Kevin Doyle (actor)

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Kevin Doyle is an English actor. He is best known for playing valet/footman Joseph Molesley in the TV series Downton Abbey, as well as Detective Sergeant (DS) John Wadsworth in Happy Valley, and John Parr in the TV series The Lakes. He has also appeared 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.

Kevin Doyle
Born	Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Years active	1982–present
Known for	Joseph Molesley in Downton Abbey

Credits

Film

Year	Title	Character	Notes
1996	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Demetrius
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
2025	Untitled Downton Abbey: A New Era sequel	Joseph Molesley	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Character	Production	Notes
1984	Keep on Running	Neil Pearson		TV movie
	Sharing Time	Mark		Episode: “Autumn Break”
	Shine on Harvey Moon	Man in Club		Episode: “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair”
1985	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	ITV	2 episodes
1994	The Stand	Sarge		Episodes: “The Plague”, “The Dreams”
1997–1999	The Lakes	John Parr/John Fisher	BBC	13 episodes
1998	Silent Witness	Martin Evans	BBC	Episode: "An Academic Exercise"
1999	Holby City	Simon Harwood	BBC	Episodes: “Whose Heart Is It Anyway?”, “Happy Families” and “Love and Death”
	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	ITV	1 episode
2003	Murphy's Law	Richard Mooney	BBC	Episode: “Electric Bill”
	The Eustace Bros.	Ian Wardinski	BBC	1 episode
2004	Down to Earth	Colin Drake	BBC	Episode: “Can’t Buy You Love”
	Blue Murder	Larry	ITV	Episode: “Lonely”
	Blackpool	Steve	BBC	6 episodes
	Midsomer Murders	Ferdy Villiers	ITV	Episode: “Ghosts of Christmas Past”
	Casualty	Barry Ricks	BBC	Episodes: “The Ties That Bind Us: Part 1 & 2”
2005	The Rotters' Club	Colin Trotter	BBC	3 episodes
	The Last Detective	Alan Kingwell	ITV	Episode: “Willesden Confidential”
	Afterlife	Roy Tufnell	ITV	Episode: “Lower Than Bones”
	The Brief	Will Browning	ITV	Episode: “The Architect’s Wife”
2006	Wild at Heart	Richard Chapman	ITV	1 episode
	Agatha Christie’s Poirot	Inspector Morton	ITV	Episode: “After the Funeral”
	Brief Encounters	Mark Deary	BBC	Episode: “Ted”
	Drop Dead Gorgeous	Howard Crane	BBC	9 episodes: 2006–07
	Casualty	Dennis Tooms	BBC	Episode: “In Good Faith”
	The Bill	David Coles	ITV	Episode: “‘Bad Day in the Office”
2007	Foyle’s War	Michael Richards	ITV	Episode: “Casualties of War”
	Dalziel and Pascoe	Adam Bolt	BBC	Episode: “Project Aphrodite: Part 1 & 2”
	The Royal	Ralph Fleming	ITV	Episode: “Coming to the Boil”
	Secret Diary of a Call Girl	Lewis	ITV	1 episode
	Heartbeat	Anthony Barlow	ITV	Episode: “Burying the Past”
2008	Trial and Retribution	Keane	ITV	Episode: “Tracks: Part 1”
	HolbyBlue	Sean Burrows	BBC	3 episodes
	Inspector George Gently	Robert Stratton	BBC	Episode: “Bomber’s Moon”
	Silent Witness	Chistopher Andrews	BBC	Episode: “Finding Rachel: Part 1 & 2”
2009	Casualty	Alan Callerton	BBC	Episode: “Midday Sun”
	Paradox	Harry Phelps	BBC	1 episode
	The Tudors	John Constable	CBC/TV3	3 episodes
	The Bill	Brendan Lawler	ITV	Episode: “Old Habits”
2010	Survivors	Mr Stevens	BBC	1 episode
	Five Days	Prof Paul Askew	BBC	1 episode
	Vexed	Andrew Bridgley	BBC	1 episode
	Law & Order: UK	Paul Darnell	ITV	Episode: “Hounded”
	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	Episode: “The Oblong Murders”
2011–2012	Scott & Bailey	Geoff Hastings	ITV	5 episodes
2012	Secrets and Words	Mr. Edwards	BBC	Episode: “The Crossing”
	Accused	Ferris	BBC	Episode: “Tina’s Story”
	Room at the Top	Mr. Thompson	BBC	2 episodes
	New Tricks	David Kemp	BBC	Episode: “Love Means Nothing in Tennis”
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	ITV	Episode: “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	Silent Witness	Governor Matt Blake	BBC	Episode: "Redemption"
	The Witcher	Ba’lian	Netflix	2 episodes
2022	Sherwood	Fred Rowley	BBC
2023	Vera	Ronnie Brown	ITV	Episode: "The Darkest Evening"

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