Quick Facts
Born:
1965-07-09
Birthplace:
Houston, Texas, USA
Credits:
37 Total Roles
K. Todd Freeman
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Biography
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).
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.
Freeman has been an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois since 1993. 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 as Sissy Na Na in Airline Highway. He 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 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.
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.
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.
Freeman has been an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois since 1993. 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 as Sissy Na Na in Airline Highway. He 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 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.
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.
Known For
The Dark Knight
Polk
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Captain Morgan
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Dr. Baxter Stockman
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Mr. Reynolds
The Blacklist
Hobbs
Blindspot
Marcus White
Eraser
Duton
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Mr. Trick
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | The Auction MOVIE | Karl Hartman |
| 2025 | Bird in Hand MOVIE | Bower |
| 2023 | The Horror of Dolores Roach TV | Jeremiah |
| 2022 | The Same Storm MOVIE | Leon Robinson |
| 2022 | The Rehearsal TV | Fake Kor |
| 2021 | Naked Singularity MOVIE | Jimmy Coates |
| 2020 | FBI: Most Wanted TV | Linwood Williams |
| 2018 | God Friended Me TV | Bishop Thompson |
| 2017 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales MOVIE | Captain Morgan |
| 2017 | A Series of Unfortunate Events TV | Arthur Poe |