Actor
Brendan Coyle
Biography

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
Acting
2025 -- Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale | John Bates
2022 -- Downton Abbey: A New Era | John Bates
2019 -- Downton Abbey | John Bates
2018 -- Mary Queen of Scots | Earl of Lennox
2016 -- Unless |
2016 -- Me Before You | Bernard Clark
2015 -- A Merry Murdoch Christmas | Rankin
2014 -- Noble | Gerry Shaw
2012 -- The Raven | Reagan
2009 -- Perrier's Bounty | Jerome
2007 -- The Mark of Cain | Davey Gulliver
2007 -- Damage | Aidan Cahill
2007 -- Wedding Belles | Father Henry
2006 -- Perfect Parents | Ed
2006 -- Offside | Duncan Miller
2006 -- Soundproof | DI Dave Cox
2005 -- Omagh | Detective Sergeant John White
2005 -- The Jacket | Damon
2001 -- Mapmaker | Robert Bates
2001 -- Conspiracy | Heinrich Müller
2001 -- The Bombmaker | George McEvoy
1999 -- I Could Read the Sky | Francie
1998 -- Soft Sand, Blue Sea | Gerry
1998 -- The General | UVF Leader
1997 -- Tomorrow Never Dies | Leading Seaman - HMS Bedford
1997 -- The Last Bus Home | Steve Burkett
1992 -- Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery | Det. Sgt. Benwell
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