Miguel Coias

Miguel Coias is a New York City-based actor who works in the US and internationally in film, television, and voice. Recent projects include: The White House Plumbers on HBO. Originally from Lisbon, Portugal, his young life was guided by the sea, mountains, sports, and an immersion into the world of film. It was by watching American movies and classic films that he perfected his English and aspired to become an actor. Miguel studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts in New York City. In addition to Portuguese and English, he also speaks Spanish, French, and Italian. Miguel's strength and versatility as an actor has been ascribed to his sincere desire to study human nature and his intuitive understanding of the psyches and movement languages that drive each character he plays on stage and set. His studies, travels, and projects have taken him in pursuit of developing this body of work. Miguel's characters, as informed by his studies with acting teacher Julia Carey, are formed through an embodied process drawn dynamically from the people he knows or has observed while tending bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and on the streets of New York, France, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia, Holland, Germany, New Orleans, California. The poet Fernando Pessoa and the fictional character of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille from the book, Perfume, top his list of roles he would relish an opportunity to explore.