# Shawn Doyle

Shawn Doyle (born September 19, 1968) is a Canadian actor known for his roles in The Expanse, The Eleventh Hour, Big Love, 24, Desperate Housewives, and Star Trek: Discovery.

## Early life and education

Doyle was born and raised in Wabush (Labrador), Newfoundland. He was exposed to acting at a young age, as his father was the founder of a local theatre group. Later, he moved to Toronto to study theatre at York University.

## Career

He has won three awards for his critically acclaimed performance as Dennis Langley in The Eleventh Hour. Since moving to Los Angeles, he has also starred in the American shows 24 as Ronnie Lobell, Desperate Housewives as Mr. Hartley, and Big Love. He has also made several film appearances: as Jack Shepard in Frequency, Brian in 1998's Babyface, Stephen in the 2005 film Sabah, and as Ray in Grown Up Movie Star (which he co-produced). Other roles include John in the film adaptation of The Robber Bride and a lawyer in Lost. He had a recurring turn as Joey Henrickson, a former NFL player and brother of Bill Henrickson, the main character in the HBO series Big Love. He had a brief role on the short-lived but acclaimed FX series Terriers. He starred as agoraphobic chess genius Arkady Balagan in the Showcase original series Endgame. In the fall of 2011, he starred as the future first Canadian prime minister Sir John A. Macdonald in the CBC TV movie John A.: Birth of a Country. His performance won him a 2013 Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a television film or miniseries.
In 2012, he appeared in an episode of King. He has appeared in three episodes of Republic of Doyle as Carl Maher. He appeared in the Canadian film The Disappeared in the fall of 2012. He played in an episode of CBS's Vegas as FBI agent Patrick Byrne in 2013. In 2013, he began the recurring role of Isaac Taft on the Canada-based Syfy series Lost Girl. 2014 saw Doyle portray Aleksandre Belenko on Covert Affairs. He portrays Will Graham's defense attorney Leonard Brower on NBC's Hannibal, appeared as Chief of Police Vern Thurman on Fargo, and portrays Jackie Sharp's boyfriend (then later husband), Alan Cooke on House of Cards. In 2015, he appeared in a recurring role on This Life as high school principal, Andrew Wallace, and Sadavir Errinwright on the Syfy series The Expanse.

## Personal life

He married actress Allegra Fulton after they acted together in the short film The Hangman's Bride.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | The Hangman's Bride | Jean Corolère | |
| 1996 | Darkman III: Die Darkman Die | Adam | Direct-to-video film |
| 1996 | The Long Kiss Goodnight | Donlevy Bum Cop | |
| 1997 | Papertrail | Chuck Switzer | |
| 1998 | Babyface | Brian | |
| 1998 | Sleeping Dogs Lie | Hammond | |
| 1999 | Rabbit Punch | Sidney | |
| 2000 | Frequency | Jack Shepard | |
| 2001 | Alien Factor 2: The Alien Rampage | Mayor Henry Kidd | |
| 2001 | Knockaround Guys | Deputy Ward | |
| 2001 | Who Is Cletis Tout? | Crow Gollotti | |
| 2001 | Don't Say a Word | Russel Maddox | |
| 2001 | The Majestic | Federal Agent Saunders | |
| 2005 | Sabah | Stephen Montpellier | |
| 2006 | Mount Pleasant | Stephen Burrows | |
| 2009 | Whiteout | Sam Murphy | |
| 2009 | Grown Up Movie Star | Ray | |
| 2012 | The Disappeared | Pete | |
| 2013 | Hunting Season | Charlie | |
| 2013 | The Returned | Jacob | |
| 2016 | Away from Everywhere | Owen Collins | |
| 2022 | The Last Mark | Keele | |
| 2022 | Ashgrove | Elliot | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1993 | Top Cops | Douglas | Episode: "Robert Sims-Reid/Andrew Lehocky and Arco" |
| 1995–1996 | Side Effects | Billy McFee | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Mallory | Episode: "Storm Warning" |
| 1996 | Psi Factor | Brad Peck | Episode: "The Underneath/Phantom Limb" |
| 1996 | Giant Mine | Al Shearing | Television film |
| 1998 | The Last Don II | Bruno | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Earth: Final Conflict | Lazarus | Episode: "Moonscape" |
| 1998 | Due South | Dwight Jones | Episode: "Mountie Sings the Blues" |
| 1999 | Deep in the City | Det. McKeigan | 6 episodes |
| 1999 | Storm of the Century | Lucien Fournier | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Foolish Heart | Brennon | Episode: "The Program" |
| 2000 | Who Killed Atlanta's Children? | Royal McCullough | Television film |
| 2001 | Blue Murder | Insp. Ray Denton | Episode: "Partners" |
| 2001 | Stiletto Dance | Anton Seaberg | Television film |
| 2002 | A Killing Spring | Detective Alex Emanuel | Television film |
| 2002 | Verdict in Blood | Detective Alex Emanuel | Television film |
| 2002 | Scar Tissue | Daniel Nevsky | Television film |
| 2002–2005 | The Eleventh Hour | Dennis Langley | 9 episodes |
| 2003 | Do or Die | Det. Alan Yann | Television film |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Mr Hartley | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Archie Lopez | Episode: "Dead Ringer" |
| 2005 | 24 | Ronnie Lobell | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Blind Justice | Randy Lyman | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2006–2010 | Big Love | Joey Henrickson | 43 episodes |
| 2006 | Eight Days to Live | Tim Spring | Television film |
| 2007 | The Robber Bride | John Grismer | Television film |
| 2008 | Lost | Duncan Forrester | Episode "Eggtown" |
| 2008 | Numbers | Shane O'Hanahan | Episode: "When Worlds Collide" |
| 2008 | Rent-a-Goalie | Eustace Ridgeway | Episode: "He Man" |
| 2009 | Medium | Det. Brad Auerbach | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Guns | Rick Merriweather | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Dark Blue | Mike O'Neill | Episode: "Venice Kings" |
| 2010 | Lie To Me | Mike Salinger | Episode "In The Red" |
| 2010 | Terriers | Armand Foster | Episode: "Change Partners" |
| 2010–2014 | Republic of Doyle | Carl Maher | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | John A.: Birth of a Country | John A. Macdonald | Television film |
| 2011 | Endgame | Arkady Balagan | 13 episodes |
| 2012 | King | Pete Rivers | Episode: "Charlene Francis" |
| 2012 | Saving Hope | Scott Cockburn | Episode: "Out of Sight" |
| 2012 | Flashpoint | Brendan Rogan | Episode: "No Kind of Life" |
| 2013 | Lost Girl | Isaac Taft | 4 episodes |
| 2013 | Vegas | Patrick Byrne | 6 episodes |
| 2013 | King & Maxwell | Nikoloz Arziani | Episode: "Second Chances" |
| 2013 | Reign | Claude, Duke of Guise | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Lizzie Borden Took an Ax | Marshall Hilliard | Television film |
| 2014 | Hannibal | Leonard Brauer | Episode: "Hassun" |
| 2014 | The Listener | Samuel Murley | Episode: "The Wrong Man" |
| 2014 | Rookie Blue | Ted McDonald | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | House of Cards | Dr. Alan Cooke | 5 episodes |
| 2014 | Fargo | Vern Thurman | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Covert Affairs | Aleksandre Belenko | 6 episodes |
| 2015–2018 | The Expanse | Sadavir Errinwright | 27 episodes |
| 2015 | This Life | Andrew Wallace | 10 episodes |
| 2016– | Frontier | Samuel Grant | 14 episodes |
| 2017 | Bellevue | Peter Welland | 8 episodes |
| 2017 | Billions | Hank Flagg | Episode: "Indian Four" |
| 2018 | Impulse | Jeremiah Miller | 8 episodes |
| 2018 | Ransom | Vincent Keough | Episode: "The Fawn" |
| 2019 | Unspeakable | Ben Landry | 8 episodes |
| 2020 | The Detectives | Inspector Earl Peters | Episode: "Peters" |
| 2020 | Mirage [fr] | Doug Marsh | 6 episodes |
| 2020 | Cardinal | Scott Riley | 4 episodes |
| 2020 | The Comey Rule | E. W. Priestap | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Clarice | Therapist | 2 episodes |
| 2021–2022 | Star Trek: Discovery | Dr. Ruon Tarka | 8 episodes |

## Awards

| Year | Award | Film/TV show | Role | Result |
| 2003 | ACTRA Toronto Award for Outstanding Performance - Male | The Eleventh Hour | Dennis Langley | Nominated |
| 2004 | Gemini Nomination for Outstanding Male Performance In A Leading Role | The Eleventh Hour | Dennis Langley | Nominated |
| 2005 | Gemini Nomination for Outstanding Performance In A Guest-starring Role | The Eleventh Hour | Dennis Langley | Nominated |
| 2007 | Gemini Award for Outstanding Male Performance In A Dramatic Program Or Miniseries | The Robber Bride | John Grismer | Won |
| 2013 | Canadian Screen Award Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a television film or miniseries | John A.: Birth of a Country | John A. Macdonald | Won |
| 2013 | ACTRA award for Outstanding Performance - Male | The Disappeared | Pete | Won |