If you've ever seen Sons of Anarchy — which, let us all be honest, you probably have (because who hasn't?) — then there's a fairly good chance you remember the actor who played Tig, Kim Coates.
But outside of the show, we haven't had the chance to learn much about him. Until now!
Let's get into these interesting facts about the SOA star!
Before becoming a big TV star, Kim's main squeeze was theater.
He appeared in many productions including West Side Story, Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet, at Neptune Theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada back in the '80s.
"When I decided to go to university I didn't know what I wanted to do. When I had an opportunity to take an elective I took Drama by chance, even though I'd never taken a Drama course or even been in a play in high school," he said.
"I still remember the teachers; they had a huge influence on me and were instrumental in becoming who I am today."
You might not remember it, but long before Sons of Anarchy hit the ground running, Kim had previously made an appearance on another television cult-favorite, Prison Break.
He guest-starred as Internal Affairs Agent, Richard Sullens.
Much like his character on Sons of Anarchy, he has daughters! They are named Brenna, 28, and Kyla, 23.
"One is saving the world and the other is gonna be a bigger movie star than me," he said.
Honestly, that is kind of the sweetest thing ever.
"My poor mother," he said. "She's all, 'Is it another bad guy? Do you die in this one too?' Like, that's the first thing mum says."
"I didn't know the power of television. I was a movie guy — still am," he said before revealing that since Sons of Anarchy, he has been apart of eight movies.
"They tricked me," he said in a radio interview. "They said 'Yeah, we're gonna shoot it in Montreal and a little bit of Sudbury.' No, it was a little bit of Montreal and a lot of Sudbury."
"Well, I’m an internal actor you know, I’ve been doing it a long time. I started on the stage and I’ve been on Broadway, and I was the youngest Macbeth ever at Stratford. I take this very seriously," he said during a Comic-Con roundtable.
"Those kinds of movies… like The Last Boy Scout… Tony Scott, eh? How sad was that? Anyway, yeah, it held a dear part of my heart. Those early 90s were pretty pivotal for me as a young actor. Getting my green card and becoming an American citizen, it’s all because of those early movies I did, and I loved doing them all," he said.
"I did two little movies back-to-back about a year-and-a-half ago," he said.
"One was called Rufus, it just opened all over the festivals about four or five months ago, and it’ll be out on DVD soon."
"I play identical twins, and they’re both whack, they’re both very different. Amanda Crew and Michael Eklund co-starred with me, and October 1st, it’s gonna be everywhere. If you get the chance, please pick it up. It’s something else, I’m so proud of this little picture, for sure."
Most of the time, it's fair to assume that actors in American films and TV shows are American. But every so often, a Canadian manages to infiltrate Hollywood, and Kim was one of them.
He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
"I know, right? [laughs] How crazy was that?," he said when told that fact in an interview. "Isn’t that wild? That’s great to hear, honestly," he added.
