Shaun Dooley
Born (1974-03-29) 29 March 1974 (age 49)
Barnsley, England
Alma materArden School of Theatre
Years active1997–present
Children4

Shaun Dooley (born 29 March 1974) is an English actor, narrator and voice-over artist.

Early life

Dooley was born in Barnsley in Yorkshire. He attended Barnsley Youth Theatre in 1989[1] before going on to study at the Arden School of Theatre in Manchester between 1992 and 1995.

Career

Dooley's first acting role was as Shaun in Groove on a Stanley Knife in 1997. He later played Ritchie Fitzgerald in Coronation Street from 1997 until 1998. He appeared occasionally in EastEnders as Tom Stuart between 2001 and 2004 until he was replaced during his filming of The Street. He had a role in P.O.W..

Dooley played Peter Harper in BBC drama series The Street.[2] He also featured in the 2007 television docudrama Diana: Last Days of a Princess. Dooley portrayed Kieran in the British horror film Salvage.[3] He portrayed police inspector Dick Alderman in all three parts of the Red Riding trilogy and in 2017 appeared as Reverend Michaelmas Winter in the Sky 1 drama Jamestown.

In 2019, Shaun and his wife Polly produced an album, Got It Covered, for Children in Need. The album featured Helena Bonham Carter, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman, Luke Evans, Suranne Jones, Adrian Lester, Himesh Patel, David Tennant, Jodie Whittaker and Shaun himself singing unique cover versions of songs personal to them. The album was released on 1 November 2019. The album and accompanying documentary was co-produced by their company 20four7films, BBC Studios and SilvaScreen Records.[4]

Personal life

Dooley has been married to his wife Polly since 1998 and the couple have four children. Shaun is the older brother of Kimberly Dooley, and Stephanie Ann Dooley, who is known professionally as Stephanie Dooley-Day and is an actress.

He is a lifelong supporter of Barnsley F.C.

Dooley and his wife Polly are also trustees for the Barnsley Youth Theatre.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1998 Dalziel and Pascoe Robert Pascoe Episode: "The Wood Beyond"
2002 Silent Witness Paul Preston Episode: "The Fall Out"
2002 EastEnders Reverend Tom Stuart
2004 Foyle's War Gordon Drake Episode: "Enemy Fire"
2005 Murphy's Law DC Ollington Episode: "Various Episodes (series 3)”
2005 New Tricks Rick Mayo Series 2, Episode 2 "Family Business”
2006 The Street Peter Harper
2007 The Mark of Cain Corporal Gant
2008 Midsomer Murders Mark Purdy Episode: "Left for Dead"
2008 Silent Witness DI Adam Tranfield Episode: "Terror"
2008 Apparitions Liam BBC miniseries
Stovepipe Lead role HighTide's production at the West 12 Shopping Centre in Shepherd's Bush
2008 Eden Lake Jon Celador Films
2009 Right Place, Wrong Time Alan BBC Radio 4 drama
2010 Married Single Other Eddie ITV
2010 The Road to Coronation Street Derek Bennett BBC Four drama
2010 Inspector George Gently Darren Paige Episode: "Gently Evil"
2011 Exile Mike Eldridge BBC drama, alongside John Simm
2011 Great Expectations Joe Gargery BBC drama
2011 The Awakening Malcolm McNair
2011 Hustle Cool Hand Cooper Episode: "The Delivery"
2010 Five Days Sgt Don Parker Series two
2012 Benidorm Pete Garvey, the brother of long term character Mick Garvey Series 5, Episode 3
2012 Our War Narrator Series 2; BBC documentary series on the war in Afghanistan as seen by the British Army soldiers
2012 Space Dive Narrator A BBC documentary on the record-breaking skydive by Felix Baumgartner
2012 The Woman in Black Mr Fisher, village innkeeper Hammer Films
2012–2013 Misfits Greg
2012 Offender Nash
2013 The White Queen Sir Robert Brackenbury BBC historical drama
2014 Web of Lies Narrator Series 1, Discovery Communications. Documentary – Crime. Tragic true stories of deception, manipulation & murder triggered by online interaction. The series was originally called "Evil Online"
2014 Wolfblood Kincaid
2014 Blood Moon Calhoun
2014 The Karman Line Dave Short film
2014 The Game DC Jim Fenchurch BBC [5]
2015 Richard III: The Princes in the Tower Narrator Channel 4
2015 Broadchurch Rickie Gillespie [6]
2015 The Farthest Shore Ged Judith Adams's adaptation of Ursula Le Guin's novel for Radio 4 [7]
2015 Cuffs DC Carl Hawkins BBC
2015–present SAS: Who Dares Wins Narrator Channel 4 series [8]
2015-present The Detectives Narrator BBC series following Greater Manchester Police over the course of multiple investigations of serious crime
The Force: Manchester Voiceover Sky 1 series which follows officers of Greater Manchester Police
American Justice Narrator BBC Two series which follows prosecutors and cop in Jacksonville, Florida
2017 Gunpowder Sir William Wade
2018 Surgeons: At the Edge of Life Narrator BBC Two series [9]
2018 Doctor Who: "The Ghost Monument" Epzo Second episode of the eleventh series
2018 Four Days That Shook Britain Narrator ITV documentary which covers the four terrorist attacks of 2017, in England.
Everest Rescue Narrator
2019 Railroad Australia Narrator Quest documentary which covers the highs and lows of drivers and engineers of Australian freight and tourist trains
2019 The Witcher King Foltest Series 1, Episode 3: "Betrayer Moon"
2019 Official Secrets John (Internal Security)
2019 Gentleman Jack Jeremiah Rawson
2019~ When Missing Turns To Murder Narrator Netflix true crime documentary series
2020 The Stranger Tripp
2021 It's A Sin Clive Tozer
2021 Innocent DCI Mike Braithwaite Main role [10]
2021 Grantchester Johnny Richards DI Geordie Keating's fellow ex-prisoner-of-war [11]
2021 Gold Rush Voiceover
2021 Great Christmas Bake Off Himself [12]
2022 Elden Ring Yura / Shabriri / Fire Giant / Kaiden Sellswords Video game Voice[13]
2022 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Gray Video game
2023 Changing Ends Graham Carr 6 episodes[14]
2023 Black Mirror Len Fisher Episode: "Demon 79"
2023 Our Guy in Columbia Narrator Two-part documentary [15]
2023 The Long Shadow Chris Gregg Television series [16]
2023 Saltburn Jeff Quick Film role
2024 Mr Bates vs The Post Office Michael Rudkin ITV1 drama series
Criminal Record Detective Sergeant Kim Cardwell Television series
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Freca Voice; in production
Vera Matthew ITV 1 Drama Series

References

  1. ^ Richard Armitage and Shaun Dooley, Red Production Company Podcast (March, 2020).
  2. ^ "Shaun Dooley profile on The Street's website". Archived from the original on 17 April 2006.
  3. ^ "Alien Breed is Back and Better Than Ever for iOS – Dread Central". 2 August 2012.
  4. ^ Martin, Laura (30 October 2019). "Children in Need: Got it Covered: songs and singers on the album – and what time the documentary is on BBC One". i.
  5. ^ Frost, Vicky (7 May 2015). "The Game recap: series one, episode two – Operation Glass is revealed". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  6. ^ Frost, Caroline (21 April 2015). "WORDS: Shaun Dooley, Star Of 'Broadchurch' And 'Ordinary Lies' On A Father's Advice, And Hitting Pause". Huffington Post. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  7. ^ "BBC Radio 4 Extra – Earthsea, Series 1, Dragonfly".
  8. ^ "SAS: Who Dares Wins (TV Series 2015– ) – IMDb". IMDb. 19 October 2015.
  9. ^ "BBC Two – Surgeons: At the Edge of Life".
  10. ^ "ITV announce a second series of hit series, Innocent". ITalkTelly. 21 September 2020.
  11. ^ Grantchester Series 6 at IMDb
  12. ^ "Great British Bake Off 2021 Christmas special: Release date, celebrity guests, and latest news". Radio Times. 24 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Elden Ring (Video Game 2022)". IMDb. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Filming commences on ITVX comedy Changing Ends". itv.com/presscentre. 29 January 2023.
  15. ^ "Our Guy in Columbia". radiotimes.com. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  16. ^ "The Long Shadow casting announcement". itv.com/presscentre. Retrieved 18 August 2023.

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