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 (1998โ1999), and was a series regular on A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017โ2019). 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.
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Credits
- 2025 ยทThe Auctionas
- 2023 ยทThe Horror of Dolores Roachas Jeremiah
- 2022 ยทThe Same Stormas Leon Robinson
- 2022 ยทThe Rehearsalas Fake Kor
- 2021 ยทNaked Singularityas Jimmy Coates
- 2020 ยทFBI: Most Wantedas Linwood Williams
- 2018 ยทGod Friended Meas Bishop Thompson
- 2017 ยทPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Talesas Captain Morgan
- 2017 ยทA Series of Unfortunate Eventsas Arthur Poe
- 2016 ยทThe OAas Masters
- 2016 ยทHigh Maintenanceas Bill
- 2016 ยทWINNERSas Coach
- 2016 ยทAnesthesiaas Joe
- 2015 ยทBlindspotas Marcus White
- 2014 ยทTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesas Dr. Baxter Stockman
- 2013 ยทThe Blacklistas Hobbs
- 2012 ยทElementaryas Rafael
- 2008 ยทThe Dark Knightas Polk
- 2002 ยทA Gentleman's Gameas Jeffrey
- 1999 ยทThe Cider House Rulesas Muddy
- 1999 ยทLaw & Order: Special Victims Unitas Mr. Reynolds
- 1998 ยทThere's No Fish Food in Heavenas Stan / Suzie
- 1997 ยทThe End of Violenceas Six
- 1997 ยทGrosse Pointe Blankas Kenneth McCullers
- 1997 ยทBuffy the Vampire Slayeras Mr. Trick
- 1996 ยทDangerous Mindsas Jerome Griffin
- 1996 ยทHouse Arrestas Officer Davis
- 1996 ยทEraseras Duton
- 1995 ยทJeffreyas Barney's Waiter
- 1994 ยทTouched by an Angelas Vinegar
- 1991 ยทGrand Canyonas Wipe
- 1991 ยทThe Killing Mindas Fred Robinson
- 1990 ยทStreet Hunteras Pretzel
- 1987 ยทA Different Worldas Novian Winters