Tyler Coppin
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Tyler Coppin in LyreBird (Tales of Helpmann) at the Sydney Opera House
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Tyler Jon Coppin 9 November 1956 Roseville, California |
| Nationality | American-Australian |
| Occupation | Actor, Playwright, American Dialect Coach |
| Years active | 1980 - present |
Tyler Coppin (born 9 November 1956) is an American-Australian actor, playwright, and American dialect coach for actors in film, television and theatre.
Coppin was born in Roseville, California, the second child of Ron and Gayle Coppin. He was raised in the Sacramento suburbs of Rancho Cordova and Carmichael, California. The Coppin family are also long-term residents of Stinson Beach, California. Coppin attended Rio Americano High School and California State University, Sacramento before migrating to Australia aged nineteen where he attended and graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art. He now divides his time between the United States and Australia after residing in Sydney for many years working in theatre, film and television. In 2001 Coppin temporarily moved to Melbourne with Jane Borghesi where the couple married in 2006. They have one son.
He became an Australian citizen in 1993.
His many stage appearances include The Child Catcher in the Australian national production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Robert Helpmann in his one-man play Lyrebird: Tales of Helpmann, and Puck in the acclaimed Opera Australia production of Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Baz Luhrmann with set and costumes by Catherine Martin. In 1989, at the request of playwright Patrick White he played the role of the Young Man in the Sydney Theatre Company production of The Ham Funeral, directed by Neil Armfield.
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