Richard Coyle Biography

Fast Facts

• Studied politics at York University
• Trained at the Old Vic Theatre School
• When he was young, he'd accompany his builder father to help with projects, but according to him, he was so bad at it that his father asked him to stop coming
• Quote: "[on theater] "There are moments of complete liberation, when sometimes you almost step out of yourself and realize you've got a live audience there in the palm of your hand․"
• Best known for playing the inept and unlucky-in-love Jeff on the sitcom "Coupling․"
• His theater credits include "A View from the Bridge," "The York Realist" and "Proof․"
• Enjoys taking trips to the Scottish Highlands, a destination he camped in every summer as a child
• His favorite playwrights include Harold Pinter, Samuel Beckett and Anton Chekhov