Brendan Coyle

Brendan Coyle 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.

2 December 1963

Born on the same birth date (2 December 1963): Ann Patchett • Rich Sutter • Ron Sutter

Born on the same birth day (2 December): Abdul Razzaq (cricketer) • Carol Shea-Porter • Inori Minase • Maksim Tarasov • Matteo Darmian • Maëlle Ricker • Rachel McQuillan • Thomas Pöck • Tomokaze Yūta • Toninho Horta • Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg

Born in the same month (December 1963): Ante Zelck • Benjamin Bratt • Brad Pitt • Craig Teitzel • Diana Gansky • Donna Tartt • James Mangold • Jay Bilas • Jennifer Beals • Joel Gretsch • Katsuya Terada • Lars Ulrich • Mario Been • Nathalie Lambert • Neil Turbin • Pierre Nkurunziza • Rich Sutter • William Bedford (basketball)