Jonathan Coy
British actor · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Born 1953 · age 73
Jonathan Coy is a British actor. He has worked since 1975 largely in television, notably as Henry in the long-running legal series Rumpole of the Bailey and as Bracegirdle in the television series Hornblower, adapted from the books by C. S. Forester.
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The Long ShadowSeries, Howard Cohen2022
Downton Abbey: A New EraFilm, Murray2020
DesSeries, Professor David Bowen2013
National Theatre Live: The MagistrateFilm, Colonel Lukyn2011
Much Ado About NothingFilm, Leonato2010
Downton AbbeySeries, George Murray2009
Hell's PavementFilm, Charles Truman2006
Alien AutopsyFilm, Museum Director2002
Harold Shipman: Doctor DeathFilm, DCS Bernard Postles2000
LongitudeFilm, Adm. Sir Cloudsley Shovell1999
Hornblower: The Duchess and the DevilFilm, Lieutenant Bracegirdle1998
HornblowerSeries, Captain Bracegirdle1997
GobbleFilm, Hans Gluck1996
Hetty Wainthropp InvestigatesSeries, Doug Arkwright1992
Adam BedeFilm, Pym1989
Agatha Christie's PoirotSeries, Bunny Saunders
Countdown to WarFilm, 1989Butler1986
LovejoySeries, Edward Carr1985
Silas MarnerFilm, Dunstan Cass1984
Sherlock HolmesSeries, Fitzroy Simpson1980
Rumpole's ReturnFilm, Henry1978
Licking HitlerFilm, Lotterby1977
Secret ArmySeries, Wright1970
Play for TodaySeries, Lotterby1953Born24 April 1953People around Jonathan
Paul Copley Also in Downton Abbey
Ioan Gruffudd Also in Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998)
Robert Lindsay Also in Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998)
Sean Gilder Also in Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998)
Andrew Grieve Directed Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998)
Iain Glen Also in Downton Abbey and Starting Over
Hugh Bonneville Also in Downton Abbey
Jamie Bamber Also in Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (1999)
Ian McNeice Also in Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998)
Brendan Coyle Also in Downton Abbey
Patricia Hodge Also in Downton Abbey and Rumpole's Return
Michael Cochrane Also in Downton Abbey and Longitude- John Woodvine Also in Countdown to War (1989)
Brian Percival Directed Downton Abbey
Anthony Calf Also in The Falklands Play (2002)
Maggie Smith Also in Downton Abbey
Imelda Staunton Also in Downton Abbey
Penelope Wilton Also in Downton Abbey
James Fox Also in Downton Abbey and The Falklands Play
Jim Carter Also in Downton Abbey
Robert James-Collier Also in Downton Abbey
Kevin Whately Also in Gobble and Plain Jane
David Threlfall Also in Conspiracy and Alien Autopsy- Malcolm Tierney Also in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001)
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Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant 1998
Conspiracy 2001
Downton Abbey: A New Era 2022
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters 1999
Great Expectations 2012
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He also appeared as the German character, Kurt, in the British television drama Brideshead Revisited, in Episode 7, entitled "The Unseen Hook," and Colin Grove in The Sandbaggers in 1978.
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Christina ColeAlso in National Theatre Live: The Magistrate (2013)
Daniel SharmanAlso in Starting Over (2007)
Kieran O'BrienAlso in Monster Maker (1989)
Paul RhysAlso in 102 Boulevard Haussmann (1990)John MortimerAlso in Maschenka (1987)
Donald SumpterAlso in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001)