Brendan Coyle

Actor

Born: December 2, 1963 (age 62)
From: 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…

Filmography (30)

The One-Minute Problem (2026)
Wopsie
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025)
John Bates
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
John Bates
Downton Abbey (2019)
John Bates
Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
Earl of Lennox
Unless (2016)
Me Before You (2016)
Bernard Clark
A Merry Murdoch Christmas (2015)
Rankin
Noble (2014)
Gerry Shaw
The Raven (2012)
Reagan
Perrier's Bounty (2010)
Jerome
The Mark of Cain (2007)
Davey Gulliver
Damage (2007)
Aidan Cahill
Wedding Belles (2007)
Father Henry
Perfect Parents (2006)
Ed
Offside (2006)
Duncan Miller
Soundproof (2006)
DI Dave Cox
Omagh (2005)
Detective Sergeant John White
The Jacket (2005)
Damon
Mapmaker (2001)
Robert Bates
Conspiracy (2001)
Heinrich Müller
The Bombmaker
The Bombmaker (2001)
George McEvoy
I Could Read the Sky (1999)
Francie
Soft Sand, Blue Sea (1998)
Gerry
The General (1998)
UVF Leader
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
HMS Bedford Leading Seaman
The Last Bus Home (1997)
Steve Burkett
Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery (1992)
Det. Sgt. Benwell
The Rising: 1916
The Rising: 1916
Augustine Birrell
Butterfly in the Typewriter
Milton Rickels