Rhys Coiro

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Rhys Coiro
Born
John Rhys Coiro

(1979-03-12) March 12, 1979 (age 45)
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte, Italy
Education Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present
Spouse Kat Coiro
Children3

John Rhys Coiro (born March 12, 1979) [1] is an American film, television, and stage actor. He began acting on Broadway but is best known for on-screen roles such as Billy Walsh on the television series Entourage .

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Early life

Born in Santo Stefano in Aspromonte Calabria, Italy, to David Coiro and Ann Baynes Coiro, [2] Coiro grew up in Princeton, New Jersey and attended Princeton High School. [3] As a teenager, Coiro began working for a local artist [4] who introduced him to the artistic director of The Passage Theater, June Ballinger. [5] Ballinger got him involved with the State Street theater project in Trenton NJ, modeled after Primary stages' 52nd street project. From there, Coiro spent summers building sets and operating lights at the New Jersey Shakespeare festival. Inspired by numerous productions, including Julie Taymor's "Titus Andronicus" at TFANA, Coiro decided to study theater at Carnegie Mellon University, where he eventually graduated with a BFA. [6] He also spent time studying at The Moscow Art Theater in Russia. [7]

Career

At age 19, Coiro got his first professional gig as an understudy to three roles in the American premiere of Conor McPherson's off-Broadway play This Lime Tree Bower directed by Harris Yulin at Primary Stages. [8] Within a month of graduating from CMU, Coiro landed the role of Eddie the Bellhop in the Lincoln Center revival of George S. Kaufman's Dinner at Eight , directed by Gerald Guitierrez. [9]

Coiro then moved to Los Angeles and began working in construction, including a stint building a house with Nick Offerman. In fact, Coiro received the call that he'd landed his first on-screen acting gig, as Billy Walsh on Entourage , while digging a hole for a deck in Echo Park. [10] The role of Walsh was originally meant to be a guest star but soon evolved into an iconic character that has defined Coiro's career.

Coiro shared a studio space in Historic Filipino town with then-unknown painter Jonas Wood. During this period, Coiro formed an underground, traditional Irish music band with artists Matt Johnson and Greg Santos, that played around East LA. In 2007, following the birth of his first child, Coiro accepted the role of Sean Hillinger on the 7th season of 24 . Coiro was cast in The Last House On The Left but had to pull out when the writer's strike abruptly ended and production resumed on 24 . The role ended up being given to Aaron Paul. In 2009 Coiro returned to the stage, starring in a production of Howard Korder's "Boy's Life" at Second Stage in New York opposite Jason Biggs. [11] In 2010 Coiro starred in Slamdance [12] Winner Snow and Ashes and in 2011 appeared alongside Alexander Skarsard in Screen Gems' remake of Straw Dogs . In 2014, Coiro was antagonist to Stevie Van Zandt's character on the final season of Netflix's first original series, the Norwegian mega-hit Lillyhammer [13] and he played one of the original Texas Rangers in The History Channel's Mini-series Texas Rising , alongside Ray Liotta, Bill Paxton and Brendan Fraser. [14] During this show he honed his riding and roping skills. In 2015 Coiro played Armenian gangster Ari Adamian on the final season of USA's Graceland . [15] In 2017 and 2018 Coiro appeared as a series regular in Unsolved and in arcs on Ray Donovan , The Walking Dead , and S.W.A.T.

Personal life

Coiro is fluent in Italian and Spanish.

In 2016, Coiro traveled to Standing Rock, North Dakota to take part in the peaceful protest against the North Dakota Access Pipeline. [16]

Coiro is married to director Kat Coiro, with whom he worked on Life Happens and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law . [17] They live in Los Angeles with their three children.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003Making RevolutionItalian Activist
2007 Look Ace
Mama's Boy Trip
2009 The Unborn Mr. Shields
Kidnapping CaitlynnDaniel
Man Without a HeadDino
2010 Snow & Ashes Blaise
30 Days of Night: Dark Days Paul
Life HappensMarc
Order of ChaosJohn
MacGruber Yerik Novikov
2011 Straw Dogs Norman
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy Marcus
2012 Life Happens Marc
2013 As Cool as I Am Ron
2014 4 Minute Mile Eli
This Last Lonely PlaceSam Taylor
2015 Entourage Billy Walsh
2017 Valley of Bones Nate
2018 Gotti Rudy Pipes
2019 Finding Steve McQueen Ray Darrow
Hustlers Spencer
2022 Agent Game Reese

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 One on One Zorbo VishanisavikGuest star
2004–2011 Entourage Billy WalshRecurring character
2005 CSI: NY RazorGuest star
CSI: Miami DiabloGuest star
Six Feet Under WolfGuest star
2006 Ugly Betty Vincent Bianchi2 episodes:
"Queens for a Day"
"Fey's Sleigh Ride"
2007 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Reverend's LawyerGuest star
Tell Me You Love Me Jaime's Rebound2 episode guest star
Raines EddieGuest star
Criminal Minds EthanGuest star
Numb3rs Ricky JonesGuest star
2009 24 FBI Agent Sean HillingerRegular character
2010 Burn Notice Vince CutlerGuest star
Dark Blue VictorGuest star
Hawaii Five-0 Bradford MatinskyGuest star
2011 A Gifted Man Dr. Zeke BarnesRecurring character
2012 Person of Interest Jordan HesterGuest star
2013 Longmire Bill NorquistGuest star
Hostages Kramer DelaneyMain cast
Dexter Andrew Briggs [18] Guest star
2014 Lilyhammer TommyRecurring character
2015 Graceland Ari AdamianRecurring character
2017 The Mick Ip deLucaGuest star
Ray Donovan Rob HeardRecurring character
2018 Sideswiped CharlieRecurring character
The Walking Dead JedRecurring character
Unsolved Jim BlackRecurring character
2018 S.W.A.T RemyGuest star
2019 I Think You Should Leave Billy1 episode (“The Bones Are Their Money”)
2021-present Paradise City AdamTV spinoff of American Satan
2022 She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Donny Blaze Disney+ series

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