Conrad Coates
Conrad Coates (born July 12, 1970) is a British-born Canadian actor and teacher. He is best known for his roles as Headmaster T. Monk in The Zack Files (2001–2002), as Jimmy Brooks' father in Degrassi: The Next Generation (2004–2008), as Morgan in The Dresden Files (2007), and as Bowman in the fifth season of Fargo (2023–2024).
Conrad Coates
- Name
- Conrad Coates
- Born
- 12 July 1970
- Birthplace
- London, England
- Occupation
- Actor, teacher
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Conrad Coates • Born — 12 July 1970 • Birthplace — London, England • Occupation — Actor, teacher • Years Active — 1989–present • Children — 1 • Other Names — C.C, C. Coates
Early life
Early life
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.
Career
Career
Since 1989, 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." 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 and 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 third season of the Syfy series Defiance, playing T'evgin, an alien of the Omec race. As well as commercial, film and television, Coates teaches an acting school under the name Coates and Company.
Personal life
Personal life
Conrad has at least one daughter whom he delivered himself. He is a professor at Seneca College.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1989 — War of the Worlds — Driver — Episode: "Epiphany" • My Secret Identity — Bobby Spillman — Episode: "One on One" • data-sort-value="Campbells, The" | The Campbells — Jim — Episode: "Eyes of Angels" • 1990 — Counterstrike — Uncredited — 2 episodes • data-sort-value="Hitchhiker, The" | The Hitchhiker — Frank — Episode: "Fading Away" • Clarence — Cellblock Cop — TV movie • 1991, 1992 — Street Legal — Court Clerk / Constable Osborne — 2 episodes • 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" • Trial & Error — Eddie — TV movie • Top Cops — Holmes — Episode: "Louis Scarcella and Steve Chmil/Alan Patton" • 1994 — E.N.G. — Security Guard — Episode: "Cutting Edge" • 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 • Avengers — Lead Synthesoid (voice) — Episode: "Remnants" • 2000 — Finding Buck McHenry — Hartford Cole — TV movie • Who Killed Atlanta's Children? — Special Agent — TV movie • Hendrix — Black Panther — TV movie • Relic Hunter — Mysterious Local — Episode: "The Legend of The Lost" • 2000–2001 — These Arms of Mine — Steven Armstrong — 5 episodes • 2001 — Blue Murder — Raymond Spears — Episode: "Out-of Towners: Part 1" • Twice in a Lifetime — Gang Boss — Episode: "Moonshine Over Harlem" • La Femme Nikita — Haled — 4 episodes • data-sort-value="Pretender: Island of the Haunted, The" | The Pretender: Island of the Haunted — Adama, triumvirate member — TV movie • 2001–2002 — data-sort-value="Zack Files, The" | The Zack Files — Headmaster T. Monk — Recurring; 14 episodes • Tracker — Councilman Prestin — 2 episodes • 2002 — Scared Silent — Whit Colby — TV movie • Street Time — Philip Leeds — Episode: "Rabid Dawg" • Body & Soul — Dr. Marshall Banks — TV series • 2003 — Sounder — Preacher #2 — TV movie • Word of Honor — Col. Pierce Truscott — TV movie • 2004 — data-sort-value="Eleventh Hour, The" | The Eleventh Hour — Episode: "Georgia" • 1-800-Missing — Detective — Episode: "In the Midnight Hour" • 2004–2008 — Degrassi: The Next Generation — Jermaine Brooks — 4 episodes • 2005 — Hollywood Flies — Ray — TV movie • ReGenesis — Canadian Army Officer — Episode: "The Promise" • This Is Wonderland — Gregory Jarmun — Episode #2.1 • Kevin Hill — Morris Wilson — Episode: "A River in Egypt" • Slings & Arrows — Frog Hammer Employee — 2 episodes • 2006 — Between Truth and Lies — Detective Lopez — TV movie • Gospel of Deceit — Neil-Saint Armand — TV movie • Solar Strike — Colonel Alby — TV movie • Earthstorm — Will — TV movie • Mayday — Captain Abate — Episode: "Ocean Landing" • 2007 — Painkiller Jane — Prosecutor — Episode: "Trial by Fire" • Bionic Woman — Doctor #1 — Episodes: "Pilot" & "Unaired Pilot" • Smallville — Keating — Episode: "Bizarro" • Christmas Caper — Clive Henry — TV movie • data-sort-value="Dresden Files, The" | The Dresden Files — Morgan — Main; 7 episodes • 2007–2008 — Kyle XY — Julian Ballantine — Recurring; 9 episodes • 2007–2009 — Da Kink in My Hair — Richard — 7 episodes • 2008 — Reaper — Kenneth — Episode: "The Leak" • Vipers — Lewison — TV movie • 2009 — Come Dance at My Wedding — Ryan — TV movie • data-sort-value="Good Times Are Killing Me, The" | The Good Times Are Killing Me — Norton — TV movie • Skyrunners — Agent Armstrong — TV movie • 2010 — Fringe — Vincent Ames — Episode: "What Lies Below" • Warehouse 13 — Officer Kessman — Episode: "Mild Mannered" • Covert Affairs — Hasaan Waleed — Episode: "In the Light" • Supernatural — Crowley's Demon — Episode: "Caged Heat" • 2011 — Nikita — President Ungara — Episode: "Girl's Best Friend" • XIII: The Series — Rondeau — Episode: "The Train" • Combat Hospital — Oga Civilian — Episode: "Do No Harm" • Lost Girl — The Black Thorn — Episode: "I Fought the Fae (and the Fae Won)" • Against the Wall — Matt Gibbons — Episode: "Countdown to Meltdown" • Sanctuary — Yusuf — 2 episodes • 2012 — data-sort-value="Listener, The" | The Listener — Rafiq — Episode: "The Taking" • 2012–2013 — Saving Hope — Brian — Recurring; 4 episodes • 2013 — Republic of Doyle — Sheen Barry — Episode: "Identity Crisis" • Murdoch Mysteries — Mission Man — Episode: "Murdoch on the Corner" • Heartland — Sgt. Decker — Episode: "Thread the Needle" • Cracked — Brandon Doerkes — Episode: "Hideaway" • 2014 — Beauty & the Beast — Captain Bennett — Episode: "Held Hostage" • data-sort-value="Strain, The" | The Strain — Mike Rivers — 2 episodes • Haven — Mr. Simon — Episode: "Mortality" • 2015 — 12 Monkeys — Michael Pratt — Episode: "The Keys" • Good Witch — Zimmerman — 2 episodes • Defiance — T'evgin — Season 3 • V Morgan is Dead — Alistair Benson — Season 1 • 2016 — Real Detective — Dewayne Lee Harris — Episode: "Vengeance" • 2016–2017 — Dark Matter — Ruac — 2 episodes • 2017 — Deadly Secrets by the Lake — Lucky Martin — TV movie • Mommy's Prison Secret — Blake Peterson — TV movie; Early Release • Designated Survivor — General Tobias Beckwith — Episode: "Sting of the Tail" • Star Trek: Discovery — Terral / Admiral Terral — 4 episodes • Save Me — Captain — Episode: "Possible Anaphylaxis" • data-sort-value="Christmas Cure, The" | The Christmas Cure — Dr. Campbell — TV movie • 2017–2018 — Cardinal — Coroner Barnhouse — 3 episodes • 2018 — Private Eyes — Hank Falcone — Episode: "Kissing the Canvas" • Jack Ryan — Colonel Robert Phelps — Episode: "The Boy" • 2018–2019 — Shadowhunters — Detective Dwyer — 2 episodes • 2019 — Ransom — Detective Roger Berks — Episode: "Justice" • Jett — Lieutenant Carter — Episode: "Rosalie" • Escaping the NXVM Cult: A Mother's Fight to Save Her Daughter — Agent Lathan — TV movie • Love by Accident — Cal — TV movie • 2022 — In the Dark — Graham Stanley — Episode: "Hard Pill to Swallow" • 2023 — Hudson & Rex — Chip Bellamy — Episode: "Hero by Night" • 2023–2024 — Fargo — Bowman — Recurring; season 5 • 2024 — Locked in My House — Detective Corali — TV movie
Video games
Video games
• Year — Title — Voice role • 1998 — Resident Evil 2 • 2000 — Resident Evil – Code: Veronica — Narrator • 2021 — Far Cry 6 — Jorge 'El Tigre' Aguilar • 2024 — Star Wars Outlaws — Voice
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1991 — Deceived — Policeman #2 • 1994 — Car 54, Where Are You? — DA #2 • 1995 — Open Season — Fielding Rep #1 • To Die For — Weaselly Guy • Rude — Rude Caller • 1997 — Critical Care — Dr. Miller • 2002 — Saint Monica — Calm Man • 2005 — Hollywood Flies — Ray — | • Saw II — Additional Voice Talent — Voice role • 2006 — data-sort-value="Sentinel, The" | The Sentinel — Agent Hauser • 2007 — How She Move — David Green • 2009 — Helen — Stephen • data-sort-value="Death of Alice Blue, The" | The Death of Alice Blue — Detective McGregor • 2010 — Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief — Hephaestus • Tron: Legacy — Bartik • 2011 — Cell 213 — Frank • 2012 — This Means War — Smart Consumer Guard 'Hudson' • Two Hands to Mouth — Ibraahim • 2016 — X-Men: Apocalypse — Pentagon General Fields • 2018 — Anon — Detective Fuchs • Welcome to Marwen — Demaryius Johnson • 2019 — data-sort-value="Dog's Journey, A" | A Dog's Journey — Big Joe • Business Ethics — Claude Higgins • 2021 — Romance in the Wilds — Stanley Garson • 2023 — Simulant — Supervisor Abendjor • Dream Scenario — Dinner Guest #1 • Totally Killer — Principal Doug Summers • Christmas in Big Sky Country — Martin Hill
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- 1.Interview with Conrad Coates. Cyn By The Sea.
- 2.School of Communication Arts Faculty.
- 3.Shows. SYFY.
- 4.Mitovich, Matt Webb. Defiance Season 3 Adds Lee Tergesen (as a Castithan!), Plus Two Others. TVLine. 2015-02-02.
- 5.Morton, Philip David. Purple Is the New Black. HuffPost. 2015-08-01.
- 6.Defiance Season 3. Who Is The Leader Of The Omec? What Do You Expect From T'evgin?. Yareah Magazine.
- 7.Coates & Company. Coates and Company.
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