Photo: D'Lynn Waldron

Born in Uddingston, Scotland, UK; studied acting and music at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (majored in voice). Doyle taught music for a year after leaving the Academy and began composing music for successful plays, including Slab Boys, which went from the Edinburgh Festival to the West End and Broadway. After doing British television, Doyle joined Kenneth Branagh's Renaissance Theatre Company in 1987. He admits that he didn't know whether he wanted to be an actor or a composer, and credits Branagh with giving him his first opportunity, HENRY V (1989). Other notable composing credits include "Look Back in Anger" (1989, TV), HÅKON HÅKONSEN (1990), DEAD AGAIN (1991), INDOCHINE, L'ÉCHANGE, and INTO THE WEST (all 1992), MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, NEEDFUL THINGS and CARLITO'S WAY (all 1993), EXIT TO EDEN and MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN (both 1994), SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, UNE FEMME FRANÇAISE and A LITTLE PRINCESS (all 1995), HAMLET and MRS. WINTERBOURNE (both 1996), DONNIE BRASCO (1997), GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1998, also songs), QUEST FOR CAMELOT (1998), EST-OUEST / EAST-WEST (1999), LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST (2000), BLOW DRY, BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY and GOSFORD PARK (all 2001), KILLING ME SOFTLY (2002), EL MISTERIO GALINDEZ / THE GALINDEZ FILE, CALENDAR GIRLS and SECONDHAND LIONS (all 2003), NOUVELLE-FRANCE (2004), MAN TO MAN, WAH-WAH, NANNY McPHEE and HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (all 2005), SIR BILLI THE VET, JEKYLL + HYDE, AS YOU LIKE IT and ERAGON (all 2006), PARS VITE ET REVIENS TARD / HAVE MERCY ON US, THE LAST LEGION and SLEUTH (all 2007), and NIM'S ISLAND (2008).  Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Dramatic Score) 1995: SENSE AND SENSIBILITY  Nominated for Achievement in Music (Original Dramatic Score) 1996: HAMLET 2 nominations