Kim Coates

Kim F. Coates (born February 21, 1958) is a Canadian-American actor who has worked in both Canadian and American films and television series. He has worked on Broadway portraying Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and in the lead role of Macbeth performed at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. He is best known for his role as Alexander "Tig" Trager in the FX series Sons of Anarchy and as Declan Gardiner in the Citytv series Bad Blood, as well as his recurring roles in Prison Break, Cold Case, CSI and CSI: Miami. He has also had film roles in The Last Boy Scout (1991), Bad Boys (1995), King of Sorrow (2006), Goon (2011).

Kim Coates
Coates in 2012
Born	February 21, 1958[1] Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Citizenship	Canadian / American
Education	Nutana Collegiate
Alma mater	University of Saskatchewan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1986–present
Spouse(s)	Diana Chappell ​ (m. 1984)​
Children	2

Early life and career

Coates was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, to Frederick "Fred" and Joyce Coates.[2][3] He first saw a play while attending the University of Saskatchewan, where he enrolled in a drama course as an elective.[4] This experience inspired him to pursue an acting career. Coates portrayed Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and was the youngest ever to play the title role of Macbeth at the Stratford Festival in his native Canada. Coates made his screen debut in the film The Boy in Blue (1986). This role opened up opportunities for him, and he has appeared in over 100 titles to date.[5][6][7]

In 2018 he had his first stage role in almost thirty years, playing Johnny "Rooster" Byron in the Outside the March production of Jez Butterworth's play Jerusalem.[8] He won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role – Play (Large Theatre) at the 2018 Dora Awards.[9]

At the 7th Canadian Screen Awards, Coates won the award for Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role for his performance as Declan Gardiner in the television series Bad Blood.[10]

Philanthropy

Coates supports the One Heart Source, a non profit organization aiming at ending poverty by designing high quality global initiatives focused on education and health.[11]

Coates participates in Rally for Kids events in support for The Pinball Clemons Foundation.[12][13]

Personal life

Coates has both Canadian and American citizenship.[14]

Coates lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Diana Chappell, and two children, Kyla and Brenna.[15][16] He is known to be good friends with Prison Break co-star William Fichtner, as well as Kevin Costner and Sons of Anarchy co-star Theo Rossi. Kim became a United States citizen in 2010.[17]

On June 6, 2017, Coates received an honorary doctorate at the University of Saskatchewan.[18]

Coates (right) joins Theo Rossi and Dayton Callie on a USO visit to Southwest Asia.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	The Boy in Blue	McCoy Man No. 2
1987	Last Man Standing	Mr. Regan
1988	Palais Royale	Tony Dicarlo
1989	Cold Front	Mantha
	Blind Fear	Ed
1990	The Amityville Curse	Frank
	Red Blooded American Girl	Dennis
1991	The Last Boy Scout	Chet
1992	Under Cover of Darkness	Ray Murdoch
	Innocent Blood	Ray
1993	Harmony Cats	Graham Braithwaite
	Dead Before Dawn	Zack
1994	The Club	Mr. Carver
	I Know My Son Is Alive	Det. Griffi
	Model by Day	Tommy Nolan
	The Spider and the Fly	John Deluca
	The Client	Paul Gronke
1995	The Shamrock Conspiracy	Sean Nolan
	Waterworld	Drifter
	Bad Boys	White Carjacker
	Breach of Trust	Palmer Davis
	Black Fox: Good Men and Bad	Natchez John Dunn
1996	Unforgettable	Eddie Dutton
	Carpool	Det. Lt. Erdman
1997	Lethal Tender	Montessi
	Married to a Stranger	Dr. Jesse Bethan	"The Last Don & The Last Don II
1998	Airborne	as Bob Murdoch
2000	Battlefield Earth	Carlo
	Auggie Rose	Auggie Rose
	Ghost Hunter D	Ghost Hunter X
	XChange	Toffler / Fisk 2
	Killing Moon	Clayton Durrell
2001	Pearl Harbor	Jack Richards
	Black Hawk Down	Master Sergeant Tim 'Griz' Martin
	Full Disclosure	Dave Lewis
2002	The Scream Team	Zachariah Kull
	Tunnel	Geary
2003	Hollywood North	Scott DiMarco
	Open Range	Butler
	Thoughtcrimes	Lars Etsen
2004
	Caught in the Headlights	Harry Eden
	Unstoppable	Peterson
	Bandido	Beno
2005	Assault on Precinct 13	Deputy Rosen
	The Island	Charles Whitman
	Hostage	The Watchman
2006	Silent Hill	Officer Gucci
	King of Sorrow	Steve Serrano	Action On Film International Film Festival Best Actor Action On Film International Film Festival Half-Life Award
	Skinwalkers	Zo
	Grilled	Tony
	12 Hours to Live	Jack Bryant
2007	The Poet	General Koenig
	Alien Agent	Carl Roderick
	Late Fragment	Hank
2008	Hero Wanted	Skinner McGraw
	A Gunfighter's Pledge	Tate
	45 R.P.M.	Constable Able Taft
2010	Blood: A Butcher's Tale	Andris
	Sinners & Saints	Detective Dave Besson
	A Little Help	Mel Kaminsky
	Resident Evil: Afterlife	Bennett
2011	Sacrifice	Arment
	Goon	Ronnie Hortense	Nominated – Canadian Screen Awards Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
2012	A Dark Truth	Bruce Swinton
	Rufus	Aaron Van Dusen
2013	Robosapien: Rebooted	Porter
2014	Last Days Here	Bobby Liebling	Post-production
	A Fighting Man	Father Brennan
	By Virtue Fall		Pre-production
	Fallout Asylum	Marcus King	Post-production Sony/Syfy
2016	The Land	Uncle Steve
	Officer Downe	Officer Downe
	Goon: Last of the Enforcers	Ronnie Hortense
	True Memoirs of an International Assassin	President Cueto
	Strange Weather
	Stagecoach: The Texas Jack Story	"Marshall" Woody Calhoun
	Bodyguards: Secret Lives from the Watchtower	Narrator
	The Adventure Club	Ozzie
2018	Cold Brook	George Hildebrandt
2020	Fantasy Island	Devil Face

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Miami Vice	Gang Member	Episode: "Viking Bikers from Hell"
1988	War of the Worlds	Scott	Episode: "To Heal the Leper"
1993	Street Justice	Joe Cannon	Episode: "On My Honor"
1993	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues	Marty Stramm	Episode: "Force of Habit"
1995–2002	The Outer Limits	Colonel Sage / Dave Stockley	2 episodes
1997	Dead Silence	Theodore 'Ted' Handy	Television movie Nominated – Gemini Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
	Poltergeist: The Legacy	Steven Romero	Episode: "Transference" Nominated – Gemini Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series
1999	Total Recall 2070	Rogue Android	2 episodes
2002	Earth: Final Conflict	Smoke McBride	Episode: "Deportation"
2004	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Drake Snow	Episode: "Early Rollout"
2005	A Friend of the Family	David Snow
	CSI: NY	Detective Vicaro	Episode: "Hush"
	Hercules	Tiresias	Television movie
2006–2009	Prison Break	Richard Sullins	6 episodes
2007	Smallville	Special Agent Carter	3 episodes
	The Dresden Files	Sirota	1 episode: "Rules of Engagement"[19]
2008	Cold Case	Alessandro Rossilini	Episode: "Sabotage"
2008–2011	Entourage	Carl Ertz	2 episodes
2008–2009	CSI: Miami	Ron Saris	6 episodes
2008–2014	Sons of Anarchy	Alexander "Tig" Trager	Main Cast, 92 episodes Nominated – PAAFTJ Television Awards Best Cast In A Drama Series[20] (2013)
2010	Human Target	Bertram	Episode: "Salvage & Reclamation"
2013	Crossing Lines	Genovese	5 episodes
2017	Godless	Ed Logan	Miniseries; 5 episodes
	Kevin Can Wait	Terry Labasco	Episode: "Unholy War"
2017–18	Ghost Wars	Billy McGrath	Main
2017–	Bad Blood	Declan Gardiner	14 episodes Nominated – Canadian Screen Awards for best lead actor, television film or miniseries Won – Canadian Screen Awards for Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
2019–20	Tangled: The Series	Hector	Voice Role; 2 episodes

References

1. IMDB profile
2. "Kim Coates Film Reference biography". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
3. "'Green & White: Fall 2000: "Kim Coates - U of S grad finds success in Hollywood"'". Usask.ca. 2014-05-15. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
4. "Kim Coates". cbc.ca.
5. "Kim Coates". BuddyTV.com.
6. "Bio". IMDb.
7. "Kim Coates". IMDb.
8. "Review: Play Jerusalem triumphs as a pure theatre of the kind we rarely see". The Globe and Mail, February 16, 2018.
9. "In return to theatre, Kim Coates wins big at Toronto's Dora Mavor Moore awards". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, June 27, 2018.
10. "'Anne With an E,' 'Letterkenny' Win Big at Canadian Screen Awards". The Hollywood Reporter, March 31, 2019.
11. "One Heart Source". oneheartsource.org. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
12. "HOME". rallyforkids. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
13. "Donate | Pinball Clemons Foundation | Ontario". @pinballfoundation. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
14. Stroumboulopoulos, George. "FULL INTERVIEW: Kim Coates". YouTube. Strombo. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
15. "Alex 'Tig' Trager (Kim Coates)". Sons-of-anarchy.maxupdates.tv. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
16. "'Sons of Anarchy' Star Kim Coates Talks Season 4, Tig Tattoos and Hanging With Stephen King". Aoltv.com. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
17. "With 100 acting credits in three decades, Kim Coates has been in everything". Saskatoon StarPhoenix. 2017-01-27. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
18. "Actor Kim Coates gets honorary degree from University of Saskatchewan". www.citynews1130.com. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
19. "The Dresden Files" complete first season on DVD
20. "2nd PAAFTJ Television Awards nominations announced; "Arrested Development" leads". Paaftj.wordpress.com. Pan-American Association of Film & Television Journalists. 2013-06-18. Retrieved 2017-06-26.

External links

• Kim Coates on Twitter
• Kim Coates at IMDb
• Kim Coates at the Internet Broadway Database