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Brendan Coyle
Born: 2nd Dec 1963 Corby, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Dept: Acting
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. He studied drama in Dublin in 1981 and received a scholarship to Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London in 1983.
Coyle received a Laurence Olivier Award in 1999 for his performance in Conor McPherson's The Weir and won a New York Critics Theater World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut for the same play in its New York production. In 2001, Coyle appeared in the film Conspiracy as Gestapo Chief Heinrich Müller. He played Kaz Sweeney in the British drama True Dare Kiss, and Nicholas Higgins in North & South for the BBC.
From 2008 he played Robert Timmins in three BBC series based on the Lark Rise to Candleford novels, written by Flora Thompson. In 2010, he began playing John Bates, valet and former British Army batman to the Earl of Grantham in Julian Fellowes's period drama series, Downton Abbey. Fellowes wrote the part for Coyle, and it won him nominations for a BAFTA and IFTA as well as a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Awards as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2012. He also won three Screen Actors Guild Awards 2013–16. Coyle also played the character of Terry Starling in the short-lived Sky comedy series Starlings.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 56
Film: 29 (52%)
Television: 27 (48%)
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Filmography
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In the early 20th Century, a handsome young man leaves a small family farm and becomes the mastermind of a rebellion that changed Ireland forever. Fol ... view
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Augustine Birrell
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Troubled author John Kennedy Toole's struggle to bring A Confederacy of Dunces to print. ... view
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Milton Rickels
2025
When Mary finds herself at the center of a public scandal and the family faces financial strife, the entire household grapples with the threat of soci ... view
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John Bates
Feb 2025 (first aired)
When dozens of babies in Corby are born with disabilities, their mothers embark on a battle to hold those responsible to account. ... view
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Roy Thomas (4 ep.)
Jan 2024 (first aired)
Keen detectorist Martin and his wheeler dealer soon to be son-in-law Ashley who, while on a boys bonding trip in the idyllic fields of rural Somerset, ... view
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Denys Elland (4 ep.)
Dec 2022 (first aired)
Stephen Richards has built a cosmetics empire, but when he suffers a stroke, his family's secrets and lies rise to the surface and the future of his m ... view
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Gideon (6 ep.)
2022
The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa. Meanwhile, a ... view
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John Bates
2019
The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England w ... view
Character:
John Bates
2018
In 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne and menaces the future of Queen Elizabeth I as ru ... view
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Earl of Lennox
Feb 2018 (first aired)
In 1994, a toddler disappeared from a small Welsh village, never to be seen again. 23 years later, in London, the mother of rising cello star Matilda ... view
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Stephen Kendrick (6 ep.)
2016
A writer struggles with her daughter's decision to drop out of college and live on the streets. ... view
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Jul 2016 (first aired)
Documentary following the men and women of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). ... view
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Self - Narrator (4 ep.)
2016
Lou Clark, a directionless 26-year-old from the English countryside, takes a job at the local castle as a caregiver and companion to a wealthy young b ... view
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Bernard Clark
2015
While investigating the murder of a rich benefactor and the theft of children's presents at a Christmas charity pageant, Murdoch discovers suggestions ... view
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Rankin
Mar 2015 (first aired)
In London, the life of Jean, a troubled crime scene cleaner, is turned upside down when his outlaw brother Martin crash lands into his world, entangli ... view
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Nelson Clay (10 ep.)
Jan 2015 (first aired)
The provocative story of Cole, a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race against the clock. Utilizing a dangerous and untested met ... view
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Benjamin Kalman (1 ep.)
2014
Christina Noble overcomes the harsh difficulties of her childhood in Ireland to discover her destiny on the streets of Saigon. A true story. ... view
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Gerry Shaw
May 2012 (first aired)
Starlings is a British comedy-drama written by Steve Edge and Matt King who also play the roles of Fergie and Uncle Loz. It is one of the few new tele ... view
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Unknown/various (16 ep.)
2012
A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in t ... view
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Reagan
Sep 2010 (first aired)
A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effe ... view
Character:
John Bates (47 ep.)
2009
A gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies. ... view
Character:
Jerome
Jan 2008 (first aired)
Set in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, the series chronicles the daily lives of farm-workers, cr ... view
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Robert Timmins (40 ep.)
2007
After a bomb kills their company commander in Iraq, British soldiers Treacle and Shane are ordered to round up suspects and use torture on the detaine ... view
Character:
Davey Gulliver
Jun 2007 (first aired)
True Dare Kiss is a British television drama produced for BBC One. It is written by Debbie Horsfield and produced by Marcus Wilson and features Dervla ... view
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Kaz Sweeney (6 ep.)
2007
Set in affluent, contemporary, south-side Dublin, the Cahills appear to have the world at their feet. Dad Aidan, is a successful property tycoon, his ... view
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Aidan Cahill
2007
A darkly humorous look at the lives and loves of four modern women, each with their own remarkable, intriguing and often tragic stories. ... view
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Father Henry
2006
After a violent incident in Lucy's public school, her atheist parents Stuart and Alison decide to find her a safe 'traditional' school. The only one t ... view
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Ed
2006
In the small Swedish town of Stensfors, the local football team faces dissolution unless it can win its remaining matches. Team member Kent recruits f ... view
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Duncan Miller
2006
About the relationship between Dean, a young deaf man who is accused of murdering his flatmate, and Penny, the sign language interpreter assigned to h ... view
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DI Dave Cox
Nov 2005 (first aired)
The Ghost Squad was a 2005 British crime drama series produced by Company Pictures, for Channel 4. The show was created by Tom Grieves. Inspired by th ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Oct 2005 (first aired)
Jericho is an ITV British crime drama series which was transmitted in 2005. It was created and written by Stewart Harcourt and starred Robert Lindsay ... view
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Christie (4 ep.)
2005
The movie starts at the 1998 bomb attack by the Real IRA at Omagh, Northern Ireland. The attack killed 31 people. Michael Gallagher one of the relativ ... view
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Detective Sergeant John White
2005
A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he ... view
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Damon
Nov 2004 (first aired)
Margaret Hale is a southerner from a country vicarage newly settled in the industrial northern town of Milton. In the shock of her move, she misjudges ... view
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Nicholas Higgins (4 ep.)
Jan 2004 (first aired)
The story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by their wits - and humor - on a rough Manchester council est ... view
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Father Polish (1 ep.)
May 2003 (first aired)
Blue Murder is a British crime drama television series based in Manchester. Shown on ITV from 2003 until 2009 when it was cancelled by the network, it ... view
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Derek Jowell (2 ep.)
Feb 2003 (first aired)
Determined and ambitious detective, Commander Clare Blake takes charge of the Serious Crime Group within the Metropolitan Police. ... view
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Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Mar 2002 (first aired)
Rockface is a British television drama series which was broadcast on BBC One from 2002 to 2003. It ran for two series: the first six episodes were bro ... view
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Unknown/various (14 ep.)
2001
Hired to draw a map of tourist sites in a small Northern Ireland town, cartographer Richie Markey (Brian F. O'Byrne) uncovers a dark secret and realiz ... view
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Robert Bates
Jun 2001 (first aired)
A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases. ... view
Character:
Martin Corgan (2 ep.)
2001
At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish ... view
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Heinrich Müller
2001
Expert IRA bomb-maker turned police informant Andrea Hayes retires and starts a new life after four school-children are killed by one of her bombs. Te ... view
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George McEvoy
Jan 2001 (first aired)
The move towards independence in Ireland, from the 1916 Easter Rising until the 1922 civil war is seen through the eyes of a naive idealistic young ma ... view
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Michael Collins (4 ep.)
Nov 2000 (first aired)
Paths to Freedom was a popular comedy on the Irish television network RTÉ Two. The shows stars two characters, Jeremy and Rats, who have both recentl ... view
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Unknown/various (6 ep.)
1999
The film concerns an old Irish immigrant living in London who is looking back over his life. He recalls his early life in the west of Ireland, his fir ... view
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Francie
1998
13 year-old David and nine year-old Danni live in a children's home, where despite the best of adult intentions, there is conflict and sudden tragedy. ... view
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Gerry
1998
The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwant ... view
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UVF Leader
1997
A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now James Bond must take on this evil mas ... view
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HMS Bedford Leading Seaman
1997
Though it is late in the punk rock movement, four Dublin youths get together in 1979 to form their own band. Accurately recounting the energy and rawn ... view
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Steve Burkett
Feb 1996 (first aired)
A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible. ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Liam Slattery (1 ep.)
Jan 1995 (first aired)
Dangerfield is a British drama series about a small town doctor / police surgeon, which ran for 6 series, between 1995 and 1999. Originally Nigel Le V ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jan 1995 (first aired)
In 19th century England, wealthy young Annabella Lagrange lives a comfortable and secluded life on her family's country estate, where her parents own ... view
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Manuel Mendoza (3 ep.)
1992
A dramatized speculation of what happened in November 1983 when Micky McAvoy and some of his mates planned a heist and were surprised when they discov ... view
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Det. Sgt. Benwell
Apr 1991 (first aired)
Highly skilled Detective Inspector Jane Tennison battles to prove herself in a male dominated world. ... view
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DCS Mitchell (1 ep.)
Oct 1984 (first aired)
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and d ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)