Samuel Pressly Coker IV is an American actor born in Alma, Michigan to parents Susan (McCall) and Samuel Coker. His early childhood was spent frequently moving across the United States with his family, where he ultimately discovered a passion for acting and theatre. Pressly is a classically-trained actor, and studied primarily out of New York City.

Pressly made his television debut in the long-running series, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2010), and past television credits include the pilot for the hit television-series Suits (2011), NCIS (2014), Real Husbands of Hollywood (2015), The Affair (2015), General Hospital (2018) and How I Met Your Father (2022).

From a very young age, Pressly has been an avid martial arts enthusiast, and holds black belts in both Shito-Ryu Karate and Ketsugo Jujutsu. He lives in Los Angeles.