Actor
Brendan Coyle
December 2, 1963 · 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 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.
Notable work
7.9Me Before You (2016)
as Bernard Clark
6.4Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
as HMS Bedford Leading Seaman
6.5Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
as Earl of Lennox
6.9The Jacket (2005)
as Damon
6.3The Raven (2012)
as Reagan
7.1Downton Abbey (2019)
as John Bates
8.1Downton Abbey (2010)
as John Bates
7.412 Monkeys (2015)
as Benjamin Kalman
7.2Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
as John Bates
7.3Conspiracy (2001)
as Heinrich Müller
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