
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.

Written in Blood

Born and Bred

ダウントン・アビー

Tenko

Inside No. 9

Inspector George Gently

Death of a Princess

The Sound of Music Live!

Hornblower

Queer as Folk

Life on Mars

The Street

ブラウン神父

The Royal

Shameless

バーナビー警部

Hornblower: The Even Chance

法医学捜査班 silent witness

Secret Army

コール・ザ・ミッドワイフ ロンドン助産婦物語

The Worst Witch

Vera

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

日の名残り

New Tricks

Code of a Killer

Hornblower: Mutiny

秘密情報部 トーチウッド

Hornblower: Retribution

Hornblower: Duty

This Life

エノーラ・ホームズの事件簿

遠すぎた橋

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

Waking the Dead

Messiah

Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil

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Hornblower: Loyalty

Heartbeat

Survivors

Kingdom

Moving On

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Black Jack

The Nest Egg

Last Tango in Halifax

Dead Man Weds

Playhouse

BBC2 Play of the Week

Strangers

DI Ray

Broken

Minder

The Bill

The Lakes

A Christmas Carol

Cracker

The Shadow in the North

Ghost in the Water

Which Side Are You On?

Roughnecks

Johnny and the Bomb

Jude

Dalziel & Pascoe

Play for Today

検視法廷 -美人検視官ジェーン

Days of Hope

Casualty

Peak Practice

ズールー戦争

Ropeless

Treasure Island

Stay Lucky

Blow Dry

The Paradise Club

White Heat

Silas Marner

How Clean Is Your House?

Burn It

Reg

BBC Play of the Month

Father Dear Father

Marian, Again

Alfie Darling

Diane

Arnhem: The Story of an Escape

On the Edge

Doll’s Eye

Churchill's People

The Infectious Imagination of Henry Bramble

Mucking Out

Ticker

Bird Fancier

Destiny

First Encounter: King Lear

Testimony of a Child

On a Paving Stone Mounted

The Key

Speech Day

The Many Lives of Albert Walker

A Pinch of Snuff

Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus

Cries from a Watchtower

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

P.Q. 17

Travellers

Happy

The Turkey Who Lives on the Hill

When Kim & Aggie Went To Hospital

Big Winners

The Chester Mystery Plays

Young Charlie Chaplin

Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork

Rose Ayling-Ellis: Old Hands, New Tricks

The Gathering Seed

The Afternoon Play