Frank Wood (actor)
Frank Wood | |
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Born | May 1960 (age 55) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1998–present |
Frank Wood (born March 1960) is an American actor who has appeared in various television, film, and theatre roles.[1] His most frequent role was performing as Greg in the HBO series Flight Of The Conchords.
Early life
Wood graduated from Buxton School (Massachusetts), Wesleyan University in 1984 and subsequently earned an MFA from New York University's Graduate Acting Program.[2][3]
Career
Wood won a Tony Award in 1999 for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Side Man. He played Bill in August: Osage County on Broadway.[4] From September 14, 2010 to March 27, 2011, Wood starred as the character Roy Cohn in the acclaimed off-Broadway revival of Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Angels in America staged by the Signature Theatre Company in Manhattan.[5][6][7][8] Wood played Gary Lucas in Greetings from Tim Buckley, a film on Tim and Jeff Buckley, which premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.[9][10]
In 2016, Wood played the Night Clerk in Eugene O'Neill's play Hughie opposite Forest Whitaker's Broadway debut at the Booth Theatre in New York City, directed by Michael Grandage.[11]
Filmography
Film
- Down to You (2000)
- Small Time Crooks (2000)
- Pollock (2000)
- Thirteen Days (2000)
- The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
- In America (2002)
- People I Know (2002)
- The Undeserved (2004)
- Winter Solstice (2004)
- King of the Corner (2004)
- Keane (2004)
- The Favor (2006)
- Flakes (2007)
- Michael Clayton (2007)
- Dan in Real Life (2007)
- Synecdoche, New York (2008)
- Changeling (2008)
- The Missing Person (2009)
- The Taking of Pellham 123 (2009)
- Greetings from Tim Buckley (2012)
Television
- Law & Order
- Ed
- The Sopranos
- Third Watch
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- Line of Fire
- Medium
- Flight of the Conchords as Greg (17 episodes)
- Damages
- Bored to Death
- Lights Out
- Grey's Anatomy
- Modern Family
- The Good Wife
- Elementary
- The Newsroom
Theater
- Spring Awakening (2006)
- Hollywood Arms (2007)
- August: Osage County (2008)
- Clybourne Park (2010)
- Angels in America (2010–2011)
References
- ↑ http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/whoswho/biography/6070
- ↑ "NYU Graduate Acting Alumni". 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
- ↑ http://www.filmbug.com/db/342198
- ↑ http://broadwayworld.com/article/August_Welcomes_Frank_Wood_on_June_17th_20080603
- ↑ http://www.signaturetheatre.org/angels/whos_who.htm
- ↑ http://newyork.timeout.com/arts-culture/upstaged-blog/620473/run-for-it-extensions-for-time-stands-still-and-angels-in-america
- ↑ http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/10/theater_review_1.html
- ↑ http://www.broadway.com/shows/angels-america-millennium-approaches/photos/angels-in-america-show-photos/155420/show-photos-angels-in-america-frank-wood
- ↑ "Tony Winners Norbert Leo Butz and Frank Wood Join Penn Badgley in Greetings from Tim Buckley". Broadway.com. August 22, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
- ↑ Kurchak, Sarah (August 15, 2012). "TIFF 2012 Adds Greetings From Tim Buckley, Spike Lee's Bad 25 Michael Jackson Doc, Skrillex Soundtrack". Spinner. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
- ↑ "Gambling on O'Neill: Forest Whitaker Makes His Broadway Debut in Hughie" by Michael Paulson, The New York Times, February 3, 2016
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