Brendan Coyle

Brendan Coyle

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...

Known For

Me Before You

as Bernard Clark

Tomorrow Never Dies

as HMS Bedford Leading Seaman

Mary Queen of Scots

as Earl of Lennox

Cast Credits

Downton Abbey

as John Bates

Mary Queen of Scots

as Earl of Lennox

Me Before You

as Bernard Clark

Noble

as Gerry Shaw

The Raven

as Reagan

The Mark of Cain

as Davey Gulliver

Damage

as Aidan Cahill

Wedding Belles

as Father Henry

Offside

as Duncan Miller

Soundproof

as DI Dave Cox

Omagh

as Detective Sergeant John White

The Jacket

as Damon

Mapmaker

as Robert Bates

Conspiracy

as Heinrich Müller

The Bombmaker

as George McEvoy

The General

as UVF Leader

Tomorrow Never Dies

as HMS Bedford Leading Seaman

The Last Bus Home

as Steve Burkett

The Rising: 1916

as Augustine Birrell