Jim True Frost

Jim True Frost (2010)

Jim True-Frost (* 31 July 1966 in Greenwich , Connecticut as Jim True ) is an American actor . His best-known role is that of the police officer and later teacher Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski in the HBO series The Wire . As a stage actor, he appeared before his film roles at the Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago.

Life

Jim True-Frost is married with two children. After the wedding, he and his wife adopted the double name True-Frost.

Filmography (selection)

• 1986: Crime Story (TV series, episode 1x01)
• 1989: The Shadow Makers (Fat Man and Little Boy)
• 1992: Singles - Lonely Together (Singles)
• 1994: Hudsucker - The Great Leap (The Hudsucker Proxy)
• 1996: Normal Life
• 1996: Alone Against the Future ( Early Edition , TV Series, Episode 1x10)
• 1996: Homicide ( Homicide: Life on the Street , TV series, episode 4x15)
• 1998: The Hunted (Affliction)
• 2002–2008: The Wire (TV series, 50 episodes)
• 2002–2010: Criminal Intent - Crime in the sights ( Law & Order: Criminal Intent , TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2003: Karen Sisco
• 2003: Off the Map
• 2005–2008: Law & Order (TV series, two episodes)
• 2007: CSI: Miami (TV series, episode 6x09)
• 2007: Medium - Nothing remains hidden ( Medium , TV series, episode 3x15)
• 2008: Memories to Go - Forgive ... and forget! (Diminished Capacity)
• 2009: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series, episode 11x05)
• 2010: Fringe - Borderline Cases of the FBI ( Fringe , TV series, episode 2x15)
• 2010: The Lincoln Conspiracy (The Conspirator)
• 2010: Chase (TV series, episode 1x08)
• 2010–2013: Treme (TV series, 8 episodes)
• 2011: Blue Bloods - Crime Scene New York ( Blue Bloods , TV series, episode 1x18)
• 2013-2014: Hostages (TV series, 11 episodes)
• 2015: American Odyssey (TV series, 11 episodes)
• since 2017: Z: The Beginning of Everything (TV series)
• 2019: Saint Frances

Web links

• Jim True-Frost in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Harvard EdCast: I Play a Teacher on TV - Interview about his role as a teacher (audio)