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Brendan Coyle

Brendan Coyle

Actor · Born 1963-12-02 · Corby, Northamptonshire, England, UK

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Biography

Brendan Coyle (born 2 December 1962) is a British-Irish actor. He won the Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for The Weir in 1999. He also played Nicholas Higgins in the miniseries North & South, Robert Timmins in the first three series of Lark Rise to Candleford, and more recently Mr Bates, the valet, in Downton Abbey, which earned him a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Brendan Coyle was born David Coyle in Corby, Northamptonshire, on 2 December 1962, the son of a Patrick B Coyle and Bedelia M B Anderson. He has an older brother named Shaun Due to his British birth and Irish heritage, he holds both British and Irish citizenship. He is the great-nephew of football manager Sir Matt Busby. He studied drama in Dublin in 1981 and received a scholarship to Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London in 1983. Coyle received a Laurence Olivier Award in 1999 for his performance in Conor McPherson's The Weir and won a New York Critics Theater World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut for the same play in its New York production. In 2001, Coyle appeared in the fi…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Me Before You (2016) — Bernard Clark
  2. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) — HMS Bedford Leading Seaman
  3. Mary Queen of Scots (2018) — Earl of Lennox
  4. The Jacket (2005) — Damon
  5. The Raven (2012) — Reagan
  6. Downton Abbey (2019) — John Bates
  7. Downton Abbey (2010) — John Bates
  8. 12 Monkeys (2015) — Benjamin Kalman
  9. Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022) — John Bates
  10. Conspiracy (2001) — Heinrich Müller
  11. Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025) — John Bates
  12. North & South (2004) — Nicholas Higgins
  13. Shameless (2004) — Father Polish
  14. The General (1998) — UVF Leader
  15. Perrier's Bounty (2010) — Jerome
  16. Silent Witness (1996)
  17. Requiem (2018) — Stephen Kendrick
  18. Prime Suspect (1991) — DCS Mitchell
  19. Toxic Town (2025) — Roy Thomas
  20. The Bill (1984)
  21. Waking the Dead (2001) — Martin Corgan
  22. Noble (2014) — Gerry Shaw
  23. The Mark of Cain (2007) — Davey Gulliver
  24. Spotless (2015) — Nelson Clay
  25. Lark Rise to Candleford (2008) — Robert Timmins
  26. Omagh (2005) — Detective Sergeant John White
  27. Offside (2006) — Duncan Miller
  28. Unless (2016)
  29. Blue Murder (2003) — Derek Jowell
  30. Wedding Belles (2007) — Father Henry
  31. I Could Read the Sky (1999) — Francie
  32. Riches (2022) — Gideon
  33. A Merry Murdoch Christmas (2015) — Rankin
  34. The Ghost Squad (2005)
  35. Finders Keepers (2024) — Denys Elland
  36. The Commander (2003)
  37. Jericho (2005) — Christie
  38. Perfect Parents (2006) — Ed
  39. Paths to Freedom (2000)
  40. Soundproof (2006) — DI Dave Cox