Starcross (short film, Council Child Productions) On 14 September 2014, Coyle announced via Twitter his involvement with Council Child Production's short film, Starcross. In July 2014, Brendan Coyle and Joy Harrison formed Anderson Shelter Productions Limited with the mission to "find talented young filmmakers" and assist in funding their short film projects.
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Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2012)
Nominated – BAFTA Television Award for Best Supporting Actor Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Filmography Film Yearįool's Gold: The Story of the Brink's-Mat Robbery He is a fan of the football team Manchester United FC, which was managed by his great-uncle Matt Busby. Coyle also played the character of Terry Starling in the short-lived Sky comedy series Starlings.Ĭoyle divides his time between London and Norfolk. He also won three Screen Actors Guild Awards 2013–16. Fellowes wrote the part for Coyle, and it won him nominations for a BAFTA and IFTA, as well as a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Awards as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2012. In 2010, he began playing John Bates, valet and former British Army batman to the Earl of Grantham in Julian Fellowes's period drama series, Downton Abbey. He played Kaz Sweeney in the British drama, True Dare Kiss, and Nicholas Higgins in North & South for the BBC.įrom 2008 he played Robert Timmins in three BBC series based on the Lark Rise to Candleford novels, written by Flora Thompson. In 2001, Coyle appeared in the film Conspiracy as Gestapo Chief Heinrich Müller. Career Ĭoyle 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. He studied drama in Dublin in 1981 and received a scholarship to Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London in 1983. He is the great-nephew of football manager Sir Matt Busby. Due to his British birth and Irish heritage, he holds both British and Irish citizenship. He has an older brother named Shaun, who works as a butcher. 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.Played Father Polish in Shameless 2005.īrendan Coyle was born David Coyle in Corby on 2 December 1962, the son of a Scottish mother and Irish father. He won the Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for The Weir in 1999. Claudie has since gone on to have a wide and varied career in film and television as a well as recent highly acclaimed stage productions including 'Chimerica' and 'Consent' in London's West End.Brendan Coyle (born 2 December 1962) is a British-Irish actor. Between 2007-11 she completed two further ensemble costume pieces for television, Cranford (2007-09) and Lark Rise To Candleford (2008-11) as the much-loved Emma Timmins opposite Brendan Coyle. She was a touching Charlotte Lucas in Joe Wright's film of Pride & Prejudice (2005) opposite Keira Knightly and starred as the ill-fated Jill in cult horror-comedy Severance (2006) with Danny Dyer and Toby Stephens.
In the early 2000s she appeared in ensemble costume films Gosford Park (2001) and The Cat's Meaw (2001) before returning to the stage in 2003 to join the Royal Shakespeare Company in 'All's Well That Ends Well' opposite Judi Dench. Staying with the National she went with them for their 1998-99 season at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, where she received the Ian Charleson Award as best young performer for her role in Chekhov's 'The Seagull'. Claudie Blakley graduated from London's Central School of Speech and Drama in 1997 and was hailed that year as a bright and fresh Wendy in the National Theatre's Christmas production of 'Peter Pan' opposite Ian McKellen.
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