Tyler Coppin

Tyler Coppin (born 9 November 1956) is an American-Australian actor, playwright and American dialect coach for actors in film, television and theatre.

Personal life and education Coppin is a fourth-generation Californian born in Roseville, California, the second child of Ronald and Gayle (Terry) 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 19, where he attended and graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art.

He 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 moved to Melbourne with Jane Borghesi where the couple married in 2006. They have one son.

He became an Australian citizen in 1993.

Career Coppin's many stage appearances include the Child Catcher in the Australian national production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mr Mushnik in the 2016 Australian national tour of Little Shop of Horrors, 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 Young Manitoba in the Sydney Theatre Company production of The Ham Funeral, directed by Neil Armfield.

Coppin has appeared in the Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Born Yesterday, His Girl Friday, Ruby Moon, A Behanding in Spokane by playwright Martin McDonagh, and as Vice Principal Panch in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, for which he wrote additional material.

His television appearances include Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King and Neighbours.

His film appearances include Hacksaw Ridge directed by Mel Gibson, The Spierig Brothers' Winchester and Predestination, The Death and Life of Otto Bloom, The Tender Hook, Emulsion, One Night Stand, Lorca and the Outlaws and Mad Max 2.

Coppin is also a dialect coach of the American accent, having started training actors during the 1980's Australian New Wave film era. These include Heath Ledger, Melissa George, Joel Edgerton, Magda Szubanski, Ben Mendelsohn, Colin Friels, Marcus Graham, Madeleine Madden and Mavournee Hazel.

He has also narrated several audiobooks, including an adaptation of the American children's TV series Bear in the Big Blue House, released by ABC for Kids.

Credits

Film

As writer Year Title Role Notes 2006 Happy Feet Contributing writer Animated feature film

Television Year Title Role Notes 1982 Play School Host TV series 2006 Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King Richard Fornoy TV anthology series 2020NeighboursBasil Gardener (recurring role) TV series

Stage

As actor Year Title Role Notes 1979 Lower Depths NIDA Theatre, Sydney 1979 The Beggar's Opera NIDA Theatre, Sydney, Playhouse, Canberra 1979 The Ballad of the Sad Café NIDA Theatre, Sydney 1979 Rumpelstiltskin Rumpelstiltskin Parramatta Town Hall with Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust 1980 Danton's Death Saint Just / Beggar Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company 1980 Inside the Island Andy Nimrod Theatre, Sydney 1980 Volpone Nimrod Theatre, Sydney 1981 The Choir Michael Nimrod Theatre, Sydney, Universal Theatre, Melbourne 1982 You Can't Take It With You Sydney Opera House with STC for Sydney Festival 1984 1984 A.D. Arts Theatre, Adelaide with Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust for Adelaide Festival 1986 The Philadelphia Story Sydney Opera House with STC 1987 The Country Wife Sydney Opera House with STC 1987 Travelling Light Studio Theatre for Melbourne Festival of the Arts 1988 Haircut Wharf Theatre, Sydney with Six Years Old Theatre Company 1988 Strictly Ballroom Wharf Theatre, Sydney, with Six Years Old Theatre Company 1988 Angels Wharf Theatre, Sydney, with Six Years Old Theatre Company 1989 The Ham Funeral Young Manitoba Wharf Theatre with STC 1990 Three Sisters Sydney Opera House with STC 1991 Buzz Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney 1992 Much Ado About Nothing Sydney Opera House with STC 1992 The Heidi Chronicles Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 1992 The Cockroach Opera Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney 1992 The Real Live Brady Bunch Greg Brady University of Sydney with Footbridge Theatre 1993 The Real Live Brady Bunch - and the Real Live Game Show Greg Brady Comedy Club, Melbourne for Melbourne International Comedy Festival 1993–94 A Midsummer Night's Dream Singer Sydney Opera House, State Theatre, Melbourne with Opera Australia 1993–94; 1995; 1997 Picasso at the Lapin Agile Picasso Belvoir Theatre Company, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, with Playbox Theatre Company with Melbourne International Arts Festival, Playhouse Adelaide, Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney, Melbourne Athenaeum 1994 Short Circuits Seymour Centre, Sydney, for Sydney Festival 1995 Tales of Helpmann Robert Helpmann Bondi Pavilion 1995 Tales of Helpmann (Bobby's Fluffy Trip) Robert Helpmann Performance Space, Sydney 1995 Saint Joan Sydney Opera House 1996 A Midsummer Night's Dream Sydney Opera House 1996 Wasp Son Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney 1997 Pageant Miss Texas Harry M Miller 1998–99 Lyrebird: Tales of Helpmann Robert Helpmann Q Theatre, Penrith, Price Theatre, Adelaide, Sydney Opera House, Downstage Theatre, Wellington, Playhouse, Canberra, Cochrane Theatre, London 2000 The Small Poppies Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga 2001 Helpmann Awards 2001 Lyric Theatre, Sydney 2001 Emma's Nose: A Comedy of Eros Freud Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney 2002–03 Cabaret Ernst Ludwig State Theatre, Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Festival Theatre, Adelaide 2003 A Midsummer Night's Dream Puck Sydney Opera House 2004 Run Rabbit Run Andrew Denton / Roger Harvey / John Hartigan / Tom Cocking Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney 2006; 2007 The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Vice Principal Douglas Panch Playhouse, Melbourne, Sydney Theatre 2006–08 Lyrebird: Tales of Helpmann Robert Helpmann Space Theatre, Adelaide & Australian regional tour 2007 Homebody / Kabul Trades Hall, Melbourne 2009 B.C. BlackBox, Melbourne 2010 Ruby Moon Southbank Theatre, Melbourne, with MTC 2011 A Behanding in Spokane Mervyn Southbank Theatre with MTC 2011 At Any Cost? Brother The J Theatre, Noosa, Ensemble Theatre, Sydney 2012 His Girl Friday McCue Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC 2012 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Child Catcher Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Festival Theatre, Adelaide, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Crown Theatre, Perth, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane 2013 The Dragon Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne 2014–15 Strictly Ballroom the Musical Terry Best Sydney Lyric Theatre, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane with Global Creatures 2016 Little Shop of Horrors Mr Mushnik Hayes Theatre Company, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Canberra Theatre, Playhouse, Brisbane, Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth 2016 Dusty the Original Pop Diva Gerard O'Brien / Jerry Wexler / Drag Queen Playhouse, Melbourne with Adelaide Festival Centre 2017 Born Yesterday Ed Devery Southbank Theatre, Melbourne, Canberra Theatre with MTC 2019 Shakespeare in Love Wabash / Lambert Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC Glengarry Glen Ross Sydney Opera House

As playwright / writer / director Year Title Role Notes 1987 Flabbadadabbadadaddy-o! Co-writer Melbourne International Comedy Festival 1988 Haircut Contributing writer STC 1991 Buzz Co-writer / Director Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney 1992 Dance Camp 3 Director Belvoir Street Theatre for Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 1995 Tales of Helpmann Actor / Writer Bondi Pavilion, Performance Space, Sydney 1998–99; 2006–08 Lyrebird: Tales of Helpmann Playwright Sydney Opera House, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, City of London Festival, Australia, New Zealand, United States 2004 UnAmerica Playwright Shortlisted for 2004 Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award 2005 The Minutiae of Inertia Playwright Melbourne Fringe Festival 2006; 2007 The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Additional written material written Playhouse, Melbourne, Sydney Theatre Strictly Ballroom Contributing writer Death of Cook Contributing writer Performance Space, Sydney No One Here Gets Out Awake Playwright Clover Playwright

Dialect coach Year Title Role Notes 1989 Speed-the-Plow American Dialect Coach MTC stage production 1995 Babe American Dialect Coach Feature film 1996 Peter Benchley's The Beast American Dialect Coach TV movie 1996 Race the Sun American Dialect Coach Feature film 1998 Dark City Dialogue Coach Feature film 2003 The Night We Called It a Day American Dialect Coach (Nicholas Hope) Feature film 2006 Superman Returns American Dialect Coach Feature film 2009 Where the Wild Things Are American Dialect Coach (uncredited) Feature film 2010 Torn American Dialect Coach 2019 The Strange Chores American Dialect Coach TV series 2021 The Vortex Dialect Coach Short film 2021–24 La Brea American Dialect Coach TV series

Awards Nominated work Award Category Result Lyrebird: Tales of Helpmann Edinburgh Fringe Festival Fringe First Award The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Helpmann Awards Best Supporting Actor Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Green Room Awards Best Supporting Actor