Background
Doyle was born and raised in Wabush (Labrador), Newfoundland.
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Shawn Doyle
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He moved to Toronto to study theatre at York University. Since moving to Los Angeles, he has also starred in the American shows 24 as Ronnie Lobell, Desperate Housewives as Mr. Hartley and in 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, A Love Story, 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 brief role on the short-lived but acclaimed Forex series Terriers.
He starred as agoraphobic chess genius Arkady Balagan in the Showcase original series Endgame. In fall 2011 he starred as the future first Canadian prime minister Sir John A. Macdonald in the Canadian Broadcasting Company television movie John A.: Birth of a Country.
In 2012 he appeared in an episode of King.
He has appeared in two episodes of Republic of Doyle as Carl Maher. He appeared in the Canadian film The Disappeared in the fall of 2012. He recently played in an episode of National Broadcasting Company"s Vegas as Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Patrick Bern.
In 2013, he began the recurring role of Isaac Taft on the Canada-based Syfy series Lost Girl.
Currently, he portrays Will Graham"s defense attorney Leonard Brower on National Broadcasting Company"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.
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