2005)
No Angels (2004)
New Tricks (2004)
The Key (2003)
How Clean Is Your House? (2003)
Burn It (2003)
The Royal (2003)
Hornblower: Duty (2003)
Hornblower: Loyalty (2003)
Nice Guy Eddie (2002)
The Many Lives of Albert Walker (2002)
Waking the Dead (2001)
Messiah (2001)
Hornblower: Retribution (2001)
Hornblower: Mutiny (2001)
Blow Dry (2001)
Clocking Off (2000)
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999)
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (1999)
Queer as Folk (1999)
Relative Strangers (1999)
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998)
The Worst Witch (1998)
Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998)
Hornblower (1998)
Written in Blood (1998)
The Lakes (1997)
Midsomer Murders (1997)
This Life (1996)
Dalziel & Pascoe (1996)
Silent Witness (1996)
Jude (1996)
Roughnecks (1994)
A Pinch of Snuff (1994)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Cracker (1993)
Harry (1993)
Peak Practice (1993)
Heartbeat (1992)
How's Business (1991)
Stay Lucky (1989)
The Paradise Club (1989)
Testimony of a Child (1989)
Young Charlie Chaplin (1989)
Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus (1986)
Casualty (1986)
Silas Marner (1985)
The Bright Side (1985)
Which Side Are You On? (1985)
Bird Fancier (1985)
The Bill (1984)
Doll’s Eye (1983)
Ends and Means (1983)
Ghost in the Water (1982)
P.Q. 17 (1981)
A Room for the Winter (1981)
Tenko (1981)
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado (1981)
Death of a Princess (1980)
Minder (1979)
Cries from a Watchtower (1979)
Black Jack (1979)
Zulu Dawn (1979)
Pillion (1979)
Mucking Out (1978)
Destiny (1978)
A Christmas Carol (1977)
Treasure Island (1977)
BBC2 Play of the Week (1977)
Secret Army (1977)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Arnhem: The Story of an Escape (1976)
Days of Hope (1975)
Alfie Darling (1975)
Diane (1975)
Father Dear Father (1973)
Speech Day (1973)
Play for Today (1970)
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
Dangerous Journey
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1944-11-25 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceDenby Dale, United Kingdom
SpouseNatasha Pyne
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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