Rhys Coiro

Coiro in 2009, photo by Prphotos.com

Place of Birth: Santo Stefano in Aspromonte, Calabria, Italy

Date of Birth: 12 March, 1979

Ethnicity:
*father – Italian
*mother – Irish, small amounts of Welsh and Scottish

Rhys Coiro is an Italian-American film, television and stage actor. He is known for his role on the HBO original series Entourage, as Billy Walsh.

Rhys was born in Santo Stefano in Aspromonte, Calabria, Italy, to Ann and David Coiro, and was raised in Princeton, New Jersey. His father is Italian. His mother is American, and is of Irish, and small amounts of Welsh and Scottish, descent.

Rhys is married to American director and writer Kat Coiro, with whom he has three children.

Rhys’ maternal grandfather was John Arthur Baynes (the son of Edward Earl Baynes and Anna M. Burns). Edward was the son of George H./W. Baynes and Anna A. Hayes. Anna was the daughter of Daniel H. Burns and a woman surnamed McBride.

Rhys’ maternal grandmother was Frances Claire O’Brien (the daughter of Arthur Burke O’Brien and Mary Frances Jones). Arthur was the son of James P. O’Brien, whose parents were Irish, from County Clare, and of Anna J. Burke. Rhys’ great-grandmother Mary Frances was the daughter of John Vincent Jones, whose parents were Welsh, his father from Cardiganshire and his mother from Carmarthenshire, and of Mary Agnes DeVaney/De Vaney, whose parents were Irish, from County Mayo.

Sources: Marriage record of Rhys’ maternal great-grandparents, Edward Earl Baynes and Anna M. Burns – https://www.familysearch.org

Obituary of Rhys’ maternal grandmother, Frances Claire (O’Brien) Baynes Garry – http://www.legacy.com

Marriage record of Rhys’ maternal great-grandparents, Arthur Burke O’Brien and Mary Frances Jones – https://www.familysearch.org