K. Todd Freeman
Kenneth Todd Freeman (born July 9, 1965 in Houston ) is an American actor. He has been nominated for two Tony Awards and has won a Drama Desk Award .
Life
Freeman was born in Houston and attended the local High School for the Performing and Visual Arts before graduating from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in 1987 .
Freeman had been a member of the Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago since 1993 . In the same year he was nominated for a Tony Award / Best Actor for his appearance in the apartheid drama The Song of Jacob Zulu . Most recently, Freeman played Doctor Dillamond in Wicked on his North American tour in Chicago and Broadway . In 2015 he was nominated for a second Tony Award, this time for Best Supporting Actor, after playing Sissy Na Na on Airline Highway . He won the Drama Desk Award for Best Supporting Actor in an Acting for the same role.
He also has supporting roles in various films such as A Man - A Murder (1997), God's Work & Devil's Contribution (1999) and The Dark Knight (2008). On television, he received a recurring role on the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Mr. Trick.
He appeared in Steppenwolf Theater Company's production of Downstate, which ended on November 18, 2018.
He played Mr. Poe in the Netflix- produced comedy-drama series A Series of Unfortunate Events , released in 2017 .
Appearances
stage
| year | title | role | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | The Song of Jacob Zulu | Jacob Zulu | Broadway Nomination - Tony Award / Best Actor |
| 2001 | One flew over the cuckoo's nest | Dr. Spivey | Broadway |
| 2013 | Fetch Clay, Make Man | Stepin Fetchit | Off-Broadway, Obie Award for Acting Achievement |
| 2014 | Wicked | Dr. Dillamond | Broadway |
| 2015 | Airline Highway | Sissy Oh well | Broadway Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Nomination - Tony Award / Best Supporting Actor |
Movie
| year | title | role | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Street Hunter | Pretzel | |
| 1991 | Ricochet - The Impact | Talk Show Guest | |
| Grand Canyon - In the heart of the city | Wipe | ||
| 1994 | Full cycle | Clerk | |
| 1995 | Jeffrey | Barney's Waitor | |
| 1996 | Eraser | Duton | |
| House arrest | Officer Davis | ||
| 1997 | One man - one murder | Kenneth McCullers | |
| At the end of the violence | Six O One | ||
| 1998 | Life in the Fast Lane | Stan / Suzie | |
| 1999 | God's work & devil's contribution | Muddy | |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Polk | |
| The Lucky Ones | Detective # 2 | ||
| 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Dr. Baxter Stockman | |
| 2015 | Anesthesia | Joe | |
| 2017 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge | Captain Morgan |
watch TV
| year | title | role | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | College fever | Novian Winters | Episode: "Censorship - No Thanks!" |
| The Killing Mind | Fred Robinson | TV movie | |
| 1992 | Brooklyn Bridge | Scoot | Episode: "On the Road" |
| 1993 | Tracey Ullman Takes on New York | Byron | TV movie |
| Ghostwriter | Malenga | Episode: "Lost in Brooklyn: Part 1" | |
| 1995 | Strange luck | Driving instructor | Episode: "Over Exposure" |
| 1995-97 | New York Cops - NYPD Blue | Arthur Cartwell | 3 episodes |
| 1996 | Sisters | Chardonay / Larry | 2 episodes |
| 1996-97 | Dangerous Minds | Jerome Griffin | 17 episodes |
| 1998 | A breath of heaven | Vincent 'Vinegar' Finegar | Episode: "Doodlebugs" |
| 1998-99 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Mr. Trick | 5 episodes |
| 2000 | City of Angels | Episode: "Cry Me a Liver" | |
| 2011 | A Gifted Man | Officer Dale Woodrow | Episode: "Furious Rage" |
| 2014 | Believe | Gary Wise | Episode: "Together" |
| Elementary | Raphael | Episode: "Terra Pericolosa" | |
| 2015 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Mr. Reynolds | Episode: "Unarmed" |
| 2016 | Blind spot | Marcus | Episode: "Master Thieves" |
| The OA | Masters | Episode: "Return" | |
| 2017-2019 | A series of unfortunate events | Mr. Poe | 22 episodes |
| 2019 | The blacklist | Hobbs | Episode: "The Osterman Umbrella Company" |
Web links
- K. Todd Freeman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- K. Todd Freeman . on the Internet Broadway Database
Individual evidence
- ^ Schools of the Stars: Where the 2015 Tony Nominees Went to College: The Actors and Actresses - Playbill .
- ^ Steppenwolf Theater profile
- ↑ K. Todd Freeman Departs Steppenwolf's Visiting Edna | Playbill ( en )
- ^ Tony Nominee K. Todd Freeman Reveals the Inspirations Behind Airline Highway's Sissy Na Na (en) . In: BroadwayBox.com .
- ↑ Hedy Weiss: Drama Desk Awards nominations include many productions with Chicago links . April 23, 2015. Accessed April 27, 2018.
- ↑ Jerry Nunn: NUNN ON ONE: THEATER K. Todd Freeman flies freely in 'Airline Highway' . January 28, 2015. Accessed April 27, 2018.
- ^ Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events": A Cautionary Tale for Those Who Believe in Comforting Lies . January 27, 2017.
- ↑ The Obie Awards, 2014 Winners .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Freeman, K. Todd |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Freeman, Kenneth Todd (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Houston |