Gender
Male
Birthday, Age
1963 December 02 (61
years old)
Place of Birth
Corby, Northamptonshire, England, UK
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.
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 hi
Known For
Actor
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Full Filmography
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Movie • 2016-10-14
The Bill
Tv • 1984-10-16
Silent Witness
Tv • 1996-02-21
The Ghost Squad
Tv • 2005-11-15
The Commander
Tv • 2003-02-16
Paths to Freedom
Tv • 2000-11-01
Rockface
Tv • 2002-03-13
McCready and Daughter
Tv • 2000-06-15
Dangerfield
Tv • 1995-01-27
Starlings
Tv • 2012-05-13