Tim Downie

Timothy Richard Downie is known for the television series Toast of London, Outlander and Upstart Crow, the films Paddington and The King’s Speech, and the video game Baldur’s Gate 3.

2018 saw Downie cast as recurring character, and real-life historical figure, Governor William Tryon in STARZ’s television adaptation of Diana Gabaldon‘s best selling Scottish time travel novel Outlander.^[44] Downie went on to executive produce and star in the six part-comedy The Jewish Enquirer, alongside Lucy Montgomery, in early 2020.^[45][46] Later that year he appeared in creators Justin Sbresni and Mark Bussell’s YouTube series Housebound, which focused on ordinary life in the era of COVID-19 lockdown.^[47][48]

In January 2022 it was announced that Downie had joined the cast of Amazon and the BBC’s Good Omens for its second series.^[49] The series was released July 2023, with Downie playing the character of Mr Brown. In 2024 he appeared as Richard Manners in the Netflix series Geek Girl.^[50]