Paul Mackriell Copley (born 25 November 1944) is an award-winning English actor and voice-over artist.
Copley was born in Denby Dale, West Yorkshire, and grew up beside a dairy farm there. 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 (now Northumbria University) in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he received...
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Paul Mackriell Copley (born 25 November 1944) is an award-winning English actor and voice-over artist.
Copley was born in Denby Dale, West Yorkshire, and grew up beside a dairy farm there. 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 (now Northumbria University) 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.
Copley played a small role as Private Wicks in the 1977 film A Bridge Too Far. In 1979 he played another small but noticeable role in Zulu Dawn as Cpl Storey in the British Army. He appeared in the controversial ATV drama Death of a Princess in 1980, playing a British witness to the killing of an Arabian Princess and her lover. He has played Matthews in Hornblower, Ian in...
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