Richard Coyle

Actor o Loegr yw Richard Coyle (ganed 27 Chwefror 1972), a gaiff ei gam-gymryd yn aml am fod yn Gymro wedi iddo ddod i amlygrwydd yn chwarae Jeff yn y gyfres deledu Coupling.

Bywyd cynnar
Ganed Coyle yn Sheffield, De Swydd Efrog, Lloegr. Coyle yw'r ail ifengaf o 5 o feibion, adeiladwr o Iwerddon oedd eu tad. Dechreuodd ei yrfa fel actor wedi cyfnod byr yn gweithio ar fferi yn diddanu teithwyr, dywedodd cyfarwyddwr theatr wrtho fod ganddo dalent ac y dylai ddilyn y trywydd ymhellach. Graddiodd mawen Ieithoedd ac Athroniaeth o Brifysgol Efrog ym 1995. a derbynwyd i ysgol theatr anrhydeddus Bryste, yr Old Vic Theatre, gan raddio ym 1998, yr un flwyddyn a'i gyfeillion agos Dean Lennox Kelly ac Oded Fehr.

Gwaith ffilm a theledu
Cychwynnodd wrth ymddangos ar y teledu mewn rhaglenni megis Lorna Doone, fel John Ridd a hanes rhyfel Evelyn Waugh Sword of Honour, a ffilm Mike Leigh Topsy-Turvy. Chwaraeodd ran Mr. Coxe yn fersiwn y BBC o Wives and Daughters ym 1999. Yn 2000, daeth Coyle i amlygrwydd wrth chwarae rhan Jeff Murdock yn y gomedi sefyllfa Coupling. Penderfynodd beidio â dychwelydd i ffilmio edwerydd cyfres o Coupling yn 2003, a gwrthododd ffilmio "pennod ffarwelio". Mewn cyfweliad yn 2005, Dywedodd Coyle yn 2005, ei fod wedi gwneud hyn er mwyn osgoi cael ei deipcastio.
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 pennod of Cracker: Nine Eleven in October 2006 (TV) and starred in The Whistleblowers on ITV 1. He also starred in the 2001 version of Othello as Michael Cassio.

In 2004, Coyle played the role of Alcock, body servant to John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester,  in The Libertine alongside Johnny Depp. He appeared in Mike Newell's 2010 movie Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, playing Jake Gyllenhaal's older brother, the ambiguous Crown Prince Tus.

He was cast as the lead role, Moist von Lipwig, in the film Going Postal, based on the book of the same name by Terry Pratchett. This was broadcast on television in May 2010.

Coyle had a leading role in Renny Harlin's movie Georgia renamed 5 Days of War, about the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia over the territory of South Ossetia.

In September 2011, Coyle appeared as William Winthrop, in Madonna's feature-directorial debut W.E. about the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. The film premièred in London on the 11th of January 2012 to mixed reviews.

He appears as Garda Ciarán O'Shea in Grabbers, the Irish comedy monster movie which received rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival.

Coyle also plays Wallace in Outpost Black Sun, the sequel to the 2008 British horror film Outpost which as yet has no confirmed release date.

Richard Coyle's has most recently finished work on the English language remake of Nicolas Winding Refn’s 1996 cult classic Pusher where he plays the lead role of drug pusher Frank. The film is directed by Luis Prieto.

He is currently working in the United States on USA network hit show "Covert Affairs" playing an FSB spy being investigated by the CIA.

Richard will begin shooting movie rom-com "The Food Guide To Love" in August in Dublin, Ireland

Llwyfan
He was cast as the lead in Peter Gill's 2002 stage premiere of The York Realist, and later in the Donmar Warehouse production of the play Proof, in London, alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, and on the success of this he was cast in Patrick Marber's reworking of August Strindberg's play After Miss Julie with Kelly Reilly and Helen Baxendale. From September to November 2004, Coyle played the title role in Michael Grandage's production of Friedrich Schiller's Don Carlos which then transferred to the West End from January to April 2005. The cast also included Derek Jacobi, Peter Eyre and Una Stubbs. The V&A theatre archive has a copy of a film of the production which can be privately viewed.
He was in Peter Gill's production of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger at the Theatre Royal, Bath from August to September 2006. In 2008 Richard starred in Harold Pinter's The Lover and The Collection at the Comedy Theatre in London, alongside Charlie Cox and Gina McKee.

In 2010 he played John in Mark Haddon's play Polar Bears at the Donmar Warehouse. 

His own theatre company will debut at the refurbished Arcola Theatre in Dalston, London in March 2013. He will star alongside his friend and co-founder Rafe Spall in Simon Bent's play The Associate.

Other media
Coyle played "Keats" in the game Folklore and has also narrated the following audio books: At The Mountains of Madness and The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H. P. Lovecraft, Resistance by Owen Sheers, and the H.I.V.E. series of novels by Mark Walden.

Richard has recently completed a 2500 mile motorcycle trip to Poland with his brothers which has been filmed for TV and will be produced as a documentary.

Ffilmograffi

 Blwyddyn Ffilm Rôl Nodiadau 1998 Macbeth Loon Ffilm deledu Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Dr. Miles Miller Cyfres deledu (1 pennod: "A Minor Operation") The Life and Crimes of William Palmer John Parsons Cook Ffilm deledu What Rats Won't Do Journalist 1999 Greenstone Sir Geoffrey Halford Cyfres deledu Up Rising Martin Marr Cyfres deledu fer Human Traffic Andy Ffilm Topsy-Turvy Mr. Hammond Ffilm Wives and Daughters Mr. Coxe Cyfres deledu fer (2 pennod) 2000 Hearts and Bones Will Stenner Ffilm deledu Dalziel and Pascoe Martin Hallingsworth Cyfres deledu (1 pennod: "A Sweeter Lazarus") Lorna Doone John Ridd Ffilm deledu Coupling Jeffrey "Jeff" Murdock Cyfres deledu (22 pennod: 2000-2002) 2001 Sword of Honour Trimmer McTavish Ffilm deledu Young Blades Count Morlas Happy Now Joe Jones Othello Michael Cass Ffilm deledu 2002 Strange John Strange Ffilm deledu 2003 Blight John Blight Ffilm fer Cernyweg Friday Night In Ben Ffilm fer Strange John Strange Cyfres deledu (6 pennod) 2004 Gunpowder, Treason & Plot Catesby Ffilm deledu The Libertine Alcock Ffilm 2006 Ultra Cryptic Man Ffilm deledu The Best Man Michael Sheldrake Ffilm deledu Cracker D.I. Walters Cyfres deledu A Good Year Amis Ffilm 2007 The History of Mr. Polly Jim Ffilm deledu FolksSoul Ushinawareta Denshou Keats (llais: Fersiwn Saesneg) Gêm fideo The Whistleblowers Ben Graham Cyfres deledu (6 pennod) 2008 Franklyn Dan Ffilm Blight John Blight Ffilm fer Cernyweg The Pro Tony Kirby Ffilm fer 2009 Octavia Gareth Llewellyn Ffilm deledu 2010 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Tus Ffilm Terry Pratchett's Going Postal Moist Von Lipwig Ffilm deledu Fable III Petitioner (llais) Gêm fideo 2011 5 Days of War Sebastian Ganz Ffilm W.E. William Ffilm 2012 Grabbers Garda Ciarán O'Shea Ffilm Outpost2 Black Sun  Wallace Ffilm Pusher Frank Ffilm Covert Affairs Simon Fischer Recurring role

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