Scott Coffey
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| Scott Coffey | |
 Coffey with actress Jennifer Syme in the film Lost Highway |
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| Born | May 1, 1967 Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Notable roles | Chip Guillyard in Shag Donner in Tank Girl Ellie Parker |
Scott Coffey (b. May 1, 1967, in Hawaii) is an American actor, director, and writer. His acting credits include films such as Shag, Some Kind of Wonderful, Dream Lover, and Mulholland Drive. He was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for his work in Shag. Coffey currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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[edit] Early Career
Scott Coffey,was born and raised in Hawaii, where he began his acting career appearing in school plays, community theatre and with the Hawaii Performing Arts Company. He also appeared in several episodic television shows. At sixteen, with the money he had earned acting, he travelled to Europe. Inspired by Bertolucci's La Luna, he felt compelled to visit Rome along with Paris and Budapest. He stayed three years, attending high school in Rome and acting in seven films, including Once Upon a Time in America, and the CBS miniseries Christopher Columbus. While on location for Christopher Columbus, Coffey was contacted by the William Morris Agency and moved to New York, where he signed with the agency and studied acting while co-starring in the off-Broadway play It's All Talk. After a year he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his film career and has been working ever since, appearing in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Some Kind of Wonderful, SpaceCamp and Girls Just Want to Have Fun. His television work includes a special Twilight Zone entitled Private Channel and an Amazing Stories (TV series) hour special directed by Robert Zemeckis.
[edit] Ellie Parker
Coffey's feature film, Ellie Parker (2005), which finished production in July of 2005, was an Official Selection of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and won the New American Cinema Special Jury Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival. He wrote the film based on the short story, All God's Children Can Dance by Haruki Murakami.
[edit] Personal life
Coffey lives his life as an openly gay man in Hollywood, California. He counts Naomi Watts, David Lynch and Keanu Reeves as close friends.[1]
[edit] Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 1984 | Once Upon a Time in America | Teenager | uncredited |
| 1984 | Warrior of the Lost World | Geek | |
| 1985 | Girls Just Want to Have Fun | Dancer | |
| 1986 | SpaceCamp | Gardener | |
| 1986 | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Adams | |
| 1987 | Some Kind of Wonderful | Ray | |
| 1987 | Zombie High | Felner | |
| 1988 | Satisfaction | Nickie | |
| 1989 | Shag | Chip Guillyard | |
| 1990 | Wild at Heart | Billy | |
| 1991 | Shout (film) | Bradley | |
| 1993 | Wayne's World 2 | Heavy Metaller | |
| 1993 | The Temp | Lance | |
| 1994 | Dream Lover | Billy | |
| 1995 | Breaking Free | Blitz | |
| 1995 | Tank Girl | Donner | |
| 1997 | Lost Highway | Teddy | |
| 1998 | Route 9 | Nate | |
| 2001 | Ellie Parker | Chris | short film |
| 2001 | Never Date an Actress | The caring boyfriend | |
| 2001 | Mulholland Dr. | Wilkins | |
| 2002 | Rabbits | Jack | |
| 2005 | Ellie Parker | Chris | feature film |
| 2006 | Inland Empire | Jack Rabbit | |
| 2007 | Normal Adolescent Behavior | Philosophy Teacher |
