Tug Coker Biography

Fast Facts

• Attended the College of William & Mary, where he spent one year as a walk-on basketball player
• Received a Master's of Fine Arts degree from the American Repertory Institute at Harvard University
• Started acting after in injury prevented him from playing basketball at the University of Virginia
• Quote: "(His advice to aspiring actors) "Don't attach happiness to your level of success in this business․ Find happiness in your life first, and hopefully career success will follow․""
• Is best known for his portrayal of basketball player Larry Bird in the Broadway play "Magic/Bird․"
• Made his professional theatre debut in "The Cataract" at the Women's Project in New York
• To prepare for his role in "Magic/Bird," he visited the same Indiana sanitation department where Larry Bird worked before he became an NBA player