Kim Coates

Kim Coates
Coates in 2012
Born (1958-02-21) February 21, 1958
Citizenship
  • Canada
  • United States (since 2010)
Alma materUniversity of Saskatchewan
OccupationActor
Years active1985–present
Spouse
Diana Chappell
(m. 1984)
Children2

Kim Frederick Coates (born February 21, 1958) is a Canadian and American actor and producer. He is known for his starring roles as Alexander "Tig" Trager on the FX television series Sons of Anarchy (2008–14) and as Declan Gardiner on the Citytv series Bad Blood (2017–18). He has also had notable roles on Prison Break, CSI: Miami, Ghost Wars, Godless, Van Helsing, and as Brigham Young on American Primeval, and played Ronnie Hortense in the cult hockey comedy Goon (2011) and its sequel Goon: Last of the Enforcers (2017).

Coates has been nominated for five Canadian Screen Awards, winning Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role for Bad Blood. He won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role – Play for his role in Jez Butterworth's play Jerusalem.