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): Agostino Agazzari • Amin Saikal • Antonín Panenka • Dan Butler • Else Marie Pade • Fumika Shimizu • Gareth Wigan • George Minot • Jinsei Shinzaki • Jiří Dopita • Joel Ward (ice hockey) • Maksim Tarasov • Maria Ferekidi • Maëlle Ricker • Patricia Hewitt • Philippe Etchebest • Randy Gardner (figure skater) • Thomas Pöck • Wynton Kelly • Yael Dayan • Zach Cunningham

Born in the same month (December 1963): Benjamin Bratt • Giuseppe Bergomi • John Lammers (footballer) • Johnny Rogers • Karl Dorrell • Mary Ramsey (musician) • Nathalie Lambert • Neil Turbin • Nigel Winterburn • Terri Schiavo case • Til Schweiger