Paul Geoffrey was an English actor best known for his roles in Excalibur and Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes.
Throughout his acting career, Geoffrey starred as Perceval in the 1981 film Excalibur, a medieval fantasy film that retells the legend of King Arthur and the knights of the round table. The film won best artistic contribution at Cannes in 1981 and received an Oscar nomination for best cinematography.
Geoffrey also starred as Lord John "Jack" Clayton in Ralph Richardson's 1984 Tarzan film Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, and as Mr. Lockwood in the Juliette Binoche-starring 1992 adaptation of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. He appeared in other films such as Zina, Anna Karenina, and The Staircase.
He acted for television as well, appearing in series like The Jewel in the Crown, The Man from Moscow, Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story, The Manageress, Spyship, Acapulco H.E.A.T., Better Call Saul, and Get Shorty.
Geoffrey was born on February 12, 1955 in Surrey, England. He moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in the early 1990s and became a real estate agent, though he continued making guest appearances on TV shows. He died on June 3, 2023 in Santa Fe after a battle with cancer.