Kevin Doyle (actor)


Kevin Doyle is an English actor. He is known for many roles, including DS John Wadsworth in Happy Valley and in the TV series The Lakes, Coronation Street and The Crimson Field. Doyle played valet/footman Joseph Molesley in the TV series Downton Abbey. He is the winner of two Screen Actors Guild awards and a Royal Television Society award for best actor for Happy Valley.

Credits

Stage

Doyle has worked extensively in theatre, including over 10 productions with the RSC. His credits include:
Fanny and AlexanderOld Vic TheatreEdvard
NSFW by Lucy KirkwoodRoyal Court TheatreMr Bradshaw
Spur of the Moment by Anya ReissRoyal Court TheatreNick Evans
The White Guard by Mikhail BulgakovNational TheatreColonel Vladimir Talberg
For King and CountryTouring PartnershipPadre
The MobOrange TreeStephen More
Henry VRSCEly
CoriolanusRSCNicanor
A Midsummer Night's DreamRSCDemetrius
Romeo and JulietRSCBenvolio
HamletHaworth Shakespeare Festival, New JerseyHamlet
Hay FeverCambridge Theatre CompanySimon Bliss
Richard IIIRSCGrey
Mutabililitie by Frank McGuinnessNational TheatreCommandant

Film

YearTitleCharacterProductionNotes
1996A Midsummer Night's DreamDemetriusFilm Four
2004The LibertineConstable
2008GoodCommandant
2019Downton AbbeyJoseph Molesley

Television