Personal Life
Coleman married actress Laurie Coleman (née Casserly) in 1981. They have two children, Jacob and Sarah. Two other children died during infancy (Adam, 1983; Grace, 1992) from a rare genetic disorder known as Zellweger syndrome.
Coleman is a member of the Freemason fraternity, having been made a Mason at sight in 2003 by then Grand Master of Masons in Minnesota, Neil Neddermeyer.
On September 11, 2009, Coleman announced he had been diagnosed with Bell's Palsy. Doctors told him that he should fully recover from it.
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