Ritchie Coster (born 1 July 1967) is an English actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Dietrich Banning in ''

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'' (2002), the Chechen in ''

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'' (2008), Elias Kassar in ''

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'' (2015), Mayor Austin Chessani on the second season of the HBO anthology television series ''

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'' and Francisco Scaramucci / Mr. Blue on the SyFy television series ''Happy!''.

Early life

Coster was born in

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. He attended the

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, Edmonton and later trained in acting at the

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. The youngest of four brothers. An early on screen appearance was a brief talking role in the British Broadcasting Corporation's soap drama '' EastEnders''.

Career

Coster has played various roles throughout his career, in the 1998 remake of ''

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'', he played the sculptor who was married to the bottle loving woman Ilene played by Allison Mackie. In television roles he has appeared in at least seven episodes of the television series ''Law & Order'' from 1999 to 2009 in a range of roles.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

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Ritchie Coster's official site
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