Richard Coyle Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Richard Coyle (born 6 February 1974) is an English actor. Coyle was born in Sheffield, England to Irish parents. He began his acting career after a stint working on a ferry entertaining passengers, where he was told by a theatre director that he had a talent and should pursue it further. He graduated in Politics and Philosophy from the University of York in 1994 and was then accepted into Bristol's prestigious Old Vic Theatre school, graduating in 1998, the same year as his close friend Dean Lennox Kelly. He began by appearing in such television programmes as Lorna Doone, as John Ridd and... MORE

Richard Coyle (born 6 February 1974) is an English actor. Coyle was born in Sheffield, England to Irish parents. He began his acting career after a stint working on a ferry entertaining passengers, where he was told by a theatre director that he had a talent and should pursue it further. He graduated in Politics and Philosophy from the University of York in 1994 and was then accepted into Bristol's prestigious Old Vic Theatre school, graduating in 1998, the same year as his close friend Dean Lennox Kelly. He began by appearing in such television programmes as Lorna Doone, as John Ridd and Evelyn Waugh's wartime saga Sword of Honour, and in Mike Leigh's film Topsy-Turvy. He played Mr. Coxe in 1999's BBC version of Wives and Daughters. In 2000, Coyle's big break arrived in the form of the character Jeff Murdock in the comedy Coupling. In 2003 he chose not to return to Coupling for its fourth series, and refused requests to return for a "goodbye episode" . In a 2005 interview, Coyle stated this was to avoid typecasting: He also starred in the short-lived 2002-2003 BBC show Strange, and had roles in the films Human Traffic, Franklyn, and A Good Year. He appeared in the new special LESS