T. Ryder Smith
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T. Ryder Smith (born 1958) is an American actor. A native of New York state and long-time resident of New York City, he has appeared frequently on stage, particularly in avant-garde theatre works, and in film, sometimes as a voice actor.
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[edit] Stage
Smith is currently appearing in the Lincoln Center Theater production of War Horse (play), which opened on April 14, 2011. Previously on Broadway, he acted opposite Daniel Radcliffe and Richard Griffiths in the 2008-9 revival of Equus.[1] Other work in New York includes the 2010 production of Sarah Ruhl's Passion Play as well as her Dead Man's Cell Phone at Playwrights Horizons. In 2007, he took part in a collaboration with artist/activist Paul Chan, The Classical Theatre of Harlem, and the public-arts presenters Creative Time to perform Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot in the outdoor areas of New Orleans which had been most devastated by Hurricane Katrina. He has appeared in world premiere productions of plays by Richard Foreman, David Greenspan, Tanya Barfield, and Doug Wright.
[edit] Film, television and voice
Film and TV work includes playing "The Trickster" in the cyber-horror film Brainscan; the feature Happy Tears; the experimental feature Horrible Child, and Marie Losier's experimental short film The Ontological Cowboy, shown at the 2006 Whitney Biennial. He supplies the voices of Baron Ünderbheit and Otto Aquarius on the cartoon TV series The Venture Bros., the voice of Sander Cohen in the videogame BioShock, and appears in the annual Bloomsday readings of James Joyce's novel Ulysses on radio station WBAI.
[edit] Awards
- He shared a 2007 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Cast as a member of the 3-actor, 50-role Off-Broadway play Lebensraum by Israel Horowitz.[2]
- He was nominated for a 2001 Drama Desk Award as Outstanding Solo Performer for Glen Berger’s Underneath the Lintel.[3]
- He received a 2006 Craig Noel Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in the world-premiere of John Strand’s play Lincolnesque at San Diego’s Old Globe Theater.[4]
- He received a 2005 Charles Bowden Award for Exceptional Contribution to the Theatrical Community, presented by NYC’s New Dramatists.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Equus on Broadway 2008-09
- ^ Drama Desk 2007
- ^ Drama Desk 2001
- ^ San Diego Theatre Critic's Circle
- ^ Charles Bowden Award
[edit] External links
- Lincoln Center Theater War Horse production website.
- T. Ryder Smith at the Internet Movie Database
- American Theater Magazine Profile September 2006
- Playbill Radio podcast: T. Ryder Smith and Anna Camp talk about Equus
- Interview on NYTheatre.com
- T Ryder Smith on the Leonard Lopate Show discussing Sarah Ruhl's Passion play
- Radio interview about Marat/Sade on WNYC Lenord Lopate show
- Time Out NY magazine article
