Conrad Coates

British-born Canadian actor and teacher

Conrad Coates

Born|  (1970-07-12) July 12, 1970 (age 54)

London, England

Other names| C.C, C. Coates
Occupation(s)| Actor, teacher
Years active| 1985-present
Children| 1

Conrad Coates (born July 12, 1970) is a British-born[1] Canadian actor and teacher. He is best known for his roles as Morgan in The Dresden Files, as Jimmy Brooks' father in Degrassi: The Next Generation, and as Bowman in the fifth season of Fargo.

## Early life

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Coates was born in London, England to immigrants from Jamaica. At a young age he moved to Canada, where he was educated. After school, he worked in local and regional theaters and at the Stratford (Shakespeare) Festival.[2]

## Career

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Since 1985, Coates has acted in theatre, film, television and radio. Performing in more than 40 stage productions across the country, including two seasons at The Stratford Shakespeare Festival, North America's largest classical repertory theatre.

With extensive work in Canadian and American television, his work also expands to include writing, producing, teaching and mentoring.

In 2003, he wrote, produced and directed a short film titled Dakota, and for several years, Coates was a drama teacher for Toronto's multi-discipline "SuiteLife Arts for Youth Program."[3]

He has primarily been cast as bit parts, but has carried supporting character roles in several television series, including Kyle XY, The Zack Files, La Femme Nikita, and These Arms of Mine. He appeared in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief as Hephaestus, God of Craft and husband to Aphrodite, Unnatural History as Samuel Tolo & a guest appearance in the Fringe episode "What Lies Below" as Vincent Ames. He has also appeared in Supernatural as one of Crowley's demons in the episode "Caged Heat". Coates appears in Saving Hope as Bryan Travers. He had a recurring role in the 3rd season of the Syfy series Defiance, playing T'evgin, an alien of the race Omec.[4][5][6][7]

As well as commercial, film and television, Coates teaches an acting school under the name Coates and Company.[8]

## Personal life

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Conrad has at least one daughter whom he delivered himself. He is a professor at Seneca College.[9]

## Filmography

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### Film

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Year | Title | Role | Notes

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1991 | Deceived | Policeman #2 |
1994 | Car 54, Where Are You? | DA #2 |
1995 | Open Season | Fielding Rep #1 |
1995 | To Die For | Weaselly Guy |
1995 | Rude | Rude Caller |
1997 | Critical Care | Dr. Miller |
2002 | Saint Monica | Calm Man |
2003 | Name of the Rose | Detective Francis Collins | Short film
2005 | Saw II | Addition Voice Talent | (Voice)
2006 | The Sentinel | Agent Hauser |
2007 | How She Move | David Green |
2009 | Helen | Stephen |
2009 | The Death of Alice Blue | Detective McGregor |
2010 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Hephaestus |
2010 | Cell 213 | Frank |
2010 | Tron: Legacy | Bartik |
2012 | This Means War | Smart Consumer Guard 'Hudson' |
2012 | Two Hands to Mouth | Ibraahim |
2016 | X-Men: Apocalypse | Pentagon General Fields |
2018 | Anon | Detective Fuchs |
2018 | Welcome to Marwen | Demaryius Johnson |
2019 | A Dog's Journey | Big Joe |

### Television

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Year | Title | Role | Notes

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1989 | War of the Worlds | Driver | Episode: "Epiphany"
1989 | My Secret Identity | Bobby Spillman | Episode: "One on One"
1990 | The Campbells | Jim | Episode: "Eyes of Angels"
1990 | Counterstrike | Uncredited | Episode: "Art for Art's Sake"

Episode: "Dead in the Air"

1990 | The Hitchhiker | Frank | Episode: "Fading Away"
1990 | Clarence | Cellblock Cop | TV movie
1991-1992 | Street Legal | Constable Osborne | Episode: "The Prosecution"

Episode: "Break-ups and Mergers"

1992 | Beyond Reality | Dr. Lee/The Waiter | Episode: "Dancing with the Man"
1993 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Becker | Episode: "Sunday at Hotel with George"
1993 | Trial & Error | Eddie | TV movie
1995 | TekWar | Dr Reingold | Episode: "Carlotta's Room"
1997 | PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal | Dr. Bradford | Episode: "Fire Within/Fate"
1998 | Earth: Final Conflict | Rev. Billy Mitchell | Episode: "Infection"
1999 | Dear America: The Winter of Red Snow | Bill Lee | TV Short
1999 | Avengers | Lead Synthesoid | Episode: "Remnants"
2000 | Biohazard Code: Veronica | Narrator | Video game
2000 | Finding Buck McHenry | Hartford Cole | TV movie
2000 | Who Killed Atlanta's Children? | Special Agent | TV movie
2000 | Hendrix | Black Panther | TV movie
2000 | Relic Hunter | Mysterious Local | Episode: "The Legend of The Lost"
2001 | Blue Murder | Raymond Spears | Episode: "Out-of Towners: Part 1"
2001 | Twice in a Lifetime | Gang Boss | Episode: "Moonshine Over Harlem"
2000-2001 | These Arms of Mine | Steven Armstrong | Episode: "Distant Lover (Pilot)"

Episode: "Come Rain or Come Shine"
Episode: "Getting to Know You"
Episode: "My So-Called Episode"
Episode: "To Sir, with Love"

2001 | La Femme Nikita | Haled | Episode: "A Time for Every Purpose"

Episode: "Let No Man Put Asunder"
Episode: "The Evil That Men Do"
Episode: "The Man Behind the Curtain"

2001 | The Pretender: Island of the Haunted | Adama, triumvirate member | TV movie
2001-2002 | The Zack Files | Headmaster T. Monk | Recurring (14 episodes)
2001-2002 | Tracker | Counsilman Prestin | Episode: "Remember When"

Episode: "The Beast"

2002 | Scared Silent | Whit Colby | TV movie
2002 | Street Time | Philip Leeds | Episode: "Rabid Dawg"
2002 | Body & Soul | Dr. Marshall Banks |
2003 | Sounder | Preacher #2 | TV movie
2003 | Word of Honor | Col. Pierce Truscott | TV movie
2004 | The Eleventh Hour |  | Episode: "Georgia"
2004 | 1-800-Missing | Detective | Episode: "In the Midnight Hour"
2004-2008 | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Jermaine Brooks | Episode: "Secret: Part 2 (2004)"

Episode: "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (2005)"
Episode: "Working for the Weekend (2006)"
Episode: "Broken Wings (2008)"

2005 | Hollywood Flies | Ray | TV movie
2005 | ReGenesis | Canadian Army Officer | Episode: "The Promise"
2005 | This Is Wonderland |  | Episode: "2.1"
2005 | Kevin Hill | Morris Wilson | Episode: "A River in Egypt"
2005 | Slings & Arrows | Frog Hammer Employee | Episode: "Rarer Monsters"

Episode: "Fallow Time"

2006 | Between Truth and Lies | Detective Lopez | TV movie
2006 | Gospel of Deceit | Neil-Saint Armand | TV movie
2006 | Solar Strike | Colonel Alby | TV movie
2006 | Earthstorm | Will | TV movie
2006 | Mayday | Captain Abate | Episode: "Ocean Landing"
2007 | Painkiller Jane | Prosecutor | Episode: "Trial by Fire"
2007 | Bionic Woman | Doctor #1 | Episode: "Pilot" & "Unaired Pilot"

2007 | Smallville | Keating | Episode: "Bizarro"
2007 | Christmas Caper | Clive Henry | TV movie
2007-2008 | The Dresden Files | Morgan | Lead (7 episodes)
2007-2008 | Kyle XY | Julian Ballantine | Recurring (9 episodes)
2008 | Reaper | Kenneth | Episode: "The Leak"
2008 | Vipers | Lewison | TV movie
2007-2009 | 'da Kink in My Hair | Richard | (7 episodes)
2009 | Come Dance at My Wedding | Ryan | TV movie
2009 | The Good Times Are Killing Me | Norton | TV movie
2009 | Skyrunners | Agent Armstrong | TV movie
2010 | Fringe | Vincent Ames | Episode: "What Lies Below"
2010 | Warehouse 13 | Officer Kessman | Episode: "Mild Mannered"
2010 | Covert Affairs | Hasaan Waleed | Episode: "In the Light"
2010 | Supernatural | Crowley's Demon | Episode: "Caged Heat"
2011 | Nikita | President Ungara | Episode: "Girl's Best Friend"
2011 | XIII: The Series | Rondeau | Episode: "The Train"
2011 | Combat Hospital | Oga Civilian | Episode: "Do No Harm"
2011 | Lost Girl | The Black Thorn | Episode: "I Fought the Fae (and the Fae Won)"
2011 | Against the Wall | Matt Gibbons | Episode: "Countdown to Meltdown"
2011 | Sanctuary | Yusuf | Episode: "Fugue"

Episode: "Homecoming"

2012 | The Listener | Rafiq | Episode: "The Taking"
2012-13 | Saving Hope | Brian | Recurring
2013 | Republic of Doyle | Sheen Barry | Episode: "Identity Crisis"
2013 | Murdoch Mysteries | Mission Man | Episode: "Murdoch on the Corner"
2013 | Heartland | Sgt. Decker | Episode: "Thread the Needle"
2013 | Cracked | Brandon Doerkes | Episode: "Hideaway"
2014 | Beauty & the Beast | Captain Bennett | Episode: "Held Hostage"
2014 | The Strain | Mike Rivers | Episode: "Gone Smooth"
Episode: "Occultation"
2014 | Haven | Mr. Simon | Episode: "Mortality"
2015 | 12 Monkeys | Michael Pratt | Episode: "The Keys"
2015 | Good Witch | Zimmerman | Episode: "Running Scared"
Episode: "Do the Right Thing"
2015 | Defiance | T'evgin | Season: 3
2015 | V Morgan is Dead | Alistair Benson | Season: 1
2016 | Real Detective | Dewayne Lee Harris | Episode: "Vengeance"
2016-17 | Dark Matter | Ruac | Episode: "We Were Family"
Episode: "Built, Not Born"
2017 | Deadly Secrets by the Lake | Lucky Martin | TV movie
2017 | Mommy's Prison Secret AKA Early Release | Blake Peterson | TV movie
2017-18 | Cardinal | Coroner Barnhouse | Episode: "Cardinal"
Episode: "Delorme"
Episode: "Kevin"
2017 | Designated Survivor | General Tobias Beckwith | Episode: "Sting of the Tail"
2017 | Star Trek: Discovery | Terral
Admiral Terral | Episode: "Choose Your Pain"
Episode: "Lethe"
Episode: "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
Episode: "Into the Forest I Go"
2017 | Save Me | Captain | Episode: "Possible Anaphylaxis"
2017 | The Christmas Cure | Dr. Campbell | TV movie
2018-19 | Shadowhunters | Detective Dwyer | Episode: "Erchomai"
Episode: "To the Night Children"
2018 | Private Eyes | Hank Falcone | Episode: "Kissing the Canvas"
2018 | Jack Ryan | Colonel Robert Phelps | Episode: "The Boy"
2019 | Ransom | Detective Roger Berks | Episode: "Justice"
2019 | Jett | Lieutenant Carter | Episode: "Rosalie"
2019 | Escaping the NXVM Cult: A Mother's Fight to Save Her Daughter | Agent Lathan | TV movie
2019 | Love by Accident | Cal | TV movie
2022 | In the Dark | Graham Stanley | Episode: "Hard Pill to Swallow"
2023-24 | Fargo | Bowman | Season 5, recurring role

## References

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1. ^ "Interview with Conrad Coates". www.cynbythesea.com. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
2. ^ "Interview with Conrad Coates". www.cynbythesea.com. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
3. ^ "School of Communication Arts Faculty". Archived from the original on 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
4. ^ "Shows". SYFY. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
5. ^ Mitovich, Matt Webb (2015-02-02). "Defiance Season 3 Adds Lee Tergesen (as a Castithan!), Plus Two Others". TVLine. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
6. ^ Morton, Philip David (2015-08-01). "Purple Is the New Black". HuffPost. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
7. ^ "Defiance Season 3. Who Is The Leader Of The Omec? What Do You Expect From T'evgin? - Yareah Magazine". www.yareah.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-24.
8. ^ "Coates & Company". coatesandcompany.com. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
9. ^ "Interview with Conrad Coates". www.cynbythesea.com. Retrieved 2020-03-29.

## External links

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* Conrad Coates at IMDb

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