[1] At sixteen, he moved to Rome, attending high school and acting in films including Once Upon a Time in America.
[2] Coffey's favorite film was Bertolucci's La Luna[3] which sparked his desire to move to Italy.
[4] Later, he moved to New York where he signed with the William Morris 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, appearing in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and SpaceCamp.
[6] The two have also appeared in other works together, mostly directed by David Lynch, including the 2001 mystery feature Mulholland Drive and the web series Rabbits.