Brendan Lyle

Brendan graduated with a BA(Hons) in Film Production at The University for the Creative Arts and an MA in Screen Acting at The Royal School of Speech and Drama. As a screen actor, he has appeared in 'Birthcloud' (2015) which won four awards at the Monaco Film Festival, including Best Ensemble Cast and 'Fan Girl' (2015) which was shortlisted for the London Short Film Festival and was nominated for Best Short and Best Director for Kate Herron ("Loki", "Sex Education") and the LOCO Film Festival. Brendan had a role in Henrietta and Jessica Ashworth's ("Killing Eve", "Tell It To The Bees") horror short film 'Night Bus' (2021) starring Susan Wokoma, which debuted at the Pia Pressure Short Film Celebration showcasing emerging female directors. In 2017, he was the lead in the Thalys 'Scents of the City' advertising campaign which was shown throughout European cinemas and was shortlisted at the Cannes Lions Festival and in 2022 was cast in the new Three Mobile commercial campaign shown on TV, cinema and online. On stage, Lyle has portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge in the critically acclaimed Chichester Festival Theatre 2016 production of 'A Christmas Carol' and starred in 'Shirley; Or The Inexplicable Question Of God's Actions', a comedy which debuted with a five show run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2018. He wrote and directed a number of short films in both fiction and non-fiction during his time at university and after graduation, including the award winning 'Sam & Isobel' (2014). He is working on new screenwriting projects and his debut feature film. Brendan Lyle is represented by Langford Associates Ltd.