
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 Pa…

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
as John Bates

Downton Abbey: A New Era
as John Bates

Downton Abbey
as John Bates

Mary Queen of Scots
as Earl of Lennox

Me Before You
as Bernard Clark

Unless

A Merry Murdoch Christmas
as Rankin

Noble
as Gerry Shaw

The Raven
as Reagan

Perrier's Bounty
as Jerome

Toxic Town
as Roy Thomas · 4 ep.

Finders Keepers
as Denys Elland · 4 ep.

Riches
as Gideon · 6 ep.

Requiem
as Stephen Kendrick · 6 ep.

Saving Lives at Sea
as Self - Narrator · 4 ep.

12 Monkeys
as Benjamin Kalman · 1 ep.

Spotless
as Nelson Clay · 10 ep.

Starlings
16 ep.

Downton Abbey
as John Bates · 47 ep.

Lark Rise to Candleford
as Robert Timmins · 40 ep.
Downton Abbey
2019