Shawn Doyle
Biography
Shawn Doyle is a Canadian actor born in 1968 in Wabush, Newfoundland. He studied theatre at York University in Toronto. Doyle has appeared in various American television shows, including 24, Desperate Housewives, and Big Love. He has also made film appearances in Frequency, Babyface, and Sabah, A Love Story. Additionally, Doyle has had roles in TV movies such as The Robber Bride and Lo. His performance in The Eleventh Hour earned him three awards. Doyle is the son of actor Jerry Doyle, and he has a known credit count of 89.
Career overview
Shawn Doyle is a Canadian actor born in 1968 in Wabush, Newfoundland. He moved to Toronto to study theatre at York University. Doyle has appeared in various television shows, including 24, Desperate Housewives, and Big Love. In these roles, he played characters such as Ronnie Lobell, Mr. Hartley, and Joey Henrickson.
In addition to his television work, Doyle has made several film appearances. He has played characters such as Jack Shepard in Frequency, Brian in the 1998 film Babyface, and Stephen in the 2005 film Sabah, A Love Story. Doyle has also appeared in television movie adaptations, including The Robber Bride and an untitled film featuring a lawyer.
Doyle's performance as Dennis Langley in The Eleventh Hour earned him critical acclaim and three awards. His extensive body of work showcases his versatility as an actor, with a wide range of roles in both television and film.
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- Youngblood (2026) as Murray Chadwick
- The Voices of Our Mother (2026) as Father Roslovic
- Nika & Madison (2026) as Detective Warhurst
- The Memory Keeper (2025) as President David
- Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (2024) as Professor Garrett Poole
- The Ashgrove Experiment (2024) as Self
- Accused (2023) as Patrick
- Gray (2023) as Chase
- Eco-Hack! (2022) Sound
- The Last Mark (2022) as Keele
- Ashgrove (2022) as Elliot
- Clarice (2021) as Therapist
- The Comey Rule (2020) as Bill Priestap
- Mirage (2020) as Doug Marsh
- Unspeakable (2019) as Ben Landry
- American Woman (2019) as Cowboy
- Impulse (2018) as Jeremiah Miller
- Some Saturdays (2018) as Hank
- Star Trek: Discovery (2017) as Ruon Tarka
- Ransom (2017) as Vincent Keough
- Bellevue (2017) as Peter Welland
- Away from Everywhere (2017) as Owen
- Billions (2016) as Hank Flagg
- Frontier (2016) as Samuel Grant
- The Expanse (2015) as Sadavir Errinwright
- This Life (2015) as Andrew Wallace
- Fargo (2014) as Vern Thurman
- Lizzie Borden Took an Ax (2014) as Marshall Hilliard
- House of Cards (2013) as Dr. Alan Cooke
- Reign (2013) as Claude
- King & Maxwell (2013) as Nikoloz Arziani
- The Returned (2013) as Jacob
- Hunting Season (2013) as Charlie
- Method (2013) as Daniel O'Shea
- Vegas (2012) as Patrick Byrne
- The Disappeared (2012) as Pete
- Endgame (2011) as Arkady Balagan
- John A.: Birth of a Country (2011) as John A. Macdonald
- Rookie Blue (2010) as Ted McDonald
- Lost Girl (2010) as Isaac Taft
- Covert Affairs (2010) as Aleksandre Belenko
- Republic of Doyle (2010) as Carl Maher
- Terriers (2010) as Armand Foster
- Grown Up Movie Star (2010) as Ray
- Grown Up Movie Star (2010) Producer
- Lie to Me (2009) as Mike Salinger
- The Listener (2009) as Samuel Murley
- Dark Blue (2009) as Mike O'Neill
- Whiteout (2009) as Sam Murphy
- Guns (2009) as Rick Merriweather
- Flashpoint (2008) as Brendan Rogan
- The Robber Bride (2007) as John Grismer
- Big Love (2006) as Joey Henrickson
- Eight Days to Live (2006) as Tim Spring
- Just Visiting (2006) as Karl
- Mount Pleasant (2006) as Stephan Burrows
- Medium (2005) as Brad Auerbach
- Numb3rs (2005) as Shane O'Hanahan
- Blind Justice (2005) as Randy Lyman
- Sabah (2005) as Stephen Montpellier
- Lost (2004) as Duncan Forrester
- Desperate Housewives (2004) as Mr. Hartley
- Do or Die (2003) as Alan Yann
- The Eleventh Hour (2002)
- Verdict in Blood (2002) as Alex Emanuel
- A Killing Spring (2002) as Detective Alex Emanuel
- 24 (2001) as Ronnie Lobell
- Don't Say a Word (2001) as Russel Maddox
- The Majestic (2001) as Federal Agent Saunders
- Knockaround Guys (2001) as Deputy Ward
- Who Is Cletis Tout? (2001) as Crow Gollotti
- Stiletto Dance (2001) as Anton Seaberg
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Archie Lopez
- Frequency (2000) as Jack Shepard
- Who Killed Atlanta's Children? (2000) as Royal McCullough
- Storm of the Century (1999) as Lucien Fournier
- Babyface (1998)
- Papertrail (1998) as Chuck Switzer
- Sleeping Dogs Lie (1998) as Hammond
- Earth: Final Conflict (1997) as Lazarus
- The Hangman's Bride (1997) as Jean Corolere
- The Hangman's Bride (1997) Story
- Peacekeepers (1997) as Pte. Cobourne
- Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996)
- The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) as Donlevy Bum Cop
- Darkman III: Die Darkman Die (1996) as Adam
- Giant Mine (1996) as Al Shearing
- Due South (1994) as Dwight Jones
- Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993) as Mallory
- The Bookie & the Bruiser
- Nice People