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Jeff Coatney

  • Actor
  • Producer
  • Writer
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Jeff Coatney was born in a meteor crater in Middlesboro, Kentucky on October 16, 1966. A mix of Russian, Ukrainian, German and Native American (Cherokee) ancestry, the family name used to be Kotnj, but was changed to Coatney early in the nineteenth century. Showing an interest in, and an aptitude for art, Jeff spent his early years drawing and painting. When he was 9 years old, his parents allowed him to apprentice with a group of elderly painters for a year. Besides Jeff, the youngest person in the group was fifty. Jeff would continue his art studies, with private lessons and apprenticeships (most notably to acclaimed Equestrian painter Robert Cloyd) learning to paint like the masters. He would go on to study painting and art history in Europe, focusing on Spanish Impressionism, at The Prado in Madrid.

While in high school, Jeff fell in love with acting and the theatre, while performing the role of Otto Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank. He would go on to act in plays and student films in college, some of which he directed. This led to his first professional breakthrough, winning Male Talent of the Year at the International Modeling and Talent Association competition in New York City (1987). Agents, Screen tests and prize money were all offered, but a desire to finish college won out.

After college, Jeff attempted to enter the Florida film industry by moving to Orlando. After spending seven years in Orlando, working on many fun and cool projects as a designer in consumer products and theme parks, Jeff finally made the move to Los Angeles.
BornOctober 16, 1966
BornOctober 16, 1966
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Mind Thief (2022)
Mind Thief
8.7
  • Producer
  • 2022
Mr. Tempest Is Here
Short
  • Producer
  • 2006
Kane Hodder in B.T.K. (2008)
B.T.K.
4.1
Video
  • Detective Powell
  • 2008
Sands of Oblivion (2007)
Sands of Oblivion
3.6
TV Movie
  • Writer
  • 2007

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Actor

  • H. Beam Piper's He Walked Around the Horses
    • Wilhelm Beick
    • TV Movie
    • 2017
  • Gumshoe and Stiletto (2015)
    Gumshoe and Stiletto
    • German Soldiers (voice)
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Delia (2011)
    Delia
    • Sheriff
    • Short
    • 2011
  • The Super Holidays (2010)
    The Super Holidays
    • Professor Holiday (voice)
    • Short
    • 2010
  • Kane Hodder in B.T.K. (2008)
    B.T.K.
    • Detective Powell
    • Video
    • 2008
  • Fellowship of the Dice (2005)
    Fellowship of the Dice
    • Jasper
    • 2005
  • The Terror Has Awakened.
    The Fallen Ones
    • Narrator (voice)
    • TV Movie
    • 2005
  • Frost: Portrait of a Vampire (2003)
    Frost: Portrait of a Vampire
    • The Priest
    • Video
    • 2003
  • Bit Players (2000)
    Fits & Starts
    • N.D.F. Spokesman
    • Short
    • 2002
  • Christmas Nightmare (2001)
    Christmas Nightmare
    • Lyle Wallace
    • 2001
  • Ozark Savage (1999)
    Ozark Savage
    • Narrator
    • 1999

Producer

  • Mind Thief (2022)
    Mind Thief
    • co-producer
    • 2022
  • Delia (2011)
    Delia
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2011
  • Mr. Tempest Is Here
    • co-producer
    • Short
    • 2006

Writer

  • Sands of Oblivion (2007)
    Sands of Oblivion
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 2007
  • Mr. Tempest Is Here
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2006

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  • Height
    • 6′ (1.83 m)
  • Born
    • October 16, 1966
    • Middlesboro, Kentucky, USA

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