Brendan Coyle
Brendan Coyle
Person

Brendan Coyle

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

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 ...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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Me Before You

Me Before You

2016 · Bernard Clark

Tomorrow Never Dies

Tomorrow Never Dies

1997 · HMS Bedford Leading Seaman

Mary Queen of Scots

Mary Queen of Scots

2018 · Earl of Lennox

The Jacket

The Jacket

2005 · Damon

The Raven

The Raven

2012 · Reagan

Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

2019 · John Bates

Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

2010 · John Bates

12 Monkeys

12 Monkeys

2015 · Benjamin Kalman

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Downton Abbey: A New Era

2022 · John Bates

Conspiracy

Conspiracy

2001 · Heinrich Müller

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

2025 · John Bates

North & South

North & South

2004 · Nicholas Higgins

Shameless

Shameless

2004 · Father Polish

The General

The General

1998 · UVF Leader

Perrier's Bounty

Perrier's Bounty

2010 · Jerome

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

1996 · TV

Prime Suspect

Prime Suspect

1991 · DCS Mitchell

Requiem

Requiem

2018 · Stephen Kendrick

Toxic Town

Toxic Town

2025 · Roy Thomas