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Brendan Coyle (born 2 December 1963) is a British actor of Irish and Scottish descent. He has garnered a wider audience on television, most recently as "Bates," the valet, in the popular Emmy Award-winning Downton Abbey series on ITV. He is also a lifelong Fulham supporter. Coyle was born in Corby, Northamptonshire, to an Irish father and Scottish mother who emigrated to Corby He reportedly holds dual British/Irish citizenship. He is a 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... MORE

Brendan Coyle (born 2 December 1963) is a British actor of Irish and Scottish descent. He has garnered a wider audience on television, most recently as "Bates," the valet, in the popular Emmy Award-winning Downton Abbey series on ITV. He is also a lifelong Fulham supporter. Coyle was born in Corby, Northamptonshire, to an Irish father and Scottish mother who emigrated to Corby He reportedly holds dual British/Irish citizenship. He is a 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 England in 1983. Brendan Coyle received a Laurence Olivier Award in 1999 for his performance in Conor McPherson's The Weir and won a New York Critics Theater World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut for the same play in its New York production. In 2001, Coyle appeared in the film Conspiracy as Gestapo Chief Heinrich Müller. He played Kaz Sweeney in the British drama, True Dare Kiss, and Nicholas Higgins in North & South for the BBC. Since 2008, he has played Robert Timmins in three BBC series based on the Lark Rise to Candleford novels, written by Flora Thompson. In 2010, he began playing John LESS