Person
Brendan Coyle
Born 2 December 1963 62 years old Corby, Northamptonshire, England, UK Who else is 62? → TMDB ↗
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.
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20age in their first credit on record (1984)
42years on screen and counting
5credits in 2001, their busiest year
55dated credits on record
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Movie credits
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The Rising: 1916
as Augustine Birrell
Butterfly in the Typewriter
as Milton Rickels
Age: 62 The One-Minute Problem
2026as Wopsie
Age: 61 Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025as John Bates
Age: 58 Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022as John Bates
Age: 55 Downton Abbey
2019as John Bates
Age: 55 Mary Queen of Scots
2018as Earl of Lennox
Age: 52 Unless
2016
Age: 52 Me Before You
2016as Bernard Clark
Age: 52 A Merry Murdoch Christmas
2015as Rankin
Age: 50 Noble
2014as Gerry Shaw
Age: 48 The Raven
2012as Reagan
Age: 45 Perrier's Bounty
2009as Jerome
Age: 43 The Mark of Cain
2007as Davey Gulliver
Age: 43 Damage
2007as Aidan Cahill
Age: 43 Wedding Belles
2007as Father Henry
Age: 43 Perfect Parents
2006as Ed
Age: 42 Offside
2006as Duncan Miller
Age: 42 Soundproof
2006as DI Dave Cox
Age: 41 Omagh
2005as Detective Sergeant John White
Age: 41 The Jacket
2005as Damon
Age: 37 Mapmaker
2001as Robert Bates
Age: 37 Conspiracy
2001as Heinrich Müller
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Age: 37 The Bombmaker
2001as George McEvoy
Age: 35 I Could Read the Sky
1999as Francie
Age: 34 Soft Sand, Blue Sea
1998as Gerry
Age: 34 The General
1998as UVF Leader
Age: 34 Tomorrow Never Dies
1997as HMS Bedford Leading Seaman
Age: 33 The Last Bus Home
1997as Steve Burkett
Age: 28 Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery
1992as Det. Sgt. Benwell
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TV credits
Age: 61 Toxic Town
2025as Roy Thomas
Age: 60 Finders Keepers
2024as Denys Elland
Age: 59 Riches
2022as Gideon
Age: 54 Requiem
2018as Stephen Kendrick
Age: 51 Spotless
2015as Nelson Clay
Age: 51 12 Monkeys
2015as Benjamin Kalman
Age: 48 Starlings
2012
Age: 46 Downton Abbey
2010as John Bates
Age: 44 Lark Rise to Candleford
2008as Robert Timmins
Age: 43 True Dare Kiss
2007as Kaz Sweeney
Age: 41 The Ghost Squad
2005
Age: 41 Jericho
2005as Christie
Age: 40 North & South
2004as Nicholas Higgins
Age: 40 Shameless
2004as Father Polish
Age: 39 Blue Murder
2003as Derek Jowell
Age: 39 The Commander
2003
Age: 38 Rockface
2002as Douglas McLanaghan
Age: 37 Waking the Dead
2001as Martin Corgan
Age: 37 Rebel Heart
2001as Michael Collins
Age: 36 Paths to Freedom
2000
Age: 36 McCready and Daughter
2000
Age: 32 Silent Witness
1996 Age: 32 Silent Witness
1996as Liam Slattery
Age: 31 Dangerfield
1995
Age: 31 The Glass Virgin
1995as Manuel Mendoza
Age: 27 Prime Suspect
1991as DCS Mitchell
Age: 20