
Brendan Coyle
Known for: Acting
Born: December 2, 1963
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.…
Known for

Offside
2006
The Rising: 1916

Mapmaker
2001

Perfect Parents
2006

I Could Read the Sky
1999

The One-Minute Problem
2026

The Mark of Cain
2007

Soundproof
2006

Conspiracy
2001

Me Before You
2016

Wedding Belles
2007

Soft Sand, Blue Sea
1998

Downton Abbey
2019

Noble
2014

Omagh
2005

The Last Bus Home
1997

Damage
2007

Unless
2016

Perrier's Bounty
2009

A Merry Murdoch Christmas
2015
The Bombmaker
2001

The Raven
2012

The Jacket
2005

Mary Queen of Scots
2018

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025

Butterfly in the Typewriter

Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery
1992

Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022

The General
1998

The Bill
1984

Silent Witness
1996

The Ghost Squad
2005

Tomorrow Never Dies
1997

Waking the Dead
2001

True Dare Kiss
2007

The Commander
2003

Lark Rise to Candleford
2008

Paths to Freedom
2000

North & South
2004

Rebel Heart
2001

McCready and Daughter
2000

Dangerfield
1995

Starlings
2012

Downton Abbey
2010

Jericho
2005

Spotless
2015

Saving Lives at Sea
2016

Blue Murder
2003

12 Monkeys
2015

Toxic Town
2025

Requiem
2018

Prime Suspect
1991

The Glass Virgin
1995

Finders Keepers
2024

Riches
2022

Shameless
2004

Rockface
2002