Kim Coates (born January 2, 1959) is a Canadian-American actor who has worked in both Canadian and American movies and television series. He has worked on Broadway portraying Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and in the lead role of Macbeth performed at the Stratford Theatre. He currently stars as Sergeant-at-Arms Tig Trager in the FX series Sons of Anarchy. Coates was born in Saskatoon to Fred and Joyce Coates. He lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Diana, and two children: Kyla and Brenna. He is known to be good friends with actor William Fichtner as well as Kevin Costner. Kim also became a United States Citizen in 2010.