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Brendan Coyle is an English-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
Birth Name
David Coyle
Born
Monday, 02 December 1963
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Dragonkeeper | 2024 | |
Finders Keepers | Denys Elland | 2024 |
Riches | Gideon Havelock | 2022 |
Downton Abbey: A New Era | John Bates / Mr Bates | 2022 |
The Red Orchestra | Narrator | 2021 |
Downton Abbey | Mr Bates / Mr. Bates | 2019 |
Mary Queen of Scots | Earl of Lennox | 2018 |
Requiem | Stephen Kendrick | 2018 |
Unless | Casper Brown | 2016 |
Saving Lives at Sea | Self - Narrator | 2016 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Dragonkeeper | 2024 | |
Finders Keepers | Denys Elland | 2024 |
Riches | Gideon Havelock | 2022 |
Downton Abbey: A New Era | John Bates / Mr Bates | 2022 |
The Red Orchestra | Narrator | 2021 |
Downton Abbey | Mr Bates / Mr. Bates | 2019 |
Mary Queen of Scots | Earl of Lennox | 2018 |
Requiem | Stephen Kendrick | 2018 |
Unless | Casper Brown | 2016 |
Saving Lives at Sea | Self - Narrator | 2016 |
Me Before You | Bernard Clark | 2016 |
Spotless | Nelson Clay | 2015 |
12 Monkeys | Dr. Benjamin Kalman | 2015 |
Butterfly in the Typewriter | Milton Rickels | 2015 |
Noble | Gerry Shaw | 2014 |
Starlings | Terry | 2012 |
The Raven | Reagan | 2012 |
Downton Abbey: Behind the Drama | Self | 2011 |
Downton Abbey | John Bates | 2010 |
Perrier's Bounty | Jerome | 2009 |
Lark Rise to Candleford | Robert Timmins | 2008 |
Murdoch Mysteries | Rankin | 2008 |
True Dare Kiss | Kaz Sweeney | 2007 |
Damage | Aidan Cahill | 2007 |
The Good Samaritan | Lewis Farrell | 2007 |
The Mark of Cain | Davey Gulliver | 2007 |
Inspector George Gently | Patrick Donovan | 2007 |
Perfect Parents | Ed | 2006 |
Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act | DCS Mitchell | 2006 |
The One Show | Self - Guest | 2006 |
Soundproof | DI Dave Cox | 2006 |
The Ghost Squad | Sergeant Ralph Allan | 2005 |
Jericho | Christie | 2005 |
The Jacket | Damon | 2005 |
North & South | Nicholas Higgins | 2004 |
Omagh | Detective Sergeant John White | 2004 |
Amnesia | D.C. Ian Reid | 2004 |
Shameless | Father Polish | 2004 |
Blue Murder | Derek Jowell | 2003 |
New Tricks | Hanson Henchman with Short Hair | 2003 |
Rockface | Douglas McLanaghan | 2002 |
Mapmaker | Robert Bates | 2001 |
McCready and Daughter | Donal McCready | 2001 |
Conspiracy | SS Maj.Gen. Heinrich Müller | 2001 |
The Bombmaker | George McEvoy | 2001 |
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Richard Tey | 2001 |
Rebel Heart | Michael Collins | 2001 |
Paths to Freedom | Jeremy Fitzgerald | 2000 |
Waking the Dead | Martin Corgan | 2000 |
I Could Read the Sky | Francie | 1999 |
The General | UVF Leader | 1998 |
The Last Bus Home | Steve Burkett | 1998 |
Tomorrow Never Dies | Leading Seaman - HMS Bedford | 1997 |
Silent Witness | Liam Slattery | 1996 |
Thief Takers | D.S. Bob Tate / D.I Bob 'Bingo' Tate | 1995 |
Dangerfield | David Walsh | 1995 |
The Glass Virgin | Manuel Mendoza | 1995 |
Ailsa | Miles Butler | 1994 |
Fool's Gold: The Story of the Brink's-Mat Robbery | Det. Sgt. Benwell | 1992 |
The Bill | Chris Bailey | 1984 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Where the Skin Lies | 2017 |
Emerald City | 2016 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2012 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |