Jonathan Coy
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.
Acted in
The Long Shadow
2023
as Howard Cohen
I Came By
2022
as Headmaster
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
as Murray
Anatomy of a Scandal
2022
as Judge Aled Luckhurst
Des
2020
as Professor David Bowen
National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem
2015
as Leo
Endeavour
2013
as Archie Batten
National Theatre Live: The Magistrate
2013
as Colonel Lukyn
Great Expectations
2012
as JUDGE MANSELL
Much Ado About Nothing
2011
as Leonato
Downton Abbey
2010
as George Murray
Reunited
2010
as Gerald
Reunited
2010
Ladies of Letters
2009
The Old Curiosity Shop
2007
as Rev. Pratchett
Starting Over
2007
as Mr. David Sharp
Alien Autopsy
2006
as Museum Director
Shoreditch
2003
as Karl
To Kill a King
2003
as Digby
Hornblower: Duty
2003
as Captain Bracegirdie
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
2002
as DCS Bernard Postles
Plain Jane
2002
as Dr. Cosmo
The Falklands Play
2002
as Richard Luce MP (Minister of State, Foreign Office)
Hornblower
2001
Conspiracy
2001
as Neumann
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001
as Charles Cheeryble
Longitude
2000
as Adm. Sir Cloudsley Shovell
Longitude
2000
as Adm. Sir Clowdisley Shovell
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
1999
as Lieutenant Bracegirdle
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
1999
as Lieutenant Bracegirdle
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1999
as The Prince of Wales
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
1998
as Lieutenant Bracegirdle
Hornblower
1998
as Captain Bracegirdle
Mosley
1998
as Harold Nicholson
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Kenneth Gooders
Gobble
1997
as Hans Gluck
Madson
1996
as George Lodge
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
as Doug Arkwright
Game On
1995
as Nash
The Rector's Wife
1994
as Peter Bouverie
A Touch of Frost
1992
as Ben Pecksmith
Heartbeat
1992
as Harry Horton
Heartbeat
1992
as Gordon Price
Adam Bede
1992
as Pym
Murder Most Horrid
1991
as Benjamin Trethansis
Soldier Soldier
1991
as Tom Bridger
102 Boulevard Haussmann
1990
as Odilon
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
1989
as Lord Willoughby
Countdown to War
1989
as Butler
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Bunny Saunders
Colin's Sandwich
1988
as Stuart
Maschenka
1987
as Alferov
Northanger Abbey
1987
as John Thorpe
Inspector Morse
1987
as Harry Balcombe
Lovejoy
1986
as Edward Carr
Lovejoy
1986
as Geoffrey Tibbs
Silas Marner
1985
as Dunstan Cass
The Life and Death of King John
1984
as Lewis, the Dauphin
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Fitzroy Simpson
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as William Haddock
All Day on the Sands
1979
Licking Hitler
1978
as Lotterby
Secret Army
1977
as Wright
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975