It's not like I don't want to play the guy next door. But sometimes they're not the best written or the most complicated. But I am very, very particular about my bad boys. There are certain types of characters I will not play. I've said no so many times to so many parts that are just way too dark. You have to be careful.

He is known to be good friends with actor William Fichtner as well as Kevin Costner. Kim also became a United States Citizen in 2010. He admits that he took Drama by chance in university and after two years he knew that he wanted to be an actor.

Kim Coates (born February 21 1958) is a Canadian-American actor who has worked in both Canadian and American movies and television series. He has worked on Broadway portraying Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and in the lead role of Macbeth performed at the Stratford Theatre.