---
name: "Ritchie Coster"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ritchie-coster"
fi1m_id: "ritchie-coster"
imdb_id: "nm0182662"
tmdb_id: 13939
wikidata_id: "Q2434354"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 July 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-23T04:07:29.345252+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ritchie Coster

## Identity

Ritchie Coster

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ritchie-coster
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ritchie-coster
- **IMDb ID:** nm0182662
- **TMDB ID:** 13939
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2434354
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritchie_Coster, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2434354, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0182662/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13939

Actor. Born 1 July 1967 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 July 1967, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2008–2015
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 83 (2), 2010s 75 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 77 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Crime 3, Drama 3, Action 1, Action & Adventure 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,178m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritchie_Coster, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2434354, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0182662/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13939

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Creed*](https://film.one/film/creed.md) (85)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ritchie Coster is an English actor. Born on 1 July 1967 in London, he attended Latymer School in Edmonton and trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Coster has appeared in film and television since 1997. He is known for roles including the Chechen in *The Dark Knight* (2008), Joey Sadano in *American Gangster* (2007), Mayor Austin Chessani in the second season of *True Detective* (2014), Pete Sporino in *Creed* (2015), and Anslo Garrick in *The Blacklist* (2013). Since 2025 he has been part of the main cast of the CBS series *Watson*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Creed* (2015), Fi1m 85, as Pete Sporino — [page](https://film.one/film/creed.md)
- *The Blacklist* (2013), Fi1m 63, as Anslo Garrick — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *Person of Interest* (2011), Fi1m 78, as Assassin — [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md)
- *John Adams* (2008), Fi1m 81, as Captain Preston — [page](https://film.one/tv/john-adams.md)
- *The Dark Knight* (2008), Fi1m 85, as Chechen — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dark-knight.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Westhampton* (2026), as Film Chair
- *King Ivory* (2025), as Mickey Greene
- *Another Day in America* (2025), as Greg Strout
- *Watson* (2025), series, as Shinwell Johnson
- *Rumble Through the Dark* (2023), as Baron
- *Florida Man* (2023), series, as Dutch
- *Tulsa King* (2022), series, as Caolan Waltrip
- *After Yang* (2022), as Russ
- *The Flight Attendant* (2020), series, as Victor
- *The Bygone* (2019), as Beckett Summer
- *Submission* (2018), as Dean Bentham
- *HAPPY!* (2017), series, as Francisco "Mr Blue" Scaramucci, Francisco Scaramucci / Orcus
- *The Great & The Small* (2016), as Richie
- *Billions* (2016), series, as Donald Thayer
- *Creed* (2015), as Pete Sporino — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/creed.md)
- *Blackhat* (2015), as Elias Kassar
- *By the Gun* (2014), as Tony Matazano
- *True Detective* (2014), series, as Mayor Austin Chessani — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/true-detective.md)
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, as Anslo Garrick — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *Luck* (2012), series, as Renzo
- *Person of Interest* (2011), series, as Assassin — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md)
- *The Walking Dead* (2010), series, as Pope — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md)
- *Let Me In* (2010), as Mr. Zoric
- *Pete Smalls Is Dead* (2010), as Hal Lazar
- *The Bounty Hunter* (2010), as Ray
- *Virtuality* (2009), as Dr. Jimmy Johnson
- *Virtuality* (2009), series, Actor
- *The Dark Knight* (2008), as Chechen — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dark-knight.md)
- *John Adams* (2008), series, as Captain Preston — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/john-adams.md)
- *American Gangster* (2007), as Joey Sadano
- *Kidnapped* (2006), series, Actor
- *The Sentinel* (2006), as The Handler
- *Beautiful People* (2005), series, Actor
- *Law & Order: Trial by Jury* (2005), series, as Shane Lucas
- *Jonny Zero* (2005), series, as Garret
- *Traffic* (2004), series, as Fazal
- *Pipe Dream* (2002), as Pascal
- *The Tuxedo* (2002), as Dietrich Banning
- *Hack* (2002), series, as Nick Trepov
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Simon Matic, Jack Taylor
- *15 Minutes* (2001), as News Stand Vendor
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Arthur Blisterman
- *Bait* (2000), as Buyer
- *The Photographer* (2000), as Attacker #1
- *Third Watch* (1999), series, as Rudy
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Carlo Parisi
- *The Thomas Crown Affair* (1999), as Janos
- *Rear Window* (1998), as Julian Thorpe
- *Sex and the City* (1998), series, as Caleb MacDougal
- *FX: The Series* (1996), series, as Jimmy Hickman
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Jorgan Stern, Mark Bruner — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

## Gallery

- ![Ritchie Coster](https://film.one/media/person/123176/gallery-85fa5e3b8224.jpg) Ritchie Coster — Image via TMDB
- ![Ritchie Coster](https://film.one/media/person/123176/gallery-296cdad687c5.jpg) Ritchie Coster — Image via TMDB

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