Brendan Coyle
Acting
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…
Filmography
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The One-Minute Problem
2026
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
Toxic Town
2025
Finders Keepers
2024
Riches
2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022
Downton Abbey
2019
Mary Queen of Scots
2018
Requiem
2018
Unless
2016
Me Before You
2016
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
2015
Spotless
2015
12 Monkeys
2015
Noble
2014
Starlings
2012
The Raven
2012
Downton Abbey
2010
Perrier's Bounty
2009
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
The Mark of Cain
2007
True Dare Kiss
2007
Damage
2007
Wedding Belles
2007
Perfect Parents
2006
Offside
2006
Soundproof
2006
The Ghost Squad
2005
Jericho
2005
Omagh
2005
The Jacket
2005
North & South
2004
Shameless
2004
Blue Murder
2003
The Commander
2003
Rockface
2002
Mapmaker
2001
Waking the Dead
2001
Conspiracy
2001
The Bombmaker
The Bombmaker
2001
Rebel Heart
2001
Paths to Freedom
2000
McCready and Daughter
2000
I Could Read the Sky
1999
Soft Sand, Blue Sea
1998
The General
1998
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
The Last Bus Home
1997
Silent Witness
1996
Dangerfield
1995
The Glass Virgin
1995
Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery
1992
Prime Suspect
1991
The Bill
1984
The Rising: 1916
The Rising: 1916
Butterfly in the Typewriter
