Shawn Doyle is a Canadian actor born on September 19, 1968, in Wabush, Newfoundland and Labrador. His father ran a theater company, exposing him to acting early. Doyle studied theater at York University in Toronto and began his career as an actor and fight choreographer. He gained recognition as journalist Dennis Langley in the drama The Eleventh Hour. His television credits include 24, Desperate Housewives, Big Love, Endgame, House of Cards, Fargo, Hannibal, Frontier, Cardinal and The Comey Rule. Science-fiction audiences know him as official Sadavir Errinwright in The Expanse and scientist Ruon Tarka in Star Trek: Discovery. Doyle won a Gemini Award for The Robber Bride, a Canadian Screen Award for portraying John A. Macdonald in John A.: Birth of a Country and an ACTRA Award for The Disappeared. His film credits include Frequency, The Majestic, Whiteout, Ashgrove and Youngblood.
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Below (2026)
Guest starring as Walton Budgell
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x05: Little Pot Rock (Oct 8, 2026)
- Episode 1x04: The Ocean Will Have Us All (Oct 8, 2026)
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (2024)
Guest starring as Professor Garrett Poole
- Episode 3x07: Whole Lotta Love (Apr 23, 2026)
Something Undone (2023)
Guest starring as Officer Miles
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x05: Did They Get to You? (Dec 14, 2023)
- Episode 1x03: Go Home, Fred (Dec 14, 2023)
- Episode 1x02: They Want In (Dec 14, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: Two Minutes and Forty Nine Seconds (Dec 14, 2023)
Accused (2023)
Guest starring as Eric Broder
- Episode 1x08: Laura's Story (Mar 14, 2023)
Guest starring as Patrick
- Episode 2x06: Val's Story (Nov 26, 2024)
Reacher (2022)
Guest starring as Leo Ahlquist
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x07: Vote for Sampson (Sep 9, 2026)
- Episode 4x06: Plum Out of Luck (Sep 2, 2026)
Son of a Critch (2022)
Guest starring as Mr. Lewis
(8 episodes)
- Episode 5x09: Live in to Win (Nov 3, 2026)
- Episode 5x06: Musical Chairs (Oct 13, 2026)
- Episode 5x02: Teach a Man to Fish (Sep 15, 2026)
- Episode 4x08: The Stage (Feb 25, 2025)
- Episode 4x07: Getting Doubles (Feb 18, 2025)
- Episode 4x05: Child Star (Feb 4, 2025)
- Episode 4x02: Field Party (Jan 14, 2025)
- Episode 4x01: Groove Is in the Heart (Jan 7, 2025)
Clarice (2021)
Guest starring as Therapist
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x03: Are You Alright? (Feb 25, 2021)
- Episode 1x01: The Silence Is Over (Feb 11, 2021)
Unspeakable (2019)
Starring as Ben Landry
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Apologies (Feb 27, 2019)
- Episode 1x07: Intent (Feb 20, 2019)
- Episode 1x06: Krever (Feb 13, 2019)
- Episode 1x05: Compensation (Feb 6, 2019)
- Episode 1x04: Unsafe (Jan 30, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: Heat-Treatment (Jan 23, 2019)
- Episode 1x02: Contraction (Jan 16, 2019)
- Episode 1x01: Emergence (Jan 9, 2019)
Impulse (2018)
Guest starring as Jeremiah Miller
(7 episodes)
- Episode 2x02: Fight or Flight (Oct 16, 2019)
- Episode 1x09: They Know Not What They Do (Jun 6, 2018)
- Episode 1x08: Awakening (Jun 6, 2018)
- Episode 1x07: He Said, She Said (Jun 6, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: The Eagle and the Bee (Jun 6, 2018)
- Episode 1x04: Vita/Mors (Jun 6, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: State of Mind (Jun 6, 2018)
Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
Guest starring as Ruon Tarka
(8 episodes)
- Episode 4x13: Coming Home (Mar 17, 2022)
- Episode 4x12: Species Ten-C (Mar 10, 2022)
- Episode 4x11: Rosetta (Mar 3, 2022)
- Episode 4x10: The Galactic Barrier (Feb 24, 2022)
- Episode 4x09: Rubicon (Feb 17, 2022)
- Episode 4x08: All In (Feb 10, 2022)
- Episode 4x07: …But to Connect (Dec 30, 2021)
- Episode 4x05: The Examples (Dec 16, 2021)
Bellevue (2017)
Starring as Police Chief Peter Welland
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: You Don't Understand Me at All (Apr 10, 2017)
- Episode 1x07: The Man Behind the Curtain (Apr 3, 2017)
- Episode 1x06: The Problem with the Truth (Mar 27, 2017)
- Episode 1x05: How Do I Remember? (Mar 20, 2017)
- Episode 1x04: Hello Little Light (Mar 13, 2017)
- Episode 1x03: The Guy with Fire in His Eyes (Mar 6, 2017)
- Episode 1x02: He's Back (Feb 27, 2017)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Feb 20, 2017)
Cardinal (2017)
Guest starring as Scott Riley
(4 episodes)
- Episode 4x06: John & Lise (May 11, 2020)
- Episode 4x05: Scott (May 4, 2020)
- Episode 4x04: Neil (Apr 27, 2020)
- Episode 4x03: Barry (Apr 20, 2020)
Frontier (2016)
Starring as Mr. Grant
(14 episodes)
- Episode 3x06: The Sins of the Father (Nov 23, 2018)
- Episode 3x02: La Fin Du Monde (Nov 23, 2018)
- Episode 3x01: The Low Road (Nov 23, 2018)
- Episode 2x06: Keetom Takooteeoo Maheekun (The Return of the Wolf) (Nov 22, 2017)
- Episode 2x05: Cannonball (Nov 15, 2017)
- Episode 2x04: Mutiny (Nov 8, 2017)
- Episode 2x03: The Wolf and the Bear (Nov 1, 2017)
- Episode 2x02: Wanted (Oct 25, 2017)
- Episode 2x01: Dead Reckoning (Oct 18, 2017)
- Episode 1x06: The Gallows (Dec 11, 2016)
- Episode 1x05: The Disciple (Dec 4, 2016)
- Episode 1x03: Mushkegowuk Esquewu (Nov 20, 2016)
- Episode 1x02: Little Brother War (Nov 13, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: A Kingdom Unto Itself (Nov 6, 2016)
The Expanse (2015)
Starring as Sadavir Errinwright
(26 episodes)
- Episode 3x06: Immolation (May 16, 2018)
- Episode 3x05: Triple Point (May 9, 2018)
- Episode 3x04: Reload (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 3x03: Assured Destruction (Apr 25, 2018)
- Episode 3x02: IFF (Apr 18, 2018)
- Episode 3x01: Fight or Flight (Apr 11, 2018)
- Episode 2x13: Caliban's War (Apr 19, 2017)
- Episode 2x12: The Monster and the Rocket (Apr 12, 2017)
- Episode 2x11: Here There Be Dragons (Apr 5, 2017)
- Episode 2x10: Cascade (Mar 29, 2017)
- Episode 2x09: The Weeping Somnambulist (Mar 22, 2017)
- Episode 2x07: The Seventh Man (Mar 8, 2017)
- Episode 2x06: Paradigm Shift (Mar 1, 2017)
- Episode 2x05: Home (Feb 22, 2017)
- Episode 2x04: Godspeed (Feb 15, 2017)
- Episode 2x03: Static (Feb 8, 2017)
- Episode 2x02: Doors & Corners (Feb 1, 2017)
- Episode 2x01: Safe (Feb 1, 2017)
- Episode 1x10: Leviathan Wakes (Feb 2, 2016)
- Episode 1x09: Critical Mass (Feb 2, 2016)
- Episode 1x08: Salvage (Jan 26, 2016)
- Episode 1x07: Windmills (Jan 19, 2016)
- Episode 1x06: Rock Bottom (Jan 12, 2016)
- Episode 1x04: CQB (Dec 29, 2015)
- Episode 1x03: Remember the Cant (Dec 22, 2015)
- Episode 1x02: The Big Empty (Dec 15, 2015)
Fargo (2014)
Guest starring as Chief Vern Thurman
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x05: The Six Ungraspables (May 13, 2014)
- Episode 1x01: The Crocodile's Dilemma (Apr 15, 2014)
Reign (2013)
Guest starring as Claude
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: Hearts and Minds (Nov 7, 2013)
- Episode 1x03: Kissed (Oct 31, 2013)
House of Cards (2013)
Starring as Dr. Alan Cooke
(5 episodes)
- Episode 3x11: Chapter 37 (Feb 27, 2015)
- Episode 3x10: Chapter 36 (Feb 27, 2015)
- Episode 3x05: Chapter 31 (Feb 27, 2015)
- Episode 3x03: Chapter 29 (Feb 27, 2015)
- Episode 3x02: Chapter 28 (Feb 27, 2015)
Vegas (2012)
Guest starring as Patrick Byrne
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x21: Sons of Nevada (May 10, 2013)
- Episode 1x20: Unfinished Business (May 3, 2013)
- Episode 1x19: Past Lives (Apr 26, 2013)
- Episode 1x17: Hollywood Ending (Apr 12, 2013)
- Episode 1x16: Little Fish (Apr 5, 2013)
- Episode 1x15: Two of a Kind (Feb 19, 2013)
Endgame (2011)
Starring as Arkady Balagan
(13 episodes)
- Episode 1x13: Deadman Talking (Jun 13, 2011)
- Episode 1x12: Polar Opposites (Jun 6, 2011)
- Episode 1x11: Mr. Black (May 30, 2011)
- Episode 1x10: Bless This Union (May 16, 2011)
- Episode 1x09: Huxley, We Have a Problem (May 9, 2011)
- Episode 1x08: The White Queen (May 2, 2011)
- Episode 1x07: Gorillas in Our Midst (Apr 25, 2011)
- Episode 1x06: Fearful Symmetry (Apr 18, 2011)
- Episode 1x05: I Killed Her (Apr 11, 2011)
- Episode 1x04: The Other Side of Summer (Apr 4, 2011)
- Episode 1x03: The Caffeine Hit (Mar 28, 2011)
- Episode 1x02: Turkish Hold'em (Mar 21, 2011)
- Episode 1x01: Opening Moves (Mar 14, 2011)
Lost Girl (2010)
Guest starring as Dr. Isaac Taft
(4 episodes)
- Episode 3x13: Those Who Wander (Apr 14, 2013)
- Episode 3x12: Hail, Hale (Apr 7, 2013)
- Episode 3x11: Adventures in Fae-bysitting (Mar 31, 2013)
- Episode 3x08: Fae-ge Against the Machine (Mar 10, 2013)
Covert Affairs (2010)
Guest starring as Aleksandre Belenko
(6 episodes)
- Episode 5x16: Gold Soundz (Dec 18, 2014)
- Episode 5x15: Frontwards (Dec 11, 2014)
- Episode 5x14: Transport Is Arranged (Dec 4, 2014)
- Episode 5x13: She Believes (Nov 20, 2014)
- Episode 5x11: Trigger Cut (Nov 6, 2014)
- Episode 5x10: Sensitive Euro Man (Aug 26, 2014) [Special Guest Star]
Rookie Blue (2010)
Guest starring as Ted McDonald
(3 episodes)
- Episode 5x11: Everlasting (Aug 6, 2014)
- Episode 5x10: Fragments (Jul 30, 2014)
- Episode 5x09: Moving Day (Jul 23, 2014)
Republic of Doyle (2010)
Guest starring as Carl Maher
(3 episodes)
- Episode 6x02: No Rest for the Convicted (Oct 22, 2014)
- Episode 3x05: Dead Man Talking (Feb 8, 2012)
- Episode 1x04: Blood is Thicker Than Blood (Jan 27, 2010)
Big Love (2006)
Starring as Joey Henrickson
(3 episodes)
- Episode 3x01: Block Party (Jan 18, 2009)
- Episode 2x01: Damage Control (Jun 11, 2007)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Mar 12, 2006)
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Guest starring as Mr. Hartley
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x11: Move On (Jan 9, 2005)
- Episode 1x10: Come Back to Me (Dec 19, 2004)
24 (2001)
Guest starring as Ronnie Lobell
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x02: Day 4: 8:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M. (Jan 9, 2005)
- Episode 4x01: Day 4: 7:00 A.M. - 8:00 A.M. (Jan 9, 2005)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Guest starring as Archibald Lopez
- Episode 4x20: Dead Ringer (Apr 29, 2004)
Due South (1994)
Guest starring as Dwight Jones
- Episode 4x07: Mountie Sings the Blues (Nov 18, 1998)