K. Todd Freeman

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

(1965-07-09) July 9, 1965
Houston, Texas, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1990–present

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.[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 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]

Work

Theatre
Year Title Role Notes
1992Angels in AmericaBelizeMark Taper Forum
1993The Song of Jacob ZuluJacob ZuluBroadway
2001One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestDr. SpiveyBroadway
2013Fetch Clay, Make ManStepin FetchitOff-Broadway
2014WickedDr. DillamondBroadway
2015Airline HighwaySissy Na NaBroadway
2018DownstateDeeSteppenwolf Theater Company
2019 London
2020The MinutesMr. BlakeBroadway

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1990Street HunterPretzel
1991RicochetTalk Show Guest
Grand CanyonWipe
1994Full CycleClerk
1995JeffreyBarney's Waitor
1996EraserDuton
House ArrestOfficer Davis
1997Grosse Point BlankKenneth McCullers
The End of ViolenceSix O One
1998There's No Fish Food in HeavenStan/Suzie
1999The Cider House RulesMuddy
2008The Dark KnightPolk
The Lucky OnesDetective # 2
2014Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesDr. Baxter Stockman
2015AnesthesiaJoe
2017Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No TalesCaptain Morgan

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1991A Different WorldNovian WintersEpisode: "Monet Is the Root of All Evil"
The Killing MindFred RobinsonTV movie
1992Brooklyn BridgeScootEpisode: "On the Road"
1993Tracey Ullman Takes on New YorkByronTV movie
GhostwriterMalengaEpisode: "Lost in Brooklyn: Part 1"
1995Strange LuckDriving InstructorEpisode: "Over Exposure"
1995–97NYPD BlueArthur Cartwell3 episodes
1996SistersChardonay/Larry2 episodes
1996–97Dangerous MindsJerome Griffin17 episodes
1998Touched by an AngelVincent 'Vinegar' FinegarEpisode: "Doodlebugs"
1998–99Buffy the Vampire SlayerMr. Trick5 episodes
2000City of AngelsEpisode: "Cry Me a Liver"
2011A Gifted ManOfficer Dale WoodrowEpisode: "In Case of Exposure"
2014BelieveGary WiseEpisode: "Together"
ElementaryRaphaelEpisode: "Terra Pericolosa"
2015Law & Order: Special Victims UnitMr. ReynoldsEpisode: "Community Policing"
2016BlindspotMarcusEpisode: "One Begets Technique"
The OAMastersEpisode: "Homecoming"
2017–19A Series of Unfortunate EventsMr. Poe22 episodes
2019The BlacklistHobbsEpisode: "The Osterman Umbrella Company"
God Friended MeBishop Thompson2 episodes

Awards and nominations

Theatre
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

References
  1. "Schools of the Stars: Where the 2015 Tony Nominees Went to College: The Actors and Actresses - Playbill".
  2. "Steppenwolf Theatre profile". Archived from the original on 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
  3. "K. Todd Freeman Departs Steppenwolf's Visiting Edna | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  4. "Tony Nominee K. Todd Freeman Reveals the Inspirations Behind Airline Highway's Sissy Na Na". BroadwayBox.com. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  5. Weiss, Hedy (April 23, 2015). "Drama Desk Awards nominations include many productions with Chicago links". Chicago Suntimes. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  6. 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.
  7. "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.
  8. "The Tony Award Nominations". www.tonyawards.com. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  9. "Here are Your 2014 Obie Awards Winners". Obie Awards. 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  10. "The Tony Award Nominations". www.tonyawards.com. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  11. Cox, Gordon; Cox, Gordon (2015-06-01). "'Hamilton,' 'Curious Incident' Top the 2015 Drama Desk Awards (FULL LIST)". Variety. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  12. "The 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards shortlist in full". www.standard.co.uk. 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  13. Paskett, Zoe (2019-11-25). "The 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards winners in full". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
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