Chris Coffey

Education

Yale School of Drama.

Career

Coffey was praised for his "tour-de-force performance.. giving a shockingly convincing performance that is equally perverse and plausible". Roger Ebert also singled Coffey out in his "Best films of 2011" compilation. In April 2012, Coffey starred in the short film BFF, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was written and directed by Neil LaBute.

In January 2014, Coffey made his Broadway debut in the play Bronx Bombers, as Joe DiMaggio at the Circle in the Square after originating the role Office-Broadway at Primary Stages in 2013.

Additional theatrical credits include Lips Together, Teeth Apart, directed by Mark Lamos (Westport Playhouse, Connecticut), The Front Page, directed by Gordon Edelstein (Long Wharf Theater, New Haven Connecticut), Violet Hour, directed by David Kennedy, and Hedda Gabler, directed by Ron Daniels (Dallas Theater Center, Dallas, Texas), Prize ring (The) Manitoba (Ohio Theatre, New York City), A View from the Bridge and A Midsummer Night"s Dream (Alley Theater, Houston, Texas), Galileo and Measure Foreign Measure (Yale Repertory Theater, New Haven, Connecticut), among many others Television credits include guest starring roles on The Good Wife, Cupid and Law & Order, as well as recurring roles on Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Guiding Light.

Additional film credits include The International, Thirteen Days, Walking on the Sky, June, and Play it By Ear. Coffey currently splits his time between New York and Los Los Angeles

Achievements

• A 1999 graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Coffey has originated roles in Richard Nelson’s Frank"s Home, directed by Robert Falls (Playwrights Horizons, New York City, Goodman Theater, Chicago, Illinois), Richard Nelson"s How Shakespeare Won the West (Huntington Theater, Boston, Master of Arts) and working alongside Arthur Miller in his penultimate play, Resurrection Blues, directed by Mark Lamos (Old Globe Theater, San Diego, California).