Kevin Doyle (actor)

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Kevin Doyle
Born	(1960-04-10) 10 April 1960 Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Years active	1982–present
Known for	Joseph Molesley in Downton Abbey

Kevin Doyle (born 10 April 1960) is an English actor. He is best for playing valet/footman Joseph Molesley in the TV series Downton Abbey. He is known for many other roles, including Detective Sergeant (DS) John Wadsworth in Happy Valley, John Parr in the TV series The Lakes, and roles in Coronation Street and The Crimson Field. He is the winner of two Screen Actors Guild awards and a Royal Television Society award for best actor for Happy Valley. He appeared in the Poirot episode “After the Funeral” in 2005 as Inspector Morton.

Credits

Film

Year	Title	Character	Production	Notes
1996	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Demetrius	Film Four
2004	The Libertine	Constable
2008	Good	Commandant
2018	Ready to Go	Lance		Short Film
2019	Downton Abbey	Joseph Molesley
2022	Downton Abbey: A New Era	Joseph Molesley

Television

Year	Title	Character	Production	Notes
1984	Keep on Running	Neil Pearson		TV Movie
1984	Sharing Time	Mark		TV Series
1984	Shine on Harvey Moon	Man in Club		“I’m going to Wash That Man /out of My Hair”
1985	Tom Sharpe’s Blott on the Landscape	Waiter	BBC	Episode: “A Phone Call”
1986	Auf Wiedersehen, Pet	Detective Sergeant Laurence	ITV/Central/Witzend	Episode: “A Law for the Rich”
1987	Coronation Street	Hugh Ridley		2 episodes
1994	The Stand	Sarge		“The Plague”, “The Dreams”
1997–1999	The Lakes	John Parr/John Fisher	BBC	13 episodes
1999	Holby City	Simon Harwood	BBC	3 episodes
	Badger	Detective Inspector David Armitage	BBC	13 episodes
2000	North Square	Judge Michael Arbuthnot	Channel 4	2 episodes
	At Home with the Braithwaites	Mike Hartnoll	ITV	21 episodes: 2000–03
2001	Always and Everyone	Carl		1 episode
2003	Murphy's Law	Richard Mooney	BBC	Episode: “Electric Bill”
2003	The Eustace Bros.	Ian Wardinski		1 episode
2004	Down to Earth	Colin Drake		“Can’t Buy You Love”
2004	Blackpool	Steve	BBC	6 episodes
Midsomer Murders	Ferdy Villiers	ITV	“Ghosts of Christmas Past”
Casualty	Barry Ricks	BBC	“The Ties That Bind Us: Part 1 & 2”
2005	The Rotters' Club	Colin Trotter	BBC	3 episodes
	Afterlife	Roy Tufnell	ITV	“Lower than Bones”
	The Last Detective	Alan Kingwell	ITV	“Willesden Confidential”
2005	Agatha Christie’s Poirot	Inspector Morton		“After the Funeral”
2006	Wild at Heart	Richard Chapman		1 episode
2006	Brief Encounters	Mark Deary		Episode: “Ted”
2006	Drop Dead Gorgeous	Howard Crane	BBC	9 episodes: 2006–07
	Casualty	Dennis Tooms	BBC	“In Good Faith”
	The Bill	David Coles	ITV	“‘Bad Day in the Office”
2007	Foyle’s War	Michael Richards		“Casualties of War”
2007	Dalziel and Pascoe	Adam Bolt		“Project Aphrodite: Part 1 & 2”
2007	The Royal	Ralph Fleming		“Coming to the Boil”
2007	Secret Diary of a Call Girl	Lewis		1 episode
2007	Heartbeat	Anthony Barlow		“Burying the Past”
2008	Trial and Retribution	Keane		“Tracks: Part 1”
2008	HolbyBlue	Sean Burrows	BBC	3 episodes
	Inspector George Gently	Robert Stratton	BBC	1 episode
	Silent Witness	Chistopher Andrews	BBC	“Finding Rachel: Part 1 & 2”
2009	Casualty	Alan Callerton	BBC	“Midday Sun”
	Paradox	Harry Phelps	BBC	1 episode
	The Tudors	John Constable	CBC/TV3	3 episodes
2009	The Bill	Brendan Lawler		“Old Habits”
2010	Survivors	Mr Stevens	BBC	1 episode
2010	Law & Order: UK	Paul Darnell		“Hounded”
2010	Little Crackers	Dick		“Jo Brand’s Little Cracker Goodbye Fluff”
2010–2015	Downton Abbey	Joseph Molesley	ITV	46 episodes
2011	Midsomer Murders	Paddy Powell	ITV	“The Oblong Murders”
2011–2012	Scott & Bailey	Geoff Hastings	ITV	5 episodes
2012	Secrets and Words	Mr. Edwards		“The Crossing”
2012	Accused	Ferris		“Tina’s Story”
2012	Room at the Top	Mr. Thompson		2 episodes
2012	New Tricks	David Kemp	BBC	1 episode
2014	The Crimson Field	Roland Brett	BBC	6 episodes
2015	A.D. The Bible Continues	Joseph of Arimathea	NBC	TV miniseries, 6 episodes
2016	Happy Valley	DS John Wadsworth	BBC	6 episodes
	Reg	Returning officer	BBC	TV film
	Paranoid	Ghost Detective/Steffan Fairweather	ITV/Netflix	7 episodes
2017	Doc Martin	Jack Newcross		‘Faith”
2019	Death in Paradise	Terry Brownlow	BBC	Episode 8.3: “Wish You Weren’t Here”
2020	Miss Scarlet and The Duke	Henry Scarlet	A&E International	5 episodes
2021	The Witcher	Ba’lian	Netflix	2 episodes
2022	Sherwood	Fred Rowley	BBC

Stage

Doyle has worked extensively in theatre, including over 10 productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). His credits include:

Title	Venue	Role
NSFW by Lucy Kirkwood	Royal Court Theatre	Mr Bradshaw
Spur of the Moment by Anya Reiss	Royal Court Theatre	Nick Evans
The White Guard by Mikhail Bulgakov	National Theatre	Colonel Vladimir Talberg
For King and Country	Touring Partnership	Padre
The Mob	Orange Tree	Stephen More
Henry V	RSC	Ely
Coriolanus	RSC	Nicanor
A Midsummer Night's Dream	RSC	Demetrius
Romeo and Juliet	RSC	Benvolio
Hamlet	Haworth Shakespeare Festival, New Jersey	Hamlet
Hay Fever	Cambridge Theatre Company	Simon Bliss
Richard III	RSC	Grey
Mutabililitie by Frank McGuinness	National Theatre	Commandant
Before the Dawn by Kate Bush	Hammersmith Apollo	Astronomer

External links

• Kevin Doyle at IMDb