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.…
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Filmography
Acting (57)
Movies (29)
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025as John Bates
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022as John Bates
Downton Abbey
2019as John Bates
Mary Queen of Scots
2018as Earl of Lennox
Me Before You
2016as Bernard Clark
Unless
2016
A Merry Murdoch Christmas
2015as Rankin
Noble
2014as Gerry Shaw
The Raven
2012as Reagan
Perrier's Bounty
2009as Jerome
Damage
2007as Aidan Cahill
The Mark of Cain
2007as Davey Gulliver
Wedding Belles
2007as Father Henry
Offside
2006as Duncan Miller
Soundproof
2006as DI Dave Cox
Perfect Parents
2006as Ed
The Jacket
2005as Damon
Omagh
2005as Detective Sergeant John White
The Bombmaker
2001as George McEvoy
Conspiracy
2001as Heinrich Müller
Mapmaker
2001as Robert Bates
I Could Read the Sky
1999as Francie
The General
1998as UVF Leader
Soft Sand, Blue Sea
1998as Gerry
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997as HMS Bedford Leading Seaman
The Last Bus Home
1997as Steve Burkett
Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery
1992as Det. Sgt. Benwell
Butterfly in the Typewriter
as Milton Rickels
The Rising: 1916
as Augustine Birrell
Television (28)
Toxic Town
2025as Roy Thomas
Finders Keepers
2024as Denys Elland
Riches
2022as Gideon
Requiem
2018as Stephen Kendrick
Saving Lives at Sea
2016as Self - Narrator
12 Monkeys
2015as Benjamin Kalman
Spotless
2015as Nelson Clay
Starlings
2012
Downton Abbey
2010as John Bates
Murdoch Mysteries
2008as Mr. Rankin
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008as Robert Timmins
True Dare Kiss
2007as Kaz Sweeney
The Ghost Squad
2005
Jericho
2005as Christie
Shameless
2004as Father Polish
North & South
2004as Nicholas Higgins
Blue Murder
2003as Derek Jowell
The Commander
2003
Rockface
2002
Waking the Dead
2001as Martin Corgan
Rebel Heart
2001as Michael Collins
Paths to Freedom
2000
McCready and Daughter
2000
Silent Witness
1996as Liam Slattery
Dangerfield
1995
The Glass Virgin
1995as Manuel Mendoza
Prime Suspect
1991as DCS Mitchell
The Bill
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