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Richard Coyle
Born (1972-02-06) 6 February 1972 (age 54)[citation needed]
Sheffield, England[1]
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present
Spouse
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(m. 2003; div. 2010)​
Children1

Richard Coyle (born 6 February 1972[not verified in body]) is an English film, television, and stage actor. He has also narrated numerous audiobooks. Coyle got his big break on the television comedy Coupling, playing the role of Jeff Murdock. He played the lead role in the TV film Going Postal and in Renny Harlin's film 5 Days of War. In 2012, Coyle joined the cast of the show Covert Affairs as Simon Fischer, an FSB agent and love interest for Piper Perabo's Annie Walker.[2] In 2018, Coyle was cast as Father Faustus Blackwood, a high priest of the Church of Night and Dean of the Academy of the Unseen Arts in the Netflix series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.[3][4] He played the role of Aberforth Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.

On the stage, Coyle played the lead in Peter Gill's 2002 stage premiere of The York Realist, and later in the Donmar Warehouse production of the play Proof, in London, alongside Gwyneth Paltrow. He played the title role in Michael Grandage's production of Friedrich Schiller's Don Carlos. In 2008 he starred in Harold Pinter's The Lover and The Collection at the Comedy Theatre in London. In 2010, he played John in Mark Haddon's play Polar Bears at the Donmar Warehouse, London.[5] In 2014 he played MacDuff in the Kenneth Branagh and Rob Ashford directed Macbeth at the Park Avenue Armory, New York City.[6] In 2022 Coyle starred in the role of Atticus Finch in the West End debut of Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of Harper Lee's American classic, To Kill a Mockingbird.

Early life and education

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Richard Coyle was born on 6 February 1972,[citation needed] in Sheffield, England.[1][7] His father was a builder,[7] and he is the fourth of five sons.[citation needed]

While working a stint on a ferry, entertaining passengers, Coyle was told by a theatre director that he had talent and should pursue it.[8] As described by Madeline North for The Independent,

Coyle's first encounter with a stage was at [University of York, see following]. Wondering how to fill his time between politics lectures, he signed up for the drama society ("it was the most colourful stand in the place") and found himself in an existential two-hander about Franz Kafka. An actor was born.[1]

North went on to note that a local charity had "got[ten] him through school" with financial support.[1] Coyle would graduate from a program in Languages and Philosophy at the University of York, in 1995.[9] He was then accepted into the drama course at Bristol Old Vic, with the same local charity that had supported him at York again "stump[ing] up the cash".[1] He would graduate in 1997.[10]

Film and television work

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Coyle played Mr Coxe in 1999's BBC version of Wives and Daughters.[citation needed] He also appeared in the television programme, Lorna Doone (2000).[citation needed] Also in 2000, Coyle had his big break,[citation needed] in his portrayal of the character, Jeff Murdock, in the sitcom Coupling.[11]

Coyle also starred in the 2001 version of Othello, as Michael Cassio.[citation needed] He starred in the short-lived 2002–2003 BBC show Strange.[citation needed] In 2003 he chose not to return to Coupling for its fourth series, and refused requests to return for a "goodbye episode".[12] In a subsequent interview, Coyle stated this was to avoid typecasting:

I'm very proud to have been part of Coupling and very grateful for the chance to play Jeff but I was very keen that that character didn’t stick with me forever. I’m an actor and I want to be an actor when I’m 60. It’s a lifelong process; why cut it off by boxing yourself into a little pigeonhole early on?[13]

In 2004, Coyle played the role of Alcock, body servant to John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, in The Libertine alongside Johnny Depp.[citation needed] He appeared in a new special television episode of Cracker: Nine Eleven in October 2006.[citation needed]

Coyle was cast in 2010 in the lead role, Moist von Lipwig, in the film Going Postal, based on the book of the same name by Terry Pratchett,[14] which was broadcast on television[clarification needed] in May 2010.[citation needed] He appeared in Mike Newell's 2010 film Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, playing Jake Gyllenhaal's older brother, the ambiguous Crown Prince Tus.[citation needed] In September 2011, Coyle appeared as William Winthrop, in Madonna's feature-directorial debut W.E., about the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.[citation needed]

Coyle played Wallace in Outpost: Black Sun (2012), the sequel to the 2008 British horror film Outpost,[15] and the lead of drug pusher Frank in the 2012 English-language remake of Nicolas Winding Refn's 1996 cult classic Pusher.[16] Also in 2012, Coyle joined the cast of the USA Network show Covert Affairs as Simon Fischer, an FSB agent and love interest for Piper Perabo's Annie Walker.[2] His character recurred until halfway through season three.[17]

In 2014, NBC began airing the series Crossbones, with Coyle as Tom Lowe, who is assigned to kill the pirate Blackbeard (played by John Malkovich).[18] In 2018, Coyle was cast as Father Faustus Blackwood, a high priest of the Church of Night and Dean of the Academy of the Unseen Arts in the Netflix series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.[3][4]

In January 2021, Coyle announced via Instagram that he had been cast in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, scheduled to be released in 2022, but said he could not disclose whom he was playing.[citation needed] When the trailer came out that December, it was confirmed that he would be playing Aberforth Dumbledore.[citation needed] In 2026, in the BBC and BritBox adaptation of Janice Hadlow's Pride and Prejudice spinoff, The Other Bennet Sister, Coyle stars as Mr Gardiner, alongside Indira Varma as Mrs Gardiner.[citation needed] Mr Gardiner is Mary Bennet's worldly and kind uncle who takes her under his wing, helping her gain confidence outside of her family's shadow.[citation needed]

Stage roles

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Coyle was cast as the lead in Peter Gill's 2002 stage premiere of The York Realist,[19] and later in the Donmar Warehouse production of the play Proof, in London, alongside Gwyneth Paltrow.[20][21] On that success, he was cast in Patrick Marber's reworking of August Strindberg's play After Miss Julie with Kelly Reilly and Helen Baxendale.[22]

From September to November 2004, Coyle played the title role in Michael Grandage's production of Friedrich Schiller's Don Carlos,[23] which then transferred to the West End from January to April 2005 (where the cast included Derek Jacobi, Peter Eyre and Una Stubbs).[24]

Coyle was in Peter Gill's production of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger at the Theatre Royal, Bath from August to September 2006.[25] In 2008, he starred in Harold Pinter's The Lover,[26] and The Collection at the Comedy Theatre in London, alongside Charlie Cox and Gina McKee.[26] In 2010, he played John in Mark Haddon's play Polar Bears at the Donmar Warehouse, London.[5]

In 2014, Coyle played MacDuff in the Kenneth Branagh- and Rob Ashford-directed Macbeth, at the Park Avenue Armory, in New York City.[6]

Coyle premiered the role of Larry Lamb in James Graham's new play Ink, which opened at the Almeida Theatre under the direction of Rupert Goold,[27] which later transferred to the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End;[when?][citation needed] In it, Coyle stars alongside Bertie Carvel who plays Rupert Murdoch.[28][29]

From August through November 2022, Coyle starred in the role of Atticus Finch in the West End debut of Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of Harper Lee's American classic, To Kill a Mockingbird.[30] He went on to play the character Henry in "Player Kings" on the West End, from April to June 2024.[31]

Other media

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Coyle played Keats in the game Folklore,[citation needed] and, as of this date,[when?] had narrated the audio books,

He has narrated the Moist von Lipwig series of audiobooks for Penguin, in which Peter Serafinowicz voices the character, Death, and Bill Nighy reads the work's narrative footnotes.[33] This series of re-recorded versions of Terry Pratchett's Discworld audiobooks was released in February 2023.[citation needed] (In 2021, Penguin announced production would begin on a reissue of the series, again featuring Nighy and Serafinowicz, with the only further mention of participation being "a cast of leading names from British stage and screen".[34])

Filmography

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Source:[35]

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1998 Macbeth Loon Television film
1998 The Life and Crimes of William Palmer John Parsons Cook Television film
1998 What Rats Won't Do Journalist
1999 Human Traffic Andy
1999 Topsy-Turvy Mr Hammond
2000 Hearts and Bones Will Stenner Television film
2000 Lorna Doone John Ridd Television film
2001 Sword of Honour Trimmer McTavish Television film
2001 Young Blades Count Morlas
2001 Happy Now? Joe Jones
2001 Othello Michael Cass Television film
2003 Blight John Blight Short film
2003 Friday Night In Ben Short film
2004 Gunpowder, Treason & Plot Catesby Television film
2004 The Libertine Alcock
2006 Ultra Cryptic Man Television film
2006 The Best Man Michael Sheldrake Television film
2006 Cracker D.I. Walters Television film
2006 A Good Year Amis
2007 The History of Mr. Polly Jim Television film
2008 Franklyn Dan
2008 Blight John Blight
2008 The Pro Tony Kirby Short film
2009 Octavia Gareth Llewellyn Television film
2010 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Tus
2010 Terry Pratchett's Going Postal Moist Von Lipwig Television film
2011 5 Days of War Sebastian Ganz
2011 W.E. William
2012 Grabbers Garda Ciarán O'Shea
2012 Outpost: Black Sun Wallace
2012 Pusher Frank
2013 The Food Guide to Love Oliver Byrne
2022 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Aberforth Dumbledore
2025 Heads of State Quincy Harrington

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1998 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Miles Miller Episode: "A Minor Operation"
1999 Greenstone Sir Geoffrey Halford Unsold TV pilot
1999 Up Rising Martin Marr Unsold TV pilot
1999 Wives and Daughters Mr Coxe 2 episodes
2000–02 Coupling Jeffrey "Jeff" Murdock 22 episodes
2000 Dalziel and Pascoe Martin Hallingsworth Episode: "A Sweeter Lazarus"
2002–03 Strange John Strange 7 episodes
2007 The Whistleblowers Ben Graham 6 episodes
2010 Miami Medical Doctor Pilot episode[8]
2012 Life of Crime Detective Inspector 3 episodes
2012 Covert Affairs Simon Fischer 7 episodes
2014 Crossbones Tom Lowe 9 episodes
2015 A.D. The Bible Continues Caiaphas 12 episodes
2016 The Fall Joe O'Donnell 3 episodes
2016 The Collection Paul Sabine 8 episodes
2017 Born to Kill Peter 2 episodes
2018 Hard Sun Thomas Blackwood 2 episodes
2018–2020 Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Father Blackwood Main cast
2023 Six Four Robert Wallace Main cast
2023 Then You Run Reagan Main cast
2024 The Gathering Jules Main cast

six-part drama[36]

2026 The Other Bennet Sister Mr Gardiner 4 episodes

Personal life

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Coyle was married to actress Georgia Mackenzie; they divorced in 2010.[7] From early 2011, he was in a relationship with actress Ruth Bradley. By 2017 this had ended and he was seeing someone else.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e North, Madeleine (16 November 2003). "Richard Coyle: Grounded, Centred, Earthy... It's Just a Northern Thing". The Independent. Archived from the original on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2026.
  2. ^ a b Eng, Joyce (3 April 2012). "Covert Affairs exclusive: meet Annie's new assignment – a KGB spy!". TV Guide. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  3. ^ a b Petski, Denise (22 February 2018). "Netflix's Sabrina Series Casts Richard Coyle As Father Blackwood". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Richard Coyle – Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  5. ^ a b Shenton, Mark (6 April 2010). "London's Donmar Warehouse Presents World Premiere of Haddon's 'Polar Bears'". Playbill. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2026.
  6. ^ a b Fullerton, Jessie (10 June 2014). "Photo Call: Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston Star in Immersive 'Macbeth' at Park Avenue Armory". Playbill. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2026.
  7. ^ a b c "Interview: Richard Coyle, Actor". The Independent. 24 May 2010 [23 May 2010]. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2026.
  8. ^ a b c Maxwell 2017, p. 9.
  9. ^ York Alumni Staff (2004). "Man in Tights". Grapevine (Autumn/Winter). York, England: York Alumni Office: 7.
  10. ^ "Richard Coyle: Acting Class of '97". Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Archived from the original on 14 June 2026. Retrieved 9 October 2026.
  11. ^ "BBC – Coupling – Richard Coyle". BBC. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Steven Moffat (Writer/ Creator of Coupling)". ReadJunk.com. 24 February 2005. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  13. ^ "The Big Interview: Richard Coyle". OfficialLondonTheatre.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  14. ^ "Looking Ahead: Coming to Sky1 HD in 2010!". British Sky Broadcasting. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  15. ^ "Outpost: Black Sun–Review, Cast and Crew, Movie Star Rating and Where to Watch Film on TV and Online". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  16. ^ Leigh, Danny (11 October 2012). "Pusher returns – again". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  17. ^ Gelman, Vlada (4 September 2012). "Covert Affairs post mortem: show bosses on Lena's betrayal and Annie/Auggie's future". TVLine.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  18. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (20 September 2013). "Richard Coyle To Star in NBC's 'Crossbones'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  19. ^ Billington, Michael (9 January 2002). "The York Realist". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 October 2026.
  20. ^ Fisher, Philip. "Theatre review: Proof at Donmar Warehouse". British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 9 October 2026.
  21. ^ "London Theatre Guide Theatre Current Reviews / Proof 2002". London Theatre. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2026.
  22. ^ Billington, Michael (26 November 2003). "After Miss Julie". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 October 2026.
  23. ^ Billington, Michael (4 October 2004). "Don Carlos". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 October 2026.
  24. ^ The V&A[clarification needed] theatre archive has a copy of a film of the production which can be privately viewed.[according to whom?][original research?]
  25. ^ Billington, Michael (24 August 2006). "Look Back In Anger". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 October 2026.
  26. ^ a b Billington, Michael (30 January 2008). "The Lover/The Collection". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 October 2026.
  27. ^ "Ink, Duke of York's, London, review: Truly thought-provoking". The Independent. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2026.
  28. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  29. ^ "Ink, Duke of York's, London, review: Truly thought-provoking". The Independent. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2026.
  30. ^ Thomas, Sophie (28 June 2022). "Richard Coyle to play Atticus Finch in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'". London Theatre. Retrieved 9 October 2026.
  31. ^ Wiegand, Chris (21 March 2024). "Ian McKellen's Player Kings to tour England". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 October 2026.
  32. ^ "H.I.V.E.: Rogue". Audible.
  33. ^ Penguin Staff (8 October 2026). "Escape to Terry Pratchett's Discworld—The Moist von Lipwig series". Penguin Random House (PRH; Penguin.co.uk). Archived from the original on 6 May 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2026.
  34. ^ Narrativia Staff (2021). "Bill Nighy Stars as Voice of Pratchett in Brand-New Recordings of the Entire Discworld Series". Penguin Random House (PRH; Penguin.co.uk). Archived from the original on 6 May 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2026.
  35. ^ "Richard Coyle". TV Guide. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  36. ^ "Channel 4 announces casting for new drama 'The Gathering' from World Productions". channel4.com/press. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

Sources

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  • Maxwell, Dominic (19 September 2017). "I never make things easy for myself. I make things tough". The Times – T2. London. ISSN 0140-0460.
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