Shawn Doyle

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Shawn Doyle
Born (1968-09-19) September 19, 1968 (age 55)
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 .

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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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 The Hangman's Bride Jean Corolère
1996 Darkman III: Die Darkman Die AdamDirect-to-video film
1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight Donlevy Bum Cop
1997PapertrailChuck Switzer
1998BabyfaceBrian
1998 Sleeping Dogs Lie Hammond
1999Rabbit PunchSidney
2000 Frequency Jack Shepard
2001Alien Factor 2: The Alien RampageMayor 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
2013Hunting SeasonCharlie
2013 The Returned Jacob
2016Away from EverywhereOwen Collins
2022 The Last Mark Keele
2022 Ashgrove Elliot

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 Top Cops DouglasEpisode: "Robert Sims-Reid/Andrew Lehocky and Arco"
1995–1996 Side Effects Billy McFee2 episodes
1996 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues MalloryEpisode: "Storm Warning"
1996 Psi Factor Brad PeckEpisode: "The Underneath/Phantom Limb"
1996 Giant Mine Al ShearingTelevision film
1998 The Last Don II Bruno2 episodes
1998 Earth: Final Conflict LazarusEpisode: "Moonscape"
1998 Due South Dwight JonesEpisode: "Mountie Sings the Blues"
1999 Deep in the City Det. McKeigan6 episodes
1999 Storm of the Century Lucien Fournier2 episodes
1999 Foolish Heart BrennonEpisode: "The Program"
2000 Who Killed Atlanta's Children? Royal McCulloughTelevision film
2001 Blue Murder Insp. Ray DentonEpisode: "Partners"
2001Stiletto DanceAnton SeabergTelevision film
2002 A Killing Spring Detective Alex EmanuelTelevision film
2002Verdict in BloodDetective Alex EmanuelTelevision film
2002Scar TissueDaniel NevskyTelevision film
2002–2005 The Eleventh Hour Dennis Langley9 episodes
2003Do or DieDet. Alan YannTelevision film
2004 Desperate Housewives Mr Hartley2 episodes
2004 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Archie LopezEpisode: "Dead Ringer"
2005 24 Ronnie Lobell2 episodes
2005 Blind Justice Randy LymanEpisode: "Pilot"
2006–2010 Big Love Joey Henrickson43 episodes
2006 Eight Days to Live Tim SpringTelevision film
2007 The Robber Bride John GrismerTelevision film
2008 Lost Duncan ForresterEpisode "Eggtown"
2008 Numbers Shane O'HanahanEpisode: "When Worlds Collide"
2008 Rent-a-Goalie Eustace RidgewayEpisode: "He Man"
2009 Medium Det. Brad Auerbach2 episodes
2009 Guns Rick Merriweather2 episodes
2009 Dark Blue Mike O'NeillEpisode: "Venice Kings"
2010 Lie To Me Mike SalingerEpisode "In The Red"
2010 Terriers Armand FosterEpisode: "Change Partners"
2010–2014 Republic of Doyle Carl Maher3 episodes
2011 John A.: Birth of a Country John A. Macdonald Television film
2011 Endgame Arkady Balagan13 episodes
2012 King Pete RiversEpisode: "Charlene Francis"
2012 Saving Hope Scott CockburnEpisode: "Out of Sight"
2012 Flashpoint Brendan RoganEpisode: "No Kind of Life"
2013 Lost Girl Isaac Taft4 episodes
2013 Vegas Patrick Byrne6 episodes
2013 King & Maxwell Nikoloz ArzianiEpisode: "Second Chances"
2013 Reign Claude, Duke of Guise 2 episodes
2014 Lizzie Borden Took an Ax Marshall HilliardTelevision film
2014 Hannibal Leonard BrauerEpisode: "Hassun"
2014 The Listener Samuel MurleyEpisode: "The Wrong Man"
2014 Rookie Blue Ted McDonald3 episodes
2014 House of Cards Dr. Alan Cooke5 episodes
2014 Fargo Vern Thurman 2 episodes
2014 Covert Affairs Aleksandre Belenko6 episodes
2015–2018 The Expanse Sadavir Errinwright 27 episodes
2015 This Life Andrew Wallace10 episodes
2016– Frontier Samuel Grant14 episodes
2017 Bellevue Peter Welland8 episodes
2017 Billions Hank FlaggEpisode: "Indian Four"
2018 Impulse Jeremiah Miller8 episodes
2018 Ransom Vincent KeoughEpisode: "The Fawn"
2019 Unspeakable Ben Landry8 episodes
2020 The Detectives Inspector Earl PetersEpisode: "Peters"
2020 Mirage  [ fr ]Doug Marsh6 episodes
2020 Cardinal Scott Riley4 episodes
2020 The Comey Rule E. W. Priestap 2 episodes
2021 Clarice Therapist2 episodes
20212022 Star Trek: Discovery Dr. Ruon Tarka8 episodes

Awards

YearAwardFilm/TV showRoleResultRef.
2003ACTRA Toronto Award for Outstanding Performance - Male The Eleventh Hour Dennis LangleyNominated [9]
2004Gemini Nomination for Outstanding Male Performance In A Leading Role The Eleventh Hour Dennis LangleyNominated [10]
2005Gemini Nomination for Outstanding Performance In A Guest-starring Role The Eleventh Hour Dennis LangleyNominated
2007Gemini Award for Outstanding Male Performance In A Dramatic Program Or MiniseriesThe Robber BrideJohn GrismerWon [11]
2013Canadian Screen Award Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a television film or miniseries John A.: Birth of a Country John A. MacdonaldWon [4]
2013ACTRA award for Outstanding Performance - Male The Disappeared PeteWon [12]

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