Biography
Guest appearance: Sunday 24th April 2022
Richard Coyle began his acting career after a stint working on a ferry and entertaining passengers, where he was told by a theatre director that he had a talent and should pursue it further. He graduated in Languages and Philosophy from the University of York in 1995 and was then accepted into the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
In 2000, Coyle's big break arrived in the form of the character Jeff Murdock in the comedy COUPLING.
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.
In 2018, Coyle was cast as Father Faustus Blackwood, a high priest of the Church of Night and Dean of the Academy of the Unseen Arts in the Netflix series CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA.
In January 2021, Coyle announced via Instagram that he has been cast in FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE but said he could not disclose whom he was playing. When the trailer came out December 2021, it was confirmed that he would be playing Aberforth Dumbledore.