K. Todd Freeman

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 in 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.

Todd Freeman studied at University of North Carolina School of the Arts and High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. The recorded working language is English. Distinctions recorded are Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play.

• Name — K. Todd Freeman • Birth Name — Kenneth Todd Freeman • Born — 9 July 1965 • Birthplace — Houston, Texas, U.S. • Education — University of North Carolina School of the Arts (BFA)

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

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

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1991 — A Different World — Novian Winters — Episode: "Monet Is the Root of All Evil" • The Killing Mind — Fred Robinson — TV movie • 1992 — Brooklyn Bridge — Scoot — Episode: "On the Road" • 1993 — Tracey Ullman Takes on New York — Byron — TV movie • Ghostwriter — Malenga — Episode: "Lost in Brooklyn: Part 1" • 1995 — Strange Luck — Driving Instructor — Episode: "Over Exposure" • 1995–97 — NYPD Blue — Arthur Cartwell — 3 episodes • 1996 — Sisters — Chardonay/Larry — 2 episodes • 1996–97 — Dangerous Minds — Jerome Griffin — 17 episodes • 1998 — Touched by an Angel — Vincent 'Vinegar' Finegar — Episode: "Doodlebugs" • 1998–99 — Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Mr. Trick — 5 episodes • 2000 — City of Angels — Episode: "Cry Me a Liver" • 2011 — A Gifted Man — Officer Dale Woodrow — Episode: "In Case of Exposure" • 2014 — Believe — Gary Wise — Episode: "Together" • Elementary — Raphael — Episode: "Terra Pericolosa" • 2015 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Mr. Reynolds — Episode: "Community Policing" • 2016 — Blindspot — Marcus — Episode: "One Begets Technique" • The OA — Masters — Episode: "Homecoming" • 2017–19 — A Series of Unfortunate Events — Mr. Poe — 22 episodes • 2019 — The Blacklist — Hobbs — Episode: "The Osterman Umbrella Company" • God Friended Me — Bishop Thompson — 2 episodes • 2020 — High Maintenance — Bill — Episode: "Backflash" • 2021 — FBI: Most Wanted — Linwood Williams — Episode: "Run-Hide-Fight" • 2022 — The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey — Darwin Andrews — Episode: "Coydog" • The Rehearsal — Fake Kor — Episode: "Orange Juice, No Pulp" • 2023 — The Horror of Dolores Roach — Jeremiah — 8 episodes • 2025 — Will Trent — Carver — Episode: "No Faith in Second Chances"

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