Ritchie Coster | |
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| Born | 1 July 1967 |
| Alma mater | Latymer School, Edmonton Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1997–present |
Ritchie Coster (born 1 July 1967) is an English actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Dietrich Banning in The Tuxedo (2002), the Chechen in The Dark Knight (2008), Elias Kassar in Blackhat (2015), Mayor Austin Chessani on the second season of the HBO anthology television series True Detective and Francisco Scaramucci / Mr. Blue on the SyFy television series Happy!
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Coster was born in London, England. He attended the Latymer School, Edmonton and later trained in acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. The youngest of four brothers. An early on screen appearance was a brief talking role in the British Broadcasting Corporation's soap drama EastEnders .
Coster has played various roles throughout his career, in the 1998 remake of Rear Window , he played the sculptor who was married to the bottle loving woman Ilene played by Allison Mackie. [1] In television roles he has appeared in at least seven episodes of the television series Law & Order from 1999 to 2009 in a range of roles. [2]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1999 | The Thomas Crown Affair | Janos | |
| 2000 | The Photographer | Attacker #1 | |
| Bait | Buyer | ||
| 2001 | 15 Minutes | News Stand Vendor | |
| 2002 | Pipe Dream | Pascal | |
| The Tuxedo | Dietrich Banning | ||
| 2006 | The Sentinel | The Handler | |
| 2007 | American Gangster | Joey Sadano | |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | The Chechen | |
| 2010 | The Bounty Hunter | Ray | |
| Let Me In | Mr. Zoric | ||
| Pete Smalls Is Dead | Hal Lazar | ||
| 2014 | By the Gun | Tony Matazano | |
| Rose | Samuel | Short film | |
| 2015 | Blackhat | Elias Kassar | |
| Creed | Pete Sporino | ||
| 2016 | The Great & the Small | Richie | |
| 2017 | Submission | Dean Bentham | |
| 2019 | The Bygone | Beckett Summer | |
| 2021 | After Yang | Russ |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Dellaventura | — | Episode: "Hell's Kitchen" |
| 1997-1998 | New York Undercover | Keith Draper and Flannagan | Episodes: "The Last Hurrah" and "The Troubles" |
| 1998 | F/X: The Series | Jimmy Hickman | Episode: "Reaper" |
| Rear Window | Julian Thorpe | TV movie | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Carlo Parisi | Episode: "...Or Just Look Like One" |
| Third Watch | Rudy | Episode: "Sunny, Like Sunshine" | |
| 2000 | Sex and the City | Caleb McDougal | Episode: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Credited as Richie Coster |
| 2000-2001 | As the World Turns | Gabriel Frank | Unknown episodes |
| 2000-2006 | Law & Order | Jorgan Stern, Mark Bruner and DEA Agent Kevin Almonte | Episodes: "Dissonance", "Bodies" and "Invaders" |
| 2002-2009 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Simon Matic and Jack Taylor | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | HBO First Look | Himself | Episode: "'The Tuxedo': Tailor Made for Jackie Chan" |
| 2003 | Hack | Nick Trepov | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Traffic | Fazal | Miniseries 3 episodes |
| With God on Our Side: George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right in America | Himself (Narrator) | TV movie | |
| 2005 | Jonny Zero | Garret / Garrett | Series regular; 10 episodes |
| Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Shane Lucas | Episode: "Skeleton" | |
| 2005-2006 | Guiding Light | Nate / Alfred | 4 episodes |
| Beautiful People | Tyler Lustig | 3 episodes | |
| 2006 | Kidnapped | Bradwell Scott | Episode: "Sorry, Wrong Number" |
| 2008 | John Adams | Captain Preston | Episode: "Join or Die"; Miniseries |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Arthur Blisterman | Episode: "Art Imitates Life" | |
| 2009 | Virtuality | Dr. Jimmy Johnson | TV movie |
| 2011-2012 | Luck | Renzo | Series regular; 9 episodes |
| 2011 | Person of Interest | Assassin | Episode: "Ghosts" |
| 2012 | Luck: A Day at the Races | Himself | TV movie |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Anslo Garrick | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Babylon Fields | Ernie | TV movie |
| 2015 | HBO First Look: Blackhat | Himself | TV movie |
| Blackhat: On Location Around the World | Himself | Documentary video | |
| Blackhat: Creating Reality | Himself | Documentary video | |
| True Detective | Mayor Austin Chessani | 7 episodes | |
| 2017 | Billions | Donald Thayer | 3 episodes |
| Shades of Blue | Michael Bianci | 7 episodes | |
| 2017-2019 | Happy! | Francisco "Mr. Blue" Scaramucci, Orcus | Main role |
| 2020 | The Flight Attendant | Victor | 3 episodes |
| 2021 | The Walking Dead | Pope | 4 episodes |
| 2022-present | Tulsa King | Caolan Waltrip | 7 episodes |
| Year | Title | Voice role |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Midnight Club 2 | Blog |
| 2007 | BioShock | Bill McDonagh |
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