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Tyler Coppin | |
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| Born | Tyler Jon Coppin 9 November 1956 |
| Nationality | American-Australian |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, Playwright, American Dialect Coach |
| Years active | 1980–present |
Tyler Coppin (born 9 November 1956) is an American-Australian actor, playwright and American dialect coach for actors in film, television and theatre.
Coppin is a fourth-generation Californian born in Roseville, California, the second child of Ronald and Gayle (Terry) Coppin. He was raised in the Sacramento suburbs of Rancho Cordova and Carmichael, California. The Coppin family are also long-term residents of Stinson Beach, California. Coppin attended Rio Americano High School and California State University, Sacramento before migrating to Australia aged 19, where he attended and graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art.
He divides his time between the United States and Australia after residing in Sydney for many years working in theatre, film and television. In 2001 Coppin moved to Melbourne with Jane Borghesi where the couple married in 2006. They have one son.
He became an Australian citizen in 1993. [1]
Coppin’s many stage appearances include the Child Catcher in the Australian national production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang , Mr Mushnik in the 2016 Australian national tour of Little Shop of Horrors , Robert Helpmann in his one-man play Lyrebird: Tales of Helpmann, and Puck in the acclaimed Opera Australia production of Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Baz Luhrmann with set and costumes by Catherine Martin. In 1989, at the request of playwright Patrick White he played the role of the Young Man in the Sydney Theatre Company production of The Ham Funeral , directed by Neil Armfield.
Coppin has appeared in the Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Born Yesterday , His Girl Friday, Ruby Moon, A Behanding in Spokane by playwright Martin McDonagh, and as Vice Principal Panch in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee , for which he wrote additional material.
His television appearances include Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King and Neighbours .
His film appearances include Hacksaw Ridge directed by Mel Gibson, The Spierig Brothers' Winchester and Predestination , The Death and Life of Otto Bloom , The Tender Hook , Emulsion, One Night Stand, Lorca and the Outlaws and Mad Max 2 .
He also narrated several audiobooks, including an adaptation of the American children's TV series Bear in the Big Blue House , released by ABC For Kids.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1981 | The Survivor | Boy | Feature film |
| Mad Max 2 | Defiant Victim | Feature film | |
| 1984 | One Night Stand | Sam | Feature film |
| Starship (aka 2084 or Lorca & the Outlaws) | Detective Droid | Feature film | |
| 1987 | Twelfth Night | Party Guest | TV film |
| 1993 | Sniper | Ripoly | Feature film |
| Reckless Kelly | Hollywood Bank Teller | Feature film | |
| 1996 | Race the Sun | Bob Radford | Feature film |
| The Beast | Harry | TV movie | |
| 1997 | Doing Time for Patsy Cline | Bobby Joe | Feature film |
| 2001 | Jet Set | Jim | |
| 2005 | Three Dollars | Giles | Feature film |
| 2006 | Emulsion | Agent | |
| 2008 | The Tender Hook (aka Boxer and the Bombshell) | Donnie | Feature film |
| 2009 | Accidents Happen | Narrator | Feature film |
| 2014 | Predestination | Dr. Heinlein | Feature film |
| 2016 | The Death and Life of Otto Bloom | J.C. Tippit | Feature film |
| Hacksaw Ridge | Lynchburg Doctor | Feature film | |
| 2018 | Winchester | Arthur Gates | Feature film |
| 2021 | Lone Wolf | Hippy Karl | Feature film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1982 | Play School | Host | TV series |
| 2006 | Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King | TV anthology series | |
| 2020 | Neighbours | Basil Gardener (recurring role) | TV series |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1998 | Dark City | American Dialect Coach | Feature film |
| 2003 | The Night We Called It a Day | American Dialect Coach | Feature film |
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | American Dialect Coach | Feature film |
| 2010 | Torn | American Dialect Coach |
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