Kenneth Todd Freeman (born July 9, 1965) is an American actor. He has been nominated for two Tony Awards over the course of his career and has won one Drama Desk Award. He has played supporting roles in films such as Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) and The Cider House Rules (1999), played a prominent recurring role on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998–1999), and was a series regular on A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017–2019).
K. Todd Freeman | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kenneth Todd Freeman July 9, 1965 |
| Education | University of North Carolina School of the Arts (BFA) |
Life and career
editBorn 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.[3] 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 as Sissy Na Na in Airline Highway.[4] He won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for the same role.[5]
He has also had supporting roles in various films such as Eraser (1996), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), The Cider House Rules (1999), and The Dark Knight (2008). On television, he earned a recurring role on Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Mr. Trick.[6]
He performed in the Steppenwolf Theatre Company's production of Downstate, which concluded its run on November 18, 2018.
He portrayed Mr. Poe in the 2017 Netflix comedy drama series A Series of Unfortunate Events.[7]
Filmography
editTheatre
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Angels in America | Belize | Los Angeles |
| 1993 | The Song of Jacob Zulu | Jacob Zulu | Broadway |
| 2001 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Dr. Spivey | Broadway |
| 2011 | The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures | Paul | Off-Broadway |
| 2013 | Fetch Clay, Make Man | Stepin Fetchit | Off-Broadway |
| 2014 | Wicked | Dr. Dillamond | Broadway |
| 2015 | Airline Highway | Sissy Na Na | Broadway |
| 2018 | Downstate | Dee | Chicago |
| 2019 | London | ||
| 2020 | The Minutes | Mr. Blake | Broadway |
| 2022 | Broadway | ||
| 2023 | Downstate | Dee | Off-Broadway |
| 2024 | Corruption | Chris Bryant / Simon Kelner | Off-Broadway |
Film
edit| 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 | FBI Agent Dutton | |
| House Arrest | Officer Davis | ||
| 1997 | Grosse Pointe Blank | NSA Agent Kenneth McCullers | |
| The End of Violence | Six O One | ||
| 1998 | There's No Fish Food in Heaven | Stan / Suzie | |
| 1999 | The Cider House Rules | 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: Dead Men Tell No Tales | Captain Morgan | |
| 2018 | Weightless | Dr. Mcleod | |
| 2021 | Naked Singularity | Jimmy | |
| The Same Storm | Leon Robinson |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | A Different World | Novian Winters | Episode: "Monet Is the Root of All Evil" |
| 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 | 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 | 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: "In Case of Exposure" |
| 2014 | Believe | Gary Wise | Episode: "Together" |
| Elementary | Raphael | Episode: "Terra Pericolosa" | |
| 2015 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Mr. Reynolds | Episode: "Community Policing" |
| 2016 | Blindspot | Marcus | Episode: "One Begets Technique" |
| The OA | Masters | Episode: "Homecoming" | |
| 2017–19 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Mr. Poe | 22 episodes |
| 2019 | The Blacklist | Hobbs | Episode: "The Osterman Umbrella Company" |
| God Friended Me | Bishop Thompson | 2 episodes | |
| 2020 | High Maintenance | Bill | Episode: "Backflash" |
| 2021 | FBI: Most Wanted | Linwood Williams | Episode: "Run-Hide-Fight" |
| 2022 | The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey | Darwin Andrews | Episode: "Coydog" |
| The Rehearsal | Fake Kor | Episode: "Orange Juice, No Pulp" | |
| 2023 | The Horror of Dolores Roach | Jeremiah | 8 episodes |
Awards and nominations
editTheatre
edit| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Tony Award[8] | Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play | The Song of Jacob Zulu | Nominated |
| 2013 | Obie Award[9] | Performance | Fetch Clay, Make Man | Won |
| 2015 | Tony Award[10] | Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play | Airline Highway | Nominated |
| Drama Desk Award[11] | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Won | ||
| 2019 | Evening Standard Theatre Award[12][13] | Best Actor | Downstate | Nominated |
| 2023 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play | Nominated |
References
edit- ^ "Schools of the Stars: Where the 2015 Tony Nominees Went to College: The Actors and Actresses - Playbill".
- ^ "Steppenwolf Theatre profile". Archived from the original on 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
- ^ "K. Todd Freeman Departs Steppenwolf's Visiting Edna | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
- ^ "Tony Nominee K. Todd Freeman Reveals the Inspirations Behind Airline Highway's Sissy Na Na". BroadwayBox.com. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
- ^ Weiss, Hedy (April 23, 2015). "Drama Desk Awards nominations include many productions with Chicago links". Chicago Suntimes. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ Nunn, Jerry (January 28, 2015). "NUNN ON ONE: THEATER K. Todd Freeman flies freely in 'Airline Highway'". Windy City Media Group. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ "Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events": A Cautionary Tale for Those Who Believe in Comforting Lies". The New Yorker. 2017-01-27. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
- ^ "The Tony Award Nominations". www.tonyawards.com. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ "Here are Your 2014 Obie Awards Winners". Obie Awards. 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ "The Tony Award Nominations". www.tonyawards.com. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ Cox, Gordon (2015-06-01). "'Hamilton,' 'Curious Incident' Top the 2015 Drama Desk Awards (FULL LIST)". Variety. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ "The 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards shortlist in full". www.standard.co.uk. 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ Paskett, Zoe (2019-11-25). "The 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards winners in full". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-18.