Frank Wood (actor)
Frank Wood | |
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Born | May 1960 (age 56) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1998–present |
Frank Wood (born March 1960) is an American actor who has appeared in various television, film, and theatre roles.[1] His most frequent role was performing as Greg in the HBO series Flight Of The Conchords.
Early life
Wood is the son of Margaret (Byers) and Robert Coldwell Wood, a political scientist who briefly served as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Lyndon Johnson administration.[2] His sister is the Governor of New Hampshire and U.S. Senator-elect Maggie Hassan. Wood prepped at the Buxton School (Massachusetts), graduated Wesleyan in 1984 and subsequently earned an MFA from New York University's Graduate Acting Program.[3][4]
Career
Wood won a Tony Award in 1999 for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Side Man. He played Bill in August: Osage County on Broadway.[5] From September 14, 2010 to March 27, 2011, Wood starred as the character Roy Cohn in the acclaimed off-Broadway revival of Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Angels in America staged by the Signature Theatre Company in Manhattan.[6][7][8][9] Wood played Gary Lucas in Greetings from Tim Buckley, a film on Tim and Jeff Buckley, which premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.[10][11]
In 2016, Wood played the Night Clerk in Eugene O'Neill's play Hughie opposite Forest Whitaker's Broadway debut at the Booth Theatre in New York City, directed by Michael Grandage.[12]
Filmography
Film
- Down to You (2000)
- Small Time Crooks (2000)
- Pollock (2000)
- Thirteen Days (2000)
- The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
- In America (2002)
- People I Know (2002)
- The Undeserved (2004)
- Winter Solstice (2004)
- King of the Corner (2004)
- Keane (2004)
- The Favor (2006)
- Flakes (2007)
- Michael Clayton (2007)
- Dan in Real Life (2007)
- Synecdoche, New York (2008)
- Changeling (2008)
- The Missing Person (2009)
- The Taking of Pellham 123 (2009)
- Greetings from Tim Buckley (2012)
Television
- Law & Order
- Ed
- The Sopranos
- Third Watch
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- Line of Fire
- Medium
- Flight of the Conchords as Greg (17 episodes)
- Damages
- Bored to Death
- Lights Out
- Grey's Anatomy
- Modern Family
- The Good Wife
- Elementary
- The Newsroom
Theater
- Spring Awakening (2006)
- Hollywood Arms (2007)
- August: Osage County (2008)
- Clybourne Park (2010)
- Angels in America (2010–2011)
References
- ↑ http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/whoswho/biography/6070
- ↑ Martin, Douglas (April 5, 2005). "Robert Wood, Education Expert, Dies at 81". New York Times. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ↑ "NYU Graduate Acting Alumni". 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
- ↑ http://www.filmbug.com/db/342198
- ↑ http://broadwayworld.com/article/August_Welcomes_Frank_Wood_on_June_17th_20080603
- ↑ http://www.signaturetheatre.org/angels/whos_who.htm
- ↑ http://newyork.timeout.com/arts-culture/upstaged-blog/620473/run-for-it-extensions-for-time-stands-still-and-angels-in-america
- ↑ http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/10/theater_review_1.html
- ↑ http://www.broadway.com/shows/angels-america-millennium-approaches/photos/angels-in-america-show-photos/155420/show-photos-angels-in-america-frank-wood
- ↑ "Tony Winners Norbert Leo Butz and Frank Wood Join Penn Badgley in Greetings from Tim Buckley". Broadway.com. August 22, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
- ↑ Kurchak, Sarah (August 15, 2012). "TIFF 2012 Adds Greetings From Tim Buckley, Spike Lee's Bad 25 Michael Jackson Doc, Skrillex Soundtrack". Spinner. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
- ↑ "Gambling on O'Neill: Forest Whitaker Makes His Broadway Debut in Hughie" by Michael Paulson, The New York Times, February 3, 2016