Kim Coates

Kim F. Coates is an American- Canadian actor who is best known for playing Alexander "Tig" tagger in the series Sons of Anarchy. He also in series such as CSI, CSI: Miami, Prison Break, Cold Case, Van Helsing, and also in films such as The Last Boy Scout, Bad Boys, Kings of Sorrow, Goo.

He was also seen in various famous dramas, such as portraying Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and also the role of Macbeth Click to look into! >> Read More... at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. His acting Carrier started in 1991 with the film The Last Boy scout, and since then he has appeared in almost 40 films such as the Academy Award winner Black Hawk Down and Peral Harbor.

He also won the award for the Best Actor in a Continuing leading dramatic Role in the 7^th Canadian Screen Awards, for his role as Decian Gardiner in the TV series Bad Blood. He married his spouse Diana Chappel in 1984 and has two daughters Kyla and Brenna Coates.

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Kim F. Coates was born on the 21st of February, 1958. He is a Canadian-American actor who has appeared in films and television programs in Canada and the United States. He has been on Broadway as Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire" and as the title character in "Macbeth" at the "Stratford Shakespeare Festival." He is most known for his performances on FX's Sons of Anarchy as Alexander "Tig" Trager and Citytv's Bad Blood as Declan Gardiner, as well as frequent appearances on Prison Break, Cold Case, CSI, and CSI: Miami.

He has also appeared in films such as The Last Boy Scout (1991), Bad Boys (1995), King of Sorrow (2006), and Goon (2011). Coates was born to Frederick "Fred" and Joyce Coates in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. He watched his first play while studying at the University of Saskatchewan taking a theatre course as an option. This event motivated him to seek a profession as an actor. Coates played Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and was the youngest person ever to perform Macbeth at the Stratford Festival in his own country of Canada. Coates made his cinematic debut in The Boy Click to look into! >> Read More... in Blue (1986). This role opened doors for him, and he has since featured in over 100 titles.

Coates received Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards as mobster Declan Gardiner in the television series Bad Blood. Coates supports One Heart Source, a non-profit organization dedicated to eradicating poverty via the development of high-quality worldwide programs focusing on education and health. Coates is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States. Coates and his wife, Diana Chappell, live in Los Angeles, California, with their two children, Kyla and Brenna.