Shawn Doyle

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Actor

Birth Date: September 19, 1968

Age: 56 years old

Birth Place: Wabush, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Shawn Doyle began studying his craft almost from birth. Born in Newfoundland, Canada in 1968, Doyle's father was the founder of a small local theater group, enabling the burgeoning performer to observe the acting process nearly every day during his youth. He studied theater himself at York University, and worked as a fight choreographer early on, but

Doyle eventually began landing roles on screen, first appearing in an episode of the series "Top Cops" (Fox, 1990-94) in 1993. Doyle would find no trouble maintaining his status as a working actor from that day forward, notably appearing in the thriller "The Long Kiss Goodnight" (1996) and the genre-bending drama "Frequency" (2000).

After a two-episode appearance on "24" (Fox, 2001-2010), Doyle began co-starring on the acclaimed series "Big Love" (HBO, 2006-2011) in 2006.

When his time with the series was over, he was prepared to relocate back to Canada, but the opportunity to star as chess playing mastermind Arkady Balagan on the series "Endgame" (Fox, 2011-12) enticed him to delay his plans.

As the 2010s continued, Doyle would play recurring roles on shows like "Fargo" (AMC, 2014-) and "House of Cards" (Netflix, 2013-18). He joined the main cast of the series "The Expanse" (Syfy, 2015-) in 2015.

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Credits

The Comey RuleStream

Actor
Bill Priestap
Docudrama
2020
66%

UnspeakableStream

Actor
Ben Landry
Miniseries
2019

Bellevue

Actor
Peter Welland
Series
2017
83%

FrontierStream

Actor
Samuel Grant
Series
2016
75%

The ExpanseStream

Actor
Sadavir Errinwright
Series
2015
95%

WhiteoutStream

Actor
Sam Murphy
Movie
2009
7%

FlashpointStream

Actor
Brendan Rogan
Series
2008

Big LoveStream

Actor
Joey Henrickson
Series
2006
80%

FrequencyStream

Actor
Jack Shepard
Movie
2000
70%

Storm of the CenturyStream

Actor
Lucien Fournier
Miniseries
1999
83%