December 2024

Ritchie Coster stars as Shinwell Johnson in the new CBS medical drama WATSON.

Coster’s major television credits include the “Law & Order” franchise, “Sex and the City,” “Kidnapped,” “The Blacklist,” “Shades of Blue,” CSI, BILLIONS, “The Flight Attendant,” “The Walking Dead” and, most recently, TULSA KING.

Coster has appeared in films such as “The Sentinel,” “American Gangster” and “The Dark Knight.” He starred with Chris Hemsworth and Viola Davis in Michael Mann’s “Blackhat,” as well as “Creed” with Sylvester Stallone. Coster made his starring film debut in “The Tuxedo” opposite his boyhood idol, Jackie Chan.

Coster’s theatrical credits include the title role in “Macbeth,” “The Cherry Orchard,” Teddy Lloyd in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” opposite Cynthia Nixon, as well as “Six Degrees of Separation,” “The Lonely Few,” “Blue Ridge,” “Capsule” and “Lessons in Survival.”

Coster was born and raised in London, England, where he received his training at Guild Hall School of Music and Drama.