Brendan Coyle
Brendan Coyle
Brendan Coyleis a British 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. The last role earned him a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and a BAFTA nomination for...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth2 December 1963
drama lying thinking
I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation. I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy.
regret children thinking
It's not something that's at the forefront of my mind, but I think I'd regret it if I didn't have children.
humorous actors casual
You cant be a casual observer of something humorous - you have to engage, you have to find it funny for the relationship between actor and audience to work.
lying thinking situation
I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation.
missing quality humour
The qualities I am looking for in Miss Right are intelligence and humour.
father destruction difficulty
I had to escape the destruction of my fathers bankruptcy and all that difficulty.
ends finite shows
I can pretty much say all of us know when Downton is going to end. This is a show with a finite life.
country thinking rocks
I think with Sky and BBC Three and Channel 4, there are some great television platforms, and the stand-up movement in this country is phenomenal. Its like rock n roll here. Britains a funny place and theres a lot of funny people coming out of there and a lot of people are finding mediums to express themselves.
people photograph caps
You get a lot of people requesting photographs but I tend to keep myself to myself, pull my cap down.
meaningful long long-time
I'm going to be 50 soon. I'm single, I'm looking for something meaningful. By the time you've been single for quite a long time, you can get quite specific about what you can and can't put up with.
school thinking decision
I left school at 16 but I wish I'd gone to university - I think I would have studied English literature. I had a knack for that. But I don't think you have the kind of wisdom at 16 to make that decision.
dream jobs actors
I took a gamble in becoming an actor and my dream job has been realised.
meaningful
I'm single, I'm looking for something meaningful.
butcher cooking dad enjoy left love master perhaps time trained
My dad was a master butcher and I trained to be a butcher when I left school. I didn't enjoy it at the time but I love cooking now, so perhaps I would have been a chef.