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Rhys Coiro | |
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| Born | Rhys John Coiro March 12, 1979 Calabria, Italy |
| Education | Carnegie Mellon University (BFA) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2003–present |
Rhys John Coiro (born March 12, 1979) [1] is an American actor. He began acting on Broadway but is best known for on-screen roles such as Billy Walsh on the television series Entourage .
Coiro was born in Calabria, [2] and grew up in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Upstate New York before his family settled in Princeton, New Jersey, when he was 9 years old. [3] He studied theater at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), where he graduated with a BFA. [4] Coiro also spent time studying at the Moscow Art Theatre in Russia. [5]
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. [6] 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 Gutierrez. [7]
Coiro moved to Los Angeles and portrayed the role of Billy Walsh for six seasons of Entourage .
In 2009, Coiro returned to the stage, starring in a production of Howard Korder's Boys' Life at Second Stage in New York opposite Jason Biggs. [8] In 2010, Coiro starred in Slamdance [9] 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 [10] 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. [11] During this show he honed his riding and loop roping skills. In 2015, Coiro played Armenian gangster Ari Adamian on the final season of USA's Graceland . [12] 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.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2003 | Making Revolution | Italian Activist | |
| 2007 | Look | Ace | |
| Mama's Boy | Trip | ||
| 2009 | The Unborn | Mr. Shields | |
| Kidnapping Caitlynn | Daniel | ||
| Man Without a Head | Dino | ||
| 2010 | Snow and Ashes | Blaise Dumas | |
| High School | Vato | ||
| Order of Chaos | John | ||
| MacGruber | Yerik Novikov | ||
| 30 Days of Night: Dark Days | Paul | ||
| 2011 | A Good Old Fashioned Orgy | Marcus | |
| Life Happens | Marc | ||
| Straw Dogs | Norman | ||
| 2013 | Chlorine | Pat | |
| As Cool as I Am | Ron | ||
| 2014 | Electric Slide | Glen the Mormon | |
| This Last Lonely Place | Sam Taylor | ||
| 4 Minute Mile | Eli | ||
| 2015 | Entourage | Billy Walsh | |
| Hollywood Adventures | Gary Buesheimer | ||
| Forever | Gordon | ||
| 2016 | Chronically Metropolitan | The Georgian | |
| 2017 | Valley of Bones | Nate | |
| Dead Ant | Pager | ||
| 2018 | Gotti | Rudy Pipes | |
| 2019 | Finding Steve McQueen | Ray Darrow | |
| Hustlers | Spencer | ||
| 2022 | Agent Game | Reese | |
| One Way | Coco | ||
| Who Invited Charlie? | Ray | ||
| 2024 | Running on Empty | Simon | |
| 2025 | Trust | Darren | [13] |
| TBA | Lear Rex | Oswald | Post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2003 | One on One | Zorbo Vishanisavik | Guest star |
| 2003, 2007 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Kelly James / Reverend's Lawyer | 2 episodes |
| 2004–2011 | Entourage | Billy Walsh | Recurring character |
| 2005 | Six Feet Under | Wolf | Guest star |
| CSI: Miami | Diablo | Guest star | |
| CSI: NY | Razor | Guest star | |
| 2006 | Ugly Betty | Vincent Bianchi | 2 episodes: "Queens for a Day", "Fey's Sleigh Ride" |
| 2007 | Numb3rs | Ricky Jones | Guest star |
| Criminal Minds | Ethan | Guest star | |
| Raines | Eddie | Guest star | |
| Tell Me You Love Me | Jaime's Rebound | 2 episodes | |
| 2009 | 24 | FBI Agent Sean Hillinger | Regular character |
| 2010 | Burn Notice | Vince Cutler | Guest star |
| Dark Blue | Victor | Guest star | |
| Hawaii Five-0 | Bradford Matinsky | Guest star | |
| 2011–2012 | A Gifted Man | Dr. Zeke Barnes | Recurring character |
| 2012 | Person of Interest | Jordan Hester | Guest star |
| 2013 | Dexter | Andrew Briggs [14] | Guest star |
| Longmire | Bill Norquist | Guest star | |
| 2013–2014 | Hostages | Kramer Delaney | Main cast |
| 2013, 2021 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Santiago Morales / Gabe Navarro | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Franklin & Bash | The Bone | Guest star |
| Lilyhammer | Tommy Mangano | Recurring character | |
| 2015 | The Lizzie Borden Chronicles | Chester Phipps | 3 episodes |
| Texas Rising | Vern Elwood | 5 episodes | |
| Graceland | Ari Adamian | Recurring character | |
| 2017 | Ray Donovan | Rob Heard | Recurring character |
| The Mick | Ip deLuca | Guest star | |
| 2018 | Unsolved | Jim Black | Recurring character |
| Sideswiped | Charlie | Recurring character | |
| S.W.A.T. | Remy | Guest star | |
| The Walking Dead | Jed | Recurring character | |
| 2019 | I Think You Should Leave | Billy | Episode: "The Bones Are Their Money" |
| 2021 | Paradise City | Adam | 8 episodes; TV spinoff of American Satan |
| 2022 | She-Hulk: Attorney at Law | Donny Blaze | Guest star |
| 2024 | The Spiderwick Chronicles | Richard Grace | 2 episodes |
| The Penguin | Sebastian Hady | Guest star |
Birth Name: Rhys John Coiro; Birth Place: Calabria, Italy.
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