Zachary Coffin is an American film and theater actor and writer who works and lives in India. An alumnus of Stella Adler Acting Studio in New York, Coffin pursued his B.A. with Honors from Columbia University and later went to the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California to study M.F.A in Film Production. Coffin began his acting career in India as a stage actor by performing at the Prithvi Theatre and NCPA in Mumbai. He later toured around Indian with the award-winning play called Baghdad Wedding. After working in the theatre, Coffin eventually got his big break when he was cast in the Hindi feature film Mary Kom (2014) where he played the role as the German boxing coach. He later essayed the roles of the British football coach in Houseful 3 (2016) and Lord Jackson in the Tamil super hit film Jackson Durai (2016). His 2017 release includes Raag Desh, and Judwaa 2. Apart from films, Coffin has also worked in many TV series' and is most notably known for his role as the 'gora shaitaan', Greyerson in the Hindi series MahaKumbh (2014-15).

In 2018, he appeared alongside John Abraham and Diana Penty in Abhishek Sharma's Bollywood action history drama Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran.