Shawn Doyle
Born (1968-09-19) September 19, 1968 (age 55)
Wabush, Newfoundland, Canada
NationalityCanadian
OccupationActor
Years active1996–present

Shawn Doyle (born September 19, 1968) is a Canadian actor known for his roles in The Expanse, The Eleventh Hour, Big Love, 24, Desperate Housewives, and Star Trek: Discovery.

Early life and education

Doyle was born and raised in Wabush (Labrador), Newfoundland. He was exposed to acting at a young age, as his father was the founder of a local theatre group.[1] Later, he moved to Toronto to study theatre at York University.

Career

He has won three awards for his critically acclaimed performance as Dennis Langley in The Eleventh Hour. Since moving to Los Angeles, he has also starred in the American shows 24 as Ronnie Lobell, Desperate Housewives as Mr. Hartley, and Big Love.[2] He has also made several film appearances: as Jack Shepard in Frequency, Brian in 1998's Babyface, Stephen in the 2005 film Sabah, and as Ray in Grown Up Movie Star (which he co-produced). Other roles include John in the film adaptation of The Robber Bride and a lawyer in Lost. He had a recurring turn as Joey Henrickson, a former NFL player and brother of Bill Henrickson, the main character in the HBO series Big Love. He had a brief role on the short-lived but acclaimed FX series Terriers. He starred as agoraphobic chess genius Arkady Balagan in the Showcase original series Endgame.[3] In the fall of 2011, he starred as the future first Canadian prime minister Sir John A. Macdonald in the CBC TV movie John A.: Birth of a Country. His performance won him a 2013 Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a television film or miniseries.[4]

In 2012, he appeared in an episode of King. He has appeared in three episodes of Republic of Doyle as Carl Maher. He appeared in the Canadian film The Disappeared in the fall of 2012. He played in an episode of CBS's Vegas as FBI agent Patrick Byrne in 2013. In 2013, he began the recurring role of Isaac Taft on the Canada-based Syfy series Lost Girl. 2014 saw Doyle portray Aleksandre Belenko on Covert Affairs.[5] He portrays Will Graham's defense attorney Leonard Brower on NBC's Hannibal, appeared as Chief of Police Vern Thurman on Fargo,[1] and portrays Jackie Sharp's boyfriend (then later husband), Alan Cooke on House of Cards.[6] In 2015, he appeared in a recurring role on This Life as high school principal, Andrew Wallace, and Sadavir Errinwright on the Syfy series The Expanse.[7]

Personal life

He married actress Allegra Fulton after they acted together in the short film The Hangman's Bride.[8]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1996 The Hangman's Bride Jean Corolère
1996 Darkman III: Die Darkman Die Adam Direct-to-video film
1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight Donlevy Bum Cop
1997 Papertrail Chuck Switzer
1998 Babyface Brian
1998 Sleeping Dogs Lie Hammond
1999 Rabbit Punch Sidney
2000 Frequency Jack Shepard
2001 Alien Factor 2: The Alien Rampage Mayor Henry Kidd
2001 Knockaround Guys Deputy Ward
2001 Who Is Cletis Tout? Crow Gollotti
2001 Don't Say a Word Russel Maddox
2001 The Majestic Federal Agent Saunders
2005 Sabah Stephen Montpellier
2006 Mount Pleasant Stephen Burrows
2009 Whiteout Sam Murphy
2009 Grown Up Movie Star Ray
2012 The Disappeared Pete
2013 Hunting Season Charlie
2013 The Returned Jacob
2016 Away from Everywhere Owen Collins
2022 The Last Mark Keele
2022 Ashgrove Elliot

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Top Cops Douglas Episode: "Robert Sims-Reid/Andrew Lehocky and Arco"
1995–1996 Side Effects Billy McFee 2 episodes
1996 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Mallory Episode: "Storm Warning"
1996 Psi Factor Brad Peck Episode: "The Underneath/Phantom Limb"
1996 Giant Mine Al Shearing Television film
1998 The Last Don II Bruno 2 episodes
1998 Earth: Final Conflict Lazarus Episode: "Moonscape"
1998 Due South Dwight Jones Episode: "Mountie Sings the Blues"
1999 Deep in the City Det. McKeigan 6 episodes
1999 Storm of the Century Lucien Fournier 2 episodes
1999 Foolish Heart Brennon Episode: "The Program"
2000 Who Killed Atlanta's Children? Royal McCullough Television film
2001 Blue Murder Insp. Ray Denton Episode: "Partners"
2001 Stiletto Dance Anton Seaberg Television film
2002 A Killing Spring Detective Alex Emanuel Television film
2002 Verdict in Blood Detective Alex Emanuel Television film
2002 Scar Tissue Daniel Nevsky Television film
2002–2005 The Eleventh Hour Dennis Langley 9 episodes
2003 Do or Die Det. Alan Yann Television film
2004 Desperate Housewives Mr Hartley 2 episodes
2004 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Archie Lopez Episode: "Dead Ringer"
2005 24 Ronnie Lobell 2 episodes
2005 Blind Justice Randy Lyman Episode: "Pilot"
2006–2010 Big Love Joey Henrickson 43 episodes
2006 Eight Days to Live Tim Spring Television film
2007 The Robber Bride John Grismer Television film
2008 Lost Duncan Forrester Episode "Eggtown"
2008 Numbers Shane O'Hanahan Episode: "When Worlds Collide"
2008 Rent-a-Goalie Eustace Ridgeway Episode: "He Man"
2009 Medium Det. Brad Auerbach 2 episodes
2009 Guns Rick Merriweather 2 episodes
2009 Dark Blue Mike O'Neill Episode: "Venice Kings"
2010 Lie To Me Mike Salinger Episode "In The Red"
2010 Terriers Armand Foster Episode: "Change Partners"
2010–2014 Republic of Doyle Carl Maher 3 episodes
2011 John A.: Birth of a Country John A. Macdonald Television film
2011 Endgame Arkady Balagan 13 episodes
2012 King Pete Rivers Episode: "Charlene Francis"
2012 Saving Hope Scott Cockburn Episode: "Out of Sight"
2012 Flashpoint Brendan Rogan Episode: "No Kind of Life"
2013 Lost Girl Isaac Taft 4 episodes
2013 Vegas Patrick Byrne 6 episodes
2013 King & Maxwell Nikoloz Arziani Episode: "Second Chances"
2013 Reign Claude, Duke of Guise 2 episodes
2014 Lizzie Borden Took an Ax Marshall Hilliard Television film
2014 Hannibal Leonard Brauer Episode: "Hassun"
2014 The Listener Samuel Murley Episode: "The Wrong Man"
2014 Rookie Blue Ted McDonald 3 episodes
2014 House of Cards Dr. Alan Cooke 5 episodes
2014 Fargo Vern Thurman 2 episodes
2014 Covert Affairs Aleksandre Belenko 6 episodes
2015–2018 The Expanse Sadavir Errinwright 27 episodes
2015 This Life Andrew Wallace 10 episodes
2016– Frontier Samuel Grant 14 episodes
2017 Bellevue Peter Welland 8 episodes
2017 Billions Hank Flagg Episode: "Indian Four"
2018 Impulse Jeremiah Miller 8 episodes
2018 Ransom Vincent Keough Episode: "The Fawn"
2019 Unspeakable Ben Landry 8 episodes
2020 The Detectives Inspector Earl Peters Episode: "Peters"
2020 Mirage [fr] Doug Marsh 6 episodes
2020 Cardinal Scott Riley 4 episodes
2020 The Comey Rule E. W. Priestap 2 episodes
2021 Clarice Therapist 2 episodes
2021–2022 Star Trek: Discovery Dr. Ruon Tarka 8 episodes

Awards

Year Award Film/TV show Role Result
2013 ACTRA award for Outstanding Performance - Male The Disappeared Pete[9] Won
2013 Canadian Screen Award Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a television film or miniseries John A.: Birth of a Country John A. Macdonald[4] Won
2007 Gemini Award for Outstanding Male Performance In A Dramatic Program Or Miniseries The Robber Bride John Grismer Won
2005 Gemini Nomination for Outstanding Performance In A Guest-starring Role The Eleventh Hour Dennis Langley[10] Nominated
2004 Gemini Nomination for Outstanding Male Performance In A Leading Role The Eleventh Hour Dennis Langley[10] Nominated
2003 ACTRA Toronto Award for Outstanding Performance - Male The Eleventh Hour Dennis Langley[11] Nominated

References

  1. ^ a b "Interview: The Star of Fargo on Being a Dad". canadianfamily.ca. April 21, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  2. ^ "'Big Love' showed too much love to big cast". popmatters.com. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  3. ^ Frederick, Brittany (January 9, 2012). "Q&A: Shawn Doyle Plays A Brilliant 'Endgame'". starpulse.com. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "CBC's Rick Mercer Report snags 3 Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News. February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  5. ^ Prudom, Laura (July 29, 2014). "'Covert Affairs' Taps 'Fargo' Thesp Shawn Doyle in Recurring Role". variety.com. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  6. ^ "Labrador actor Shawn Doyle scores role on House of Cards". cbc.ca. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  7. ^ "SHAWN DOYLE The Expanse, House of Cards & MORE «  Sea and be Scene". seaandbescene.com. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  8. ^ Susan Walker, "Where losers can be big winners". Toronto Star, September 6, 2000.
  9. ^ "Shandi Mitchell | Shawn Doyle Wins Outstanding Performance Award". www.shandimitchell.com. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  10. ^ a b Morgan, Aidan. "Shawn Doyle". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  11. ^ Tillson, Tamsen (February 7, 2003). "ACTRA awards back". Variety. Retrieved January 14, 2017.

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