Jonathan Coy

Actor Apr 24 (age 72) Hammersmith, London, England, UK 1970–2025 (55 year career)

6.8 avg rating

Biography

Jonathan Coy (born 24 April 1953) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles in the television series Downton Abbey (2010–2014), as well as appearing in the feature film follow-up Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022).

Known For

Film

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Murray

Film

Conspiracy

Erich Neumann

Film

I Came By

Headmaster

Film

Great Expectations

JUDGE MANSELL

Film

Much Ado About Nothing

Leonato

Film

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

Lieutenant Bracegirdle

Film

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

Lieutenant Bracegirdle

Film

Alien Autopsy

Museum Director

Filmography

Acting (80)

Movies (38)

Downton Abbey: A New Era

as Murray

I Came By

as Headmaster

National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem

2015

as Leo

7.0

National Theatre Live: The Magistrate

as Colonel Lukyn

Great Expectations

as JUDGE MANSELL

Much Ado About Nothing

as Leonato

Reunited

as Gerald

Hell's Pavement

as Charles Truman

The Old Curiosity Shop

as Rev. Pratchett

Starting Over

as Mr. David Sharp

Dangerous Liaisons

as Ronald Coulter

Alien Autopsy

as Museum Director

Shoreditch

as Karl

Hornblower: Duty

as Captain Bracegirdie

To Kill a King

as Digby

Plain Jane

as Dr. Cosmo

The Falklands Play

2002

as Richard Luce MP (Minister of State, Foreign Office)

7.3

Harold Shipman: Doctor Death

2002

as DCS Bernard Postles

6.7

Conspiracy

2001

as Erich Neumann

7.3

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

2001

as Charles Cheeryble

7.8

Longitude

2000

as Adm. Sir Cloudsley Shovell

7.4

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

1999

as Lieutenant Bracegirdle

7.2

Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil

1999

as Lieutenant Bracegirdle

7.2

Mosley

1998

as Harold Nicholson

6.0

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

1998

as Lieutenant Bracegirdle

7.4

Gobble

1997

as Hans Gluck

Adam Bede

1992

as Pym

7.2

102 Boulevard Haussmann

as Odilon

Countdown to War

as Butler

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

as Lord Willoughby

Monster Maker

as Teacher

Northanger Abbey

as John Thorpe

Maschenka

as Alferov

Silas Marner

1985

as Dunstan Cass

5.6

The Life and Death of King John

1984

as Lewis, the Dauphin

Rumpole's Return

as Henry

All Day on the Sands

Licking Hitler

as Lotterby

Television (42)

The Hack

as Nick Davies' Dad

The Long Shadow

as Howard Cohen

Andor

as Uncle Sordo

Anatomy of a Scandal

as Judge Aled Luckhurst

7.0

Des

2020

as Professor David Bowen

Father Brown

as Lord Rufus Silk

Endeavour

as Archie Batten

Downton Abbey

as George Murray

Reunited

Ladies of Letters

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

as Florius

Death in Holy Orders

as Clive Stannard

Foyle's War

as Hans Maier

Born and Bred

as Clifton George

Longitude

as Admiral Clowdisley

7.0

The Scarlet Pimpernel

1999

as The Prince of Wales

7.2

Hornblower

1998

as Captain Bracegirdle

7.8

Midsomer Murders

1997

as Kenneth Gooders

7.5

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

as Doug Arkwright

Madson

as George Lodge

Annie's Bar

as Philip Salisbury

Game On

as Nash

The Rector's Wife

as Peter Bouverie

A Touch of Frost

as Ben Pecksmith

Heartbeat

as Harry Horton

A Time to Dance

as Dr Geoffrey Greaves

2.7

Soldier Soldier

1991

as Tom Bridger

6.6

The Darling Buds of May

1991

as Barry Mulcrone

7.8

Murder Most Horrid

1991

as Benjamin Trethansis

6.8

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Bunny Saunders

Colin's Sandwich

as Stuart

Inspector Morse

as Harry Balcombe

A Killing on the Exchange

as 'Boots' Rietty

Lovejoy

as Edward Carr

Sherlock Holmes

as Fitzroy Simpson

Tales of the Unexpected

as William Haddock

The Sandbaggers

as Colin Grove

Secret Army

as Wright

Victorian Scandals

as Harry Carstairs

Rumpole of the Bailey

1975

as Henry

6.9

Rumpole of the Bailey

as Henry

Play for Today

as Lotterby