Biography

Tyler Coppin is a film, television, and stage actor, and a fourth-generation Californian born and raised in the Sacramento area. A graduate of Rio Americano High School, he attended CSU Sacramento and was involved in the Sacramento theatre scene before migrating to Australia to attend Sydney's prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art. One of his early film roles was in Mad Max 2 - The Road Warrior. As the screaming "Defiant Victim", Coppin was shackled to the front of King Humungus's automobile and driven at speed through the Australian outback.

Most recently Coppin played the lawyer Arthur Gates for directors Michael and Peter Spierig in Winchester, having appeared previously for them in Predestination (as Dr Heinlein), starring Ethan Hawke. His film roles include Hacksaw Ridge, The Death and Life of Otto Bloom, Dark City, Race the Sun, and The Boxer and the Bombshell. Among his television appearances are Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King, Peter Benchley's The Beast, and Farscape.

In Australia Tyler Coppin is known for his award-winning career in plays, operas and musicals, including 'Puck' in Baz Luhrmann's A Midsummer Night's Dream for Opera Australia and the Edinburgh Festival. He has written for George Miller (Happy Feet), and his acclaimed solo play LyreBird - about legendary dancer/actor Robert Helpmann - has toured internationally, winning a Scotsman Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Fringe.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: W. Bruford