Rhys Coiro Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series for "Entourage" in 2008
• Graduated from the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama
• Married to "And While We Were Here" and "A Case of You" director Kat Coiro, with whom he has three children
• Made his screen acting debut in the film "Making Revolution" in 2003
• Quote: "Acting in high school was just something I seemed to be good at․ It was the saving grace because the acting program at Carnegie Mellon was the only school into which I was admitted․ It was a forced career path․"
• Quote: "It is so luxurious and education to be doing theater․ There is little to no rehearsal for television․ I want to continue doing theater, as I want my career to be like a well-balanced meal․"
• Best known for playing Billy Walsh in "Entourage" and Norman in "Straw Dogs․"
• When not appearing on television, he enjoys working on stage and performed with the Second Stage Theatre in New York City for some time in the late 2000s