K. Todd Freeman
| K. Todd Freeman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Kenneth Todd Freeman July 9, 1965 Houston, Texas |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1990–present |
Kenneth Todd Freeman (born July 9, 1965) is an American actor in theatre, television, and film. He has been nominated for two Tony Awards over the course of his career and has won one Drama Desk Award.
Life and career
Born in Houston, Texas, Freeman went to the local High School for the Performing and Visual Arts before later graduating from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in 1987.[1]
Freeman has been an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois since 1993.[2] In the same year, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his lead performance in the Apartheid drama The Song of Jacob Zulu. More recently, Freeman has played the role of Doctor Dillamond from Wicked in the first North American tour, Chicago and Broadway productions. In 2015, he was nominated for his second Tony Award, this time for Best Featured Actor in a Play for the dark comedy Airline Highway, and he also won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for the same role.
He has also had supporting roles in various films such as Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), The Cider House Rules (1999), and The Dark Knight (2008). On television, he is perhaps best known for his recurring role on Buffy the Vampire Slayer as "Mr. Trick".
He will play Mr. Poe in the Netflix TV Series A Series Of Unfortunate Events, starting filming in March 2016.
Work
Stage
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | The Song of Jacob Zulu | Jacob Zulu | Broadway Nominated - Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play |
| 2001 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Dr. Spivey | Broadway |
| 2013 | Fetch Clay, Make Man | Stepin Fetchit | Off-Broadway |
| 2014 | Wicked | Dr. Dillamond | Broadway |
| 2015 | Airline Highway | Sissy Na Na | Broadway Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Nominated - Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play |
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Street Hunter | Pretzel | |
| 1991 | Ricochet | Talk Show Guest | |
| Grand Canyon | Wipe | ||
| 1994 | Full Cycle | Clerk | |
| 1995 | Jeffrey | Barney's Waitor | |
| 1996 | Eraser | Duton | |
| House Arrest | Officer Davis | ||
| 1997 | Grosse Point Blank | Kenneth McCullers | |
| The End of Violence | Six O One | ||
| 1998 | Life in the Fast Lane | Stan/Suzie | |
| 1999 | The Cider House Rules | Muddy | |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Polk | |
| The Lucky Ones | Detective # 2 | ||
| 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Baxter Stockman | |
| 2015 | Anesthesia | Joe |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | A Different World | Novian Winters | TV series |
| The Killing Mind | Fred Robinson | TV movie | |
| 1992 | Brooklyn Bridge | Scoot | TV series |
| 1993 | Tracey Takes on New York | Byron | TV movie |
| Ghostwriter | Malenga | TV series | |
| 1995 | Strange Luck | Driving Instructor | TV series |
| 1995-97 | NYPD Blue | Arthur Cartwell | 3 episodes |
| 1996 | Sisters | Chardonay/Larry | 2 episodes |
| 1996-97 | Dangerous Minds | Jerome Griffin | 17 episodes |
| 1998 | Touched by an Angel | Vincent 'Vinegar' Finegar | TV series |
| 1998-99 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Mr. Trick | 4 episodes |
| 2011 | A Gifted Man | Officer Dale Woodrow | TV series |
| 2014 | Believe | Gary Wise | TV series |
| Elementary | Raphael | TV series | |
| 2016 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Mr. Poe | TV series |
