Jonathan Coy

Jonathan Coy
Born	(1953-04-24) 24 April 1953 Hammersmith, London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975–present
Spouses	Louisa Rix ​ (m. 1980⁠–⁠1990)​ Emma Amos ​ (m. 1998)​
Children	3, including Jolyon

Jonathan Coy (born 24 April 1953) 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. 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.

In 2008, he played Lloyd in a UK tour of the play Noises Off, Leonato in the 2011 Wyndham's Theatre production of Much Ado About Nothing, with David Tennant, and Colonel Luykin in Pinero's The Magistrate at the Royal National Theatre in 2012-13, a production that was included in Season 4 of National Theatre Live.

In 1997, he appeared as Doug Arkwright in Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (“Daughter of the Regiment”, S3:E2). He also played a German spy called "Hans Maier" in the BBC Series Foyle's War, Series 2 Episode 1; and played the Prince of Wales in the BBC series The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999). In 2003, he played Henry VIII in The Six Mothers-in-law of Henry VIII, "an unreliable history," on BBC Radio 4.

He appeared in the 2001 critically acclaimed television film Conspiracy as Erich Neumann, the Director of the Office of the Four Year Plan. His main scenes were with Brendan Coyle, who played Gestapo General Heinrich Muller. He would be reunited with Coyle over 10 years later on the set of Downton Abbey, where Coy played Mr George Murray, Lord Grantham's lawyer. Coy portrayed George Murray again in Downton Abbey: A New Era.

In 2014, he appeared in the world premiere production of Privacy at the Donmar Warehouse, London, and in 2015 in the world premiere production of Stoppard's The Hard Problem.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1987	Maschenka	Alferov
1989	The Wolves of Willoughby Chase	Lord Willoughby
2003	To Kill a King	Digby
	Shoreditch	Karl
2006	Alien Autopsy	Museum Director
2009	Hell's Pavement	Charles Truman
2011	Much Ado About Nothing	Leonato
2013	The Magistrate	Colonel Lukyn	National Theatre Live broadcast
2015	The Hard Problem	Leo	National Theatre Live broadcast
2017	The Dying Hours	Ian	Short film
2021	Living Proof	Uncle Mitch	Short film
2022	Downton Abbey: A New Era	Murray
	I Came By	Headmaster

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1975	Crown Court	John Worsley	3 episodes
1975–1978	Play for Today	Lotterby/James Firnley	2 episodes
1976	Victorian Scandals	Harry Carstairs	Episode: "Skittles"
1977	Coronation Street	Stanley Fairclough	2 episodes
	Secret Army	Wright	Episode: "Child's Play"
1978	The Sandbaggers	Colin Grove	Episode: "The Most Suitable Person"
1978–1992	Rumpole of the Bailey	Henry	38 episodes
1979	All Day on the Sands	Keith	Television film
1981	Brideshead Revisited	Kurt	Episode: "The Unseen Hook"
1984	Scarecrow and Mrs. King	Werner Mueller	Episode: "Our Man in Tegernsee"
	The Life and Death of King John	Louis, the Dauphin	Television film
1985	Jenny's War	Sgt. Mitchell	4 episodes
	Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe	Dunstan Cass	Television film
1986	Gems	Mr. Crosby	2 episodes
1987	Hello Mum	Unknown	Episode: "Episode #1.3"
	A Killing on the Exchange	'Roots' Riety	Episode: "Episode #1.4"
1987–1992	Boon	Mark Hardcastle/Mr. Marsden	2 episodes
1988	Tales of the Unexpected	William Haddock	Episode: "The Surgeon"
	The Return of Sherlock Holmes	Fitzroy Simpson	Episode: "Silver Blaze"
1988–1990	Colin's Sandwich	Stuart	2 episodes
1989	Young Charlie Chaplin	Hanwell Teacher	Episode: "Episode #1.3"
	Poirot	Bunny Saunders	Episode: "The King of Clubs"
	The Stone Age	Robert Irving	Television film
	MuppeTelevision	Teacher	Episode: "Monster Maker"
	Countdown to War	Butler	Television film
1987–1990	Screen Two	Odilon/John Thorpe	2 episodes
1990	Never Come Back	Marcus	3 episodes
	KYTV	Man from Global Warming	Episode: "The Green Green Show"
	Tygo Road	DC Ferris	Episode: "Episode #1.4"
	TECX	Henry Seaton	Episode: "A Soldier's Death"
1991	Chancer	Mr. Wastie	4 episodes
	Casualty	Sally's Solicitor	Episode: "Judgement Day"
1992	Screen One	Pym	Episode: "Adam Bede"
	A Time to Dance	Dr. Geoffrey Greaves	Episode: "Episode #1.3"
	The Darling Buds of May	Barry Mulcrone	2 episodes
	Inspector Morse	Harry Balcombe	Episode: "Happy Families"
	The Life and Times of Henry Pratt	Mr. Foden	Episode: "Episode #1.3"
1992–1994	Lovejoy	Geoffrey Tibbs/Edward Carr	2 episodes
1993	The Good Guys	Simon Scott	Episode: "All That Sparkles"
	The Marshal	Stambrini	Television film
	Between the Lines	Mike Collins	Episode: "The Fifth Estate"
1994	Middlemarch	Naumann	2 episodes
	The Rector's Wife	Peter Bouverie	4 episodes
	Soldier Soldier	Tom Bridger	Episode: "Going Back"
1994–2008	The Bill	Various	9 episodes
1995	Moving Story	Edward Gant	Episode: "Trivial Pursuits"
	Capital Lives	Marcus	Episode: "The Homecoming"
1996	Rab C. Nesbitt	Adam Wheatfield	Episode: "Fuel"
	Annie's Bar	Philip Salisbury	10 episodes
	Bodyguards	Adrian Hellan	Episode: "Bodyguards"
	Madson	George Lodge	3 episodes
	Murder Most Horrid	Benjamin Trethansis	Episode: "Dying Live"
	Drop the Dead Donkey	Trevor Hodge	Episode: "The Bird of Doom"
	Cuts	Roger Trothammer	Television film
1997	Gobble	Hans Gluk, German Food Minister	Television film
	Original Sin	James de Witt	3 episodes
	Holding On	Henri	Episode: "Episode #1.5"
	Hetty Wainthropp Investigates	Doug Arkwright	Episode: "Daughter of the Regiment"
	Underworld	Dennis	4 episodes
1998	Game On	Nash	Episode: "Laura"
	Mosley	Harold Nicolson	Episode: "Breaking the Mould"
	Invasion: Earth	Maj. Alex Friedkin	Episode: "Only the Dead"
	Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant	Lieutenant Bracegirdle	Television film
1998–2004	Heartbeat	Gordon Price/Harry Horton	2 episodes
1999	Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil	Lieutenant Bracegirdle	Television film
	A Touch of Frost	Ben Pecksmith	Episode: "Keys to the Car"
	Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters	Lieutenant Bracegirdle	Television film
	Dangerfield	Marcus Baxter	Episode: "Something Personal"
	Grafters	Richard	3 episodes
	Trial by Fire	George Harmoner	Television film
	Relative Strangers	Maj. Pinkerton	2 episodes
1999–2000	The Scarlet Pimpernel	The Prince of Wales	4 episodes
2000	Longitude	Adm. Sir Cloudsley Shovell	Television film
	The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne	Sir Jonathan Chatsworth	11 episodes
2001	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby	Charles Cheeryble	Television film
	Conspiracy	Erich Neumann	Television film
	Always and Everyone	Henry Clark	Episode: "Episode #3.14"
	Midsomer Murders	Kenneth Gooders	Episode: "Destroying Angel"
2001–2005	Judge John Deed	David Stafford-Clark QC	3 episodes
2002	The Falklands Play	Richard Luce MP	Television film
	Harold Shipman: Doctor Death	DCS Bernard Postles	Television film
	Ultimate Force	Griffin	Episode: "Breakout"
	Holby City	Dr. Caterall	Episode: "Leopard Spots"
2003	Hornblower: Duty	Captain Bracegirdle	Television film
	The Lost Prince	Dr. Hetherington	Television film
	Down to Earth	Dennis Gould	Episode: "High Hopes"
	The Eustace Bros.	George Topley	Episode: "Episode #1.5"
	Death in Holy Orders	Clive Stannard	2 episodes
	Foyle's War	Hans Maier	Episode: "Fifty Ships"
	Blue Dove	Hannes	TV mini series
2003–2004	My Dad's the Prime Minister	Dave Clackson	2 episodes
2005	M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team	Gerrard Anderson	Episode: "Episode #2.2"
	Rome	Actor for Cato	Episode: "Utica"
	Doc Martin	Mr. Sands	Episode: "In Loco"
	The Slavery Business	John Ashley	Episode: "How to Make a Million from Slavery"
2006	Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire	Florius	Episode: "Rebellion"
2007	The Last Detective	Ronald Coutler	Episode: "Dangerous Liaisons"
	My Family	Prosecutor	Episode: "Life Begins at Fifty"
	The Old Curiosity Shop	Rev. Pratchett	Television film
	Starting Over	Mr. David Sharp	Television film
2010	Reunited	Gerald	Television film
	Pete versus Life	Duncan	Episode: "Older Woman"
	The Pillars of the Earth	Father Ralph	8 episodes
	Ladies of Letters	Vincent	7 episodes
2010–2014	Downton Abbey	George Murray	7 episodes
2011	Comedy Showcase	Father of Fanny	Episode: "Felix and Murdo"
2012	Parents	Man at Auction	Episode: "Episode #1.5"
	Parade's End	Bertram	3 episodes
2014	Endeavour	Archie Batten	Episode: "Trove"
2015	Suspects	Mike Wilson	Episode: "Victim"
2018	Collateral	Bishop Rufus Chambers	Episode: "Episode #1.3"
	Still Open All Hours	Mr. Machin	Episode: "Episode #5.2"
2020	Des	Professor David Bowen	2 episodes
2022	Anatomy of a Scandal	Judge Aled Luckhurst	5 episodes
2023	Great Expectations	Judge Mansell	2 episodes