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K. Todd Freeman

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K. Todd Freeman
Born
Kenneth Todd Freeman

(1965-07-09) July 9, 1965 (age 61)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
EducationUniversity of North Carolina School of the Arts (BFA)

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, and one Obie Award for Sustained Achievement in performance. He has played supporting roles in films such as Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) and The Cider House Rules (1999), played a prominent recurring role as Mr. Trick on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998–1999), and was a series regular as Mr. Poe on A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017–2019). He is an ensemble member at Steppenwolf Theatre Company and has appeared in many of their plays, and subsequent Broadway and Off-Broadway transfers, notably Airline Highway, Downstate, and The Song of Jacob Zulu, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Life and career

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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 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. It later transferred to Playwrights Horizon's and Freeman was nominated for his second Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, and won an Obie Award for Sustained Achievement in Performance for his role as Dee.[7]

He portrayed Mr. Poe in the 2017 Netflix comedy drama series A Series of Unfortunate Events.[8]

Filmography

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Theatre

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Year Title Role Venue Ref.
1989 Ubu Boleslas/Michel Federovich/Russian Soldier Off-Broadway, Mitzi Newhouse Theatre
1992 Angels in America Belize Los Angeles [9]
1993 The Song of Jacob Zulu Jacob Zulu Broadway, Plymouth Theatre [10]
1997 Uncle Tom's Cabin Performer Off-Broadway, Greenwich House Theatre [11]
2001 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Dr. Spivey Broadway, Royale Theatre [12]
2011 The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures Paul Off-Broadway, The Public Theater [13]
2013 Fetch Clay, Make Man Stepin Fetchit Off-Broadway, New York Theatre Workshop [14]
2014 Wicked Dr. Dillamond Broadway, George Gershwin Theatre [15]
2015 Airline Highway Sissy Na Na Broadway, Samuel J. Friedman Theatre [16]
2018 Downstate Dee Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre [17]
2019 London, Royal National Theatre [18]
2020 The Minutes Mr. Blake Broadway, Cort Theatre [19]
2022 Broadway, Studio 54 [20]
2023 Downstate Dee Off-Broadway, Playwrights Horizons [21]
2024 Corruption Chris Bryant / Simon Kelner Off-Broadway, Mitzi Newhouse Theatre [22]
2025 Prince Faggot Performer 2 Off-Broadway, Playwrights Horizons [23]
2026 Death of a Salesman Charley Broadway, Winter Garden Theatre [24]

Film

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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
2025 Bird In Hand Bower
2026 The Debut Completed

Television

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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
2020High MaintenanceBillEpisode: "Backflash"
2021FBI: Most WantedLinwood WilliamsEpisode: "Run-Hide-Fight"
2022The Last Days of Ptolemy GreyDarwin AndrewsEpisode: "Coydog"
The RehearsalFake KorEpisode: "Orange Juice, No Pulp"
2023The Horror of Dolores RoachJeremiah8 episodes
2025Will TrentCarverEpisode: "No Faith in Second Chances"

Awards and nominations

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Theatre

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Year Award Category Work Result
1993 Tony Award[25] Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play The Song of Jacob Zulu Nominated
2013 Obie Award[26] Performance Fetch Clay, Make Man Won
2015 Tony Award[25] Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play Airline Highway Nominated
Drama Desk Award[27] Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Won
2019 Evening Standard Theatre Award[28][29] Best Actor Downstate Nominated
2023 Drama Desk Award[30] Outstanding Featured Performance in a Play Nominated
2023 Obie Award[7] Sustained Achievement in Performance Downstate Won
2026 Dorian Award[31] Outstanding Featured Performance in an Off-Broadway Production Prince Faggot Nominated

References

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  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. 1 2 "23". Obie Awards. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
  8. ↑ Bady, Aaron (2017-01-27). "Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events": A Cautionary Tale for Those Who Believe in Comforting Lies". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  9. ↑ Krebs, Albin (November 10, 1992). "Marching Out of the Closet Into History". The New York Times. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  10. ↑ "The Song of Jacob Zulu (Broadway, Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 1993)". Playbill Vault. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  11. ↑ Brantley, Ben (December 12, 1997). "Stowe's Cabin, Reshaped as a Multistory Literary Home". The New York Times. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  12. ↑ "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Broadway, Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, 2001)". Playbill Vault. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  13. ↑ Brantley, Ben (May 5, 2011). "The Family Left and Right, and Falling Apart". The New York Times. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  14. ↑ Gans, Andrew (October 13, 2013). "Fetch Clay, Make Man, with Nikki M. James, K. Todd Freeman, John Earl Jelks, Richard Masur, Ends Off-Broadway Run Oct. 13". Playbill. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Murney, Cuervo, Benjamin, Waldman, Freeman to Join Wicked Tour". TheaterMania. January 23, 2006. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  16. ↑ "Airline Highway (Broadway, Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 2015)". Playbill Vault. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  17. ↑ Adler, Tony (September 19, 2018). "A Close Look at a Controversial Topic in Downstate". TheaterMania. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  18. ↑ "Downstate (London, National Theatre (Dorfman), 2019)". Playbill Vault. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  19. ↑ "The Minutes, written by and starring Tracy Letts, begins performances on Broadway". New York Theatre Guide. February 25, 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  20. ↑ Thomas, Sophie (June 22, 2021). "'The Minutes' to Return to Broadway in 2022, Now at Studio 54". New York Theatre Guide. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  21. ↑ "Playwrights Horizons Extends Downstate Into 2023". Playbill. December 19, 2022. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  22. ↑ "'Corruption' sets complete Off-Broadway cast". New York Theatre Guide. December 20, 2023. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  23. ↑ "Prince Faggot". Playwrights Horizons. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  24. ↑ "K. Todd Freeman, Jonathan Cake and More Join Death of a Salesman, Starring Nathan Lane & Laurie Metcalf". Broadway.com. January 5, 2026. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  25. 1 2 "The Tony Award Nominations". www.tonyawards.com. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  26. ↑ "Here are Your 2014 Obie Awards Winners". Obie Awards. 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  27. ↑ Cox, Gordon (2015-06-01). "'Hamilton,' 'Curious Incident' Top the 2015 Drama Desk Awards (FULL LIST)". Variety. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  28. ↑ "The 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards shortlist in full". www.standard.co.uk. 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  29. ↑ Paskett, Zoe (2019-11-25). "The 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards winners in full". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  30. ↑ Logan Culwell-Block (May 31, 2023). "Some Like It Hot Dominates 2023 Drama Desk Awards; See the Full List of Winners". Playbill. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  31. ↑ Mandell, Jonathan (June 1, 2026). "2026 Dorian Theater Award winners: Schmigadoon. Prince Faggot. Ragtime: Joshua. Junior. Quincy. Qween". New York Theater. Retrieved June 1, 2026.
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