Portrait of Brendan Coyle

Acting

Brendan Coyle

Career

Active from 1995 to 2026, busiest in 2001 and 2007 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
12
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for Lark Rise to Candleford
Lark Rise to Candleford
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 38 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Brendan Coyle Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Fantasy
    0.2, average 1.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2
  • Uncanny
    1.4, average 2.5
  • Wonder
    2.3, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Class Divide Exploration 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Ensemble Cast 2
  • True Crime Drama 2
  • Emotionally Heavy 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Character-Driven Narrative 2
  • Family Secrets 2
  • Moral Corruption 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

59
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
Butterfly in the Typewriter
Butterfly in the Typewriter

as Milton Rickels

Code Zero
Code Zero

TV show · as Phil Baynes

The Rising: 1916
The Rising: 1916

as Augustine Birrell

2020s

7 titles · average score 74
The One-Minute Problem
The One-Minute Problem (2026)

as Wopsie

Toxic Town
Toxic Town (2025)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Roy Thomas

MobLand
MobLand (2025)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Tosh Wick

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025)
GoodWatch score 76

as John Bates

Finders Keepers
Finders Keepers (2024)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show · as Denys Elland

Riches
Riches (2022)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Gideon

Downton Abbey: A New Era
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
GoodWatch score 75

as John Bates

2010s

12 titles · average score 68
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey (2019)
GoodWatch score 74

as John Bates

Requiem
Requiem (2018)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Stephen Kendrick

Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
GoodWatch score 59

as Earl of Lennox

Me Before You
Me Before You (2016)
GoodWatch score 63

as Bernard Clark

Spotless
Spotless (2015)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Nelson Clay

12 Monkeys
12 Monkeys (2015)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Benjamin Kalman

A Merry Murdoch Christmas
A Merry Murdoch Christmas (2015)
GoodWatch score 77

as Rankin

Noble
Noble (2014)
GoodWatch score 68

as Gerry Shaw

Starlings
Starlings (2012)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show

The Raven
The Raven (2012)
GoodWatch score 45

as Reagan

Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey (2010)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as John Bates

Perrier's Bounty
Perrier's Bounty (2010)
GoodWatch score 55

as Jerome

2000s

25 titles · average score 64
Lark Rise to Candleford
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Robert Timmins

The Mark of Cain
The Mark of Cain (2007)
GoodWatch score 59

as Davey Gulliver

Offside
Offside (2006)
GoodWatch score 56

as Duncan Miller

Perfect Parents
Perfect Parents (2006)

as Ed

Shameless
Shameless (2004)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Father Polish

Single
Single (2003)

TV show · as Paul Barton

Rockface
Rockface (2002)

TV show · as Douglas McLanaghan

Conspiracy
Conspiracy (2001)
GoodWatch score 74

as Heinrich Müller

Mapmaker
Mapmaker (2001)

as Robert Bates

McCready and Daughter
McCready and Daughter (2001)

TV show

Rebel Heart
Rebel Heart (2001)

TV show · as Michael Collins

Paths to Freedom
Paths to Freedom (2000)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show

1990s

11 titles · average score 71
I Could Read the Sky
I Could Read the Sky (1999)

as Francie

Soft Sand, Blue Sea
Soft Sand, Blue Sea (1998)

as Gerry

The General
The General (1998)
GoodWatch score 74

as UVF Leader

Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
GoodWatch score 58

as HMS Bedford Leading Seaman

The Last Bus Home
The Last Bus Home (1997)

as Steve Burkett

Silent Witness
Silent Witness (1996)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Liam Slattery

The Glass Virgin
The Glass Virgin (1995)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Manuel Mendoza

Dangerfield
Dangerfield (1995)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery
Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery (1992)
GoodWatch score 66

as Det. Sgt. Benwell

Prime Suspect
Prime Suspect (1991)
GoodWatch score 89

TV show · as DCS Mitchell

He-Play
He-Play (1990)

TV show · as Mike

1980s

1 title · average score 77
The Bill
The Bill (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show