Dario Coates
{{Short description|British actor (born 1992)}}
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{{Infobox person
|name = Dario Coates
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|4|25|df=y}}
|birth_place = Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
|education = Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
|occupation = Actor
|years_active = 2007–present
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Dario Coates (born 25 April 1992) is an English actor. He is known for portraying Alex Neeson in the television ITV soap Coronation Street (2007–2008).{{cite web|last=Jacob|first=Liana|title=You Netflix season 4: Who is Dario Coates from Hebden Bridge? The former Coronation Street actor appearing alongside Penn Badgley on Netflix psychological thriller show|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/who-is-dario-coates-from-hebden-bridge-the-former-coronation-street-actor-appearing-on-netflix-psychological-thriller-you-starring-penn-badgley-3989297|website=The Yorkshire Post|date=16 January 2023}}
Biography
Coates attended Calder High School and Calderdale Theatre School.{{cite web|title=Dario lands role in popular soap|url=http://www.hebdenbridgetimes.co.uk/schools-news/Dario-lands-rolein-popular-soap.3511467.jp|website=Hebden Bridge Times|access-date=17 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080104100453/http://www.hebdenbridgetimes.co.uk/schools-news/Dario-lands-rolein-popular-soap.3511467.jp|archive-date=4 January 2008|date=20 November 2007|url-status=dead}} He acted in Calderdale Theatre School's production of the Philip Pullman novels His Dark Materials, for which he received acclaim from The Halifax Courier.{{cite web|last1=Liddle|first1=Andrew|title=His Dark Materials, Calderdale Theatre School, Square Chapel Centre for the Arts|url=http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/reviews/His-Dark-Materials-Calderdale-Theatre.5139863.jp|website=Halifax Courier|access-date=17 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406033219/https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/reviews/his-dark-materials-calderdale-theatre.5139863.jp|archive-date=6 April 2009 |date=3 April 2009|url-status=dead}}
In 2016, he appeared in the BBC series The Coroner episode "The Beast of Lighthaven" as Ben Fairhead.
In 2023, he appeared as Connie in the fourth season of the Netflix series You.{{cite news|last=Cormack |first=Morgan|title=You season 4 cast: Meet the characters in the Netflix thriller|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/you-season-4-cast-netflix/|work=Radio Times|date=12 April 2023}}
Filmography
=Film=
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| Year
!Title !Role !Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Boys on Film 20: Heaven Can Wait |
=Television=
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| Year
!Title !Role !Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–2008 | Coronation Street | Alex Neeson | 32 episodes |
| 2013 | Drifters | LOL Squad 2 | Episode: "Work Experience" |
| 2014 | Doctors | Leo Kellam | Episode: "The Inheritance" |
| 2016 | The Coroner | Ben Fairhead | Episode: "The Beast of Lighthaven" |
| rowspan="2"|2017 | Endeavour | Lee 'Stix' Noble | Episode: "Canticle" |
| Damned | Nick | Episode #2.5 | |
| rowspan="2"|2021 | The Girlfriend Experience | Data Tagger | Episode: "State of Mind" |
| Rules of the Game | DS Peter Alan | 4 episodes | |
| 2022 | Tell Me Everything | Pineapples | Episode #1.2 |
| rowspan="2"|2023 | You | Connie | Recurring role |
| The Couple Next Door | Mike | 2 episodes |
=Video games=
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| Year
! Title ! Voice role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Cyberpunk 2077 | Voice | |
| 2021 | Red Solstice 2: Survivors | Additional voices | |
| rowspan="3"|2022 | Expeditions: Rome | Tullius Cicero / Minucius Thermus / Felix Hadrianus | |
| Total War: Warhammer III | Voice | ||
| Live A Live | Oersted / Odio, the Lord of Dark | English version | |
| rowspan="5"|2023 | The Lord of the Rings: Gollum | Orc / Elf | English version |
| Killer Frequency | Murphy / Eugene Stine / Jimmy / Dudley / Officer Trout | ||
| Baldur's Gate 3 | Astoundo the Lesser / Barcus Wroot / Bug Bludgeon / Various | ||
| Payday 3 | Neon Cradle Bouncer / Radio Reporter / Civilians | ||
| Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin | Awlrach the Drowner / Marshcrawla Sloggoth / Snargit | ||
| rowspan="3" |2024 | Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden | Gaufrey Rawlings / Sebastian Preese / Caleb Wattson | |
| Closer the Distance | Laul | ||
| Metaphor: ReFantazio
|Ovis Gideaux |English dub | |||
| 2025
|Technician Harry / Parking Attendant / Additional Voices | |
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Category:Actors from Hebden Bridge
Category:21st-century English male actors
Category:English male soap opera actors
Category:English male video game actors
Category:English television actors
Category:Alumni of the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
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