Paul Mackriell Copley is an award-winning English actor and voice-over artist.
Copley was born in Denby Dale

Denby Dale

Denby Dale is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England, to the South East of Huddersfield. As a civil parish it covers the villages of Denby Dale, Lower Denby, Upper Denby, Upper Cumberworth, Lower Cumberworth, Skelmanthorpe, Emley, Emley...

, West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

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, 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

Penistone Grammar School

Penistone Grammar School is a comprehensive school and former grammar school in Penistone, in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1392 and its most notable alumnus is Nicholas Saunderson, the probable inventor of Bayes theorem, in the eighteenth...

, then the Northern Counties College of Education (now Northumbria University

Northumbria University

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) in Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne

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, where he received an Associate of the Drama Board (ADB) in Drama. He taught English and Drama in Walthamstow

Walthamstow

Walthamstow is a district of northeast London, England, located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is situated north-east of Charing Cross...

, 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.