Rhys Coiro
Rhys Coiro was born in Calabria, Italy on March 12th, 1979 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 45, Rhys Coiro biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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John Rhys Coiro (born March 12, 1979) is an American film, television, and stage actor who got his start on Broadway but is best known for his on-screen roles such as Billy Walsh on Entourage.
Early life
David Coiro and Ann Baynes Coiro, Coiro, Coiro grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, and attended Princeton High School in Aspromonte Calabria, Italy. Coiro started working for a local artist who introduced him to The Passage Theater, June Ballinger's artistic director. Ballinger was commissioned to work on the State Street theater project in Trenton, NJ, which was modeled after Primary Stage's 52nd street project. Coiro spent summers at the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, building sets and operating lights. Coiro studied drama at Carnegie Mellon University, where he eventually graduated with a BFA after being inspired by several performances, including Julie Taymor's "Titus Andronicus" at TFANA. He also spent time at The Moscow Art Theater in Moscow, Russia, studying.
Personal life
Coiro is fluent in Italian and Spanish.
In 2016, Coiro travelled to Standing Rock, North Dakota, to participate in a nonviolent rally against the North Dakota Access Pipeline.
Coiro is married to director Kat Coiro, who appeared on Life Happens and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. They and their three children live in Los Angeles.
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. 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.
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. 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. In 2010 Coiro starred in Slamdance 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 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. 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. 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.