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'''Jim True-Frost''' (''né'' '''True'''; July 31, 1966) is an American stage, television and screen actor. He is most known for his portrayal of [[Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski]] on all five seasons of the [[Home Box Office|HBO]] program ''[[The Wire (TV series)|The Wire]]'', as James Woodrow in ''[[Treme (TV series)|Treme]]'' (2010-2012), and film roles such as ''[[Singles (1992 film)|Singles]]'' (1992).
'''Jim True-Frost''' (''né'' '''True'''; July 31, 1966) is an American stage, television and screen actor. He is most known for his portrayal of [[Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski]] on all five seasons of the [[Home Box Office|HBO]] program ''[[The Wire (TV series)|The Wire]]'' (2002–2008), as James Woodrow in ''[[Treme (TV series)|Treme]]'' (2010–2013), and film roles such as ''[[Singles (1992 film)|Singles]]'' (1992).


==Biography==
==Biography==
True-Frost graduated from [[New Trier High School]] in [[Winnetka, Illinois]]. He has been an ensemble member of the [[Steppenwolf Theatre Company]] in [[Chicago]] since 1989.<ref name="Biography">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0874082/bio|title=Filmography for Jim True-Frost|work=IMDb.com|access-date=December 8, 2014}}</ref> Prior to that, he was a member of Remains Theater, co-founded by actor [[William L. Petersen]] (''[[To Live and Die in L.A. (film)|To Live and Die in L.A.]], [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''). True-Frost appeared in the film ''[[Off the Map (film)|Off the Map]]'' with fellow Steppenwolf ensemble member [[Joan Allen]], directed by ''[[Singles (1992 film)|Singles]]'' co-star [[Campbell Scott]]. He has performed on [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] and as far away as [[Sierra Leone]].
True-Frost graduated from [[New Trier High School]] in [[Winnetka, Illinois]]. He has been an ensemble member of the [[Steppenwolf Theatre Company]] in [[Chicago]] since 1989.<ref name="Biography">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0874082/bio|title=Filmography for Jim True-Frost|work=IMDb.com|access-date=December 8, 2014}}</ref> Prior to that, he was a member of Remains Theater, co-founded by actor [[William L. Petersen]] (''[[To Live and Die in L.A. (film)|To Live and Die in L.A.]], [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''). True-Frost appeared in the film ''[[Off the Map (film)|Off the Map]]'' with fellow Steppenwolf ensemble member [[Joan Allen]], directed by ''[[Singles (1992 film)|Singles]]'' co-star [[Campbell Scott]]. He has performed on [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] and as far away as [[Sierra Leone]].


When he married lawyer and legal scholar Cora Frost in 1999, both changed their last names to True-Frost. Jim and his wife now reside in [[Syracuse, New York]], and have two children, a son named Leo and a daughter named Phoebe.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jim True-Frost Welcomes Daughter Phoebe |url=https://people.com/parents/treme-jim-true-frost-welcomes-daughter-phoebe-sylvia-rachel/ |website=People |access-date=February 23, 2020 |date=August 29, 2011}}</ref>
When he married lawyer and legal scholar Cora Frost in 1999, both changed their last names to True-Frost. Jim and his wife now reside in [[Syracuse, New York]], and have two children, a son named Leo and a daughter named Phoebe.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jim True-Frost Welcomes Daughter Phoebe |url=https://people.com/parents/treme-jim-true-frost-welcomes-daughter-phoebe-sylvia-rachel/ |website=People |access-date=February 23, 2020 |date=August 29, 2011}}</ref>


True-Frost appeared in 2008 as Brutus in the [[American Repertory Theatre]]'s production of [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'', as well as Steppenwolf's Broadway run of ''[[August: Osage County]]'', which won the [[Tony Award|Tony]] for Best Play. {{citation needed|date=December 2014}}
True-Frost appeared in 2008 as Brutus in the [[American Repertory Theatre]]'s production of [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'', as well as Steppenwolf's Broadway run of ''[[August: Osage County]]'', which won the [[Tony Award|Tony]] for Best Play.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
[[File:Cast of The Wire - Andrews Boyd True-Frost Sohn Hector Royo.jpg|right|300px|thumb|True-Frost ''(center)'' with ''(from left to right)'' [[Donnie Andrews]], Fran Boyd, [[Sonja Sohn]], and [[Jamie Hector]], ([[Andre Royo]] is in the bottom row)]]
[[File:Cast of The Wire - Andrews Boyd True-Frost Sohn Hector Royo.jpg|300px|thumb|True-Frost ''(center)'' with ''(from left to right)'' [[Donnie Andrews]], [[Fran Boyd]], [[Sonja Sohn]], and [[Jamie Hector]], ([[Andre Royo]] is in the bottom row)]]


===Films===
===Films===
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| rowspan="3"|1994 || ''Two Over Easy'' || Jesse ||
| rowspan="3"|1994 || ''Two Over Easy'' || Jesse ||
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| ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]'' || Buzz ||
| ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]'' || Clarence "Buzz" Gunderson ||
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| ''[[Normal Life]]'' || Mike Anderson ||
| ''[[Normal Life]]'' || Mike Anderson ||
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| 2009 || ''Company Retreat'' || Perry McHugh ||
| 2009 || ''Company Retreat'' || Perry McHugh ||
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| 2010 || ''[[The Conspirator]]'' || Hartranft ||
| 2010 || ''[[The Conspirator]]'' || [[John F. Hartranft|General Hartranft]]||
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| 2019 || ''[[Saint Frances (film)|Saint Frances]]'' || Isaac ||
| 2019 || ''[[Saint Frances (film)|Saint Frances]]'' || Isaac ||
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! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
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| 1986 || ''[[Crime Story (U.S. TV series)|Crime Story]]'' || Jo Jo Sweeney || Episode: "Pilot"
| 1986 || ''[[Crime Story (American TV series)|Crime Story]]'' || Jo Jo Sweeney || Episode: "Pilot"
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| 1995 || ''W.E.I.R.D. World'' || Noah Lane, Robotics || TV movie
| 1995 || ''W.E.I.R.D. World'' || Noah Lane, Robotics || TV movie
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| rowspan="2"|2010 || ''[[Chase (2010 TV series)|Chase]]'' || Curt Seaver || Episode: "The Longest Night"
| rowspan="2"|2010 || ''[[Chase (2010 TV series)|Chase]]'' || Curt Seaver || Episode: "The Longest Night"
|-
|-
| ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]'' || Ted Pratchett || Episode: "Jacksonville"
| ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]'' || Ted Pratchett || Episode: "[[Jacksonville (Fringe)|Jacksonville]]"
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| 2010–2013 || ''[[Treme (TV series)|Treme]]'' || James Woodrow || Recurring role
| 2010–2013 || ''[[Treme (TV series)|Treme]]'' || James Woodrow || Recurring role
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| 2013 || ''[[Elementary (TV series)|Elementary]]'' || Anson Samuels || Episode: "Déjà Vu All Over Again"
| 2013 || ''[[Elementary (TV series)|Elementary]]'' || Anson Samuels || Episode: "Déjà Vu All Over Again"
|-
|-
| 2013–2014 || ''[[Hostages (American TV series)|Hostages]]'' || Secret Service Agent Logan || Season Regular
| 2013–2014 || ''[[Hostages (American TV series)|Hostages]]'' || Secret Service Agent Logan || Season regular
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| 2014 || ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'' || [[Eliot Ness]] || Episode: "The Good Listener"
| 2014 || ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'' || [[Eliot Ness]] || Episode: "The Good Listener"
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| 2018 || ''[[Blindspot (TV series)|Blindspot]]'' || John Saya||Episode: "Balance of Might"
| 2018 || ''[[Blindspot (TV series)|Blindspot]]'' || John Saya||Episode: "Balance of Might"
|-
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| 2018–2020 || ''[[Manifest (TV series)|Manifest]]'' || Rector Dave Hynes || 2 episodes
| 2018–2022 || ''[[Manifest (TV series)|Manifest]]'' || Rector Dave Hynes || 3 episodes
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"|2019 || ''[[Madam Secretary (TV series)|Madam Secretary]]'' ||Pastor Eli Bragg
| rowspan="2"|2019 || ''[[Madam Secretary (TV series)|Madam Secretary]]'' ||Pastor Eli Bragg ||Episode: "The New Normal"
|Episode: "The New Normal"
|-
|-
| ''[[Proven Innocent]]'' ||Professor Arthur Kauffman
| ''[[Proven Innocent]]'' ||Professor Arthur Kauffman ||Episode: "A CinderHella Story"
|Episode: "A CinderHella Story"
|-
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| 2020 || ''[[The Blacklist (TV series)|The Blacklist]]'' || Gordon Kemp || Episode: "Gordon Kemp"<ref>[https://www.tvfanatic.com/2020/04/the-blacklist-season-7-episode-15-review-gordon-kemp/ The Blacklist Season 7 Episode 15 Review: Gordon Kemp]</ref>
| 2020 || ''[[The Blacklist]]'' || Gordon Kemp || Episode: "Gordon Kemp (No. 158)"<ref>[https://www.tvfanatic.com/2020/04/the-blacklist-season-7-episode-15-review-gordon-kemp/ The Blacklist Season 7 Episode 15 Review: Gordon Kemp]</ref>
|-
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| 2021 || ''[[American Rust (TV series)|American Rust]]'' || Pete Novick || 5 episodes
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| 2022 || ''[[Yellowstone (American TV series)|Yellowstone]]'' || Father McGreggor || Episode "Grass on the Streets and Weeds on the Rooftops"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tvacute.com/who-is-the-priest-in-yellowstone-season-4-why-did-beth-kidnap-the-priest/ | title=Who is the Priest in Yellowstone Season 4? Why Did Beth Kidnap the Priest? | date=8 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|-
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| rowspan="2"|2022 || ''[[Yellowstone (American TV series)|Yellowstone]]'' || Father McGreggor || Episode "Grass on the Streets and Weeds on the Rooftops"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tvacute.com/who-is-the-priest-in-yellowstone-season-4-why-did-beth-kidnap-the-priest/ | title=Who is the Priest in Yellowstone Season 4? Why Did Beth Kidnap the Priest? | date=8 January 2022 }}</ref>
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| 2022 || ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' || Mitch Caplan || Episode "Video Killed The Radio Star"
|-
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| ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' || Mitch Caplan || Episode "Video Killed The Radio Star"
|}
|}


Latest revision as of 21:40, 17 November 2024

Jim True-Frost
True-Frost at Harvard University in 2011
Born
Jim True

(1966-07-31) July 31, 1966 (age 58)
Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1986–present
Spouse
Cora Frost
​
(m. 1999)​
Children2

Jim True-Frost (né True; July 31, 1966) is an American stage, television and screen actor. He is most known for his portrayal of Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski on all five seasons of the HBO program The Wire (2002–2008), as James Woodrow in Treme (2010–2013), and film roles such as Singles (1992).

Biography

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True-Frost graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois. He has been an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago since 1989.[1] Prior to that, he was a member of Remains Theater, co-founded by actor William L. Petersen (To Live and Die in L.A., CSI: Crime Scene Investigation). True-Frost appeared in the film Off the Map with fellow Steppenwolf ensemble member Joan Allen, directed by Singles co-star Campbell Scott. He has performed on Broadway and as far away as Sierra Leone.

When he married lawyer and legal scholar Cora Frost in 1999, both changed their last names to True-Frost. Jim and his wife now reside in Syracuse, New York, and have two children, a son named Leo and a daughter named Phoebe.[2]

True-Frost appeared in 2008 as Brutus in the American Repertory Theatre's production of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, as well as Steppenwolf's Broadway run of August: Osage County, which won the Tony for Best Play.[citation needed]

Filmography

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True-Frost (center) with (from left to right) Donnie Andrews, Fran Boyd, Sonja Sohn, and Jamie Hector, (Andre Royo is in the bottom row)

Films

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Year Title Role Notes
1989 Fat Man and Little Boy Donald Hornig
1992 Singles David Bailey
1994 Two Over Easy Jesse
The Hudsucker Proxy Clarence "Buzz" Gunderson
Normal Life Mike Anderson
1996 Far Harbor Ryland
Joe Short film; special thanks
1997 Affliction Jack Hewitt
2003 Off the Map William Gibbs
2005 Winter Passing Doctor
2006 Slippery Slope Hugh Winston
2008 Diminished Capacity Donny Prine
Sympathetic Details Rogers
2009 Company Retreat Perry McHugh
2010 The Conspirator General Hartranft
2019 Saint Frances Isaac

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1986 Crime Story Jo Jo Sweeney Episode: "Pilot"
1995 W.E.I.R.D. World Noah Lane, Robotics TV movie
1996 Early Edition Sam Episode: "The Wrong Man" (#1.10)
Homicide: Life on the Street George Buxton Episode: "Stakeout" (#4.15)
2002, 2010 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Various characters 2 episodes
2002–2008 The Wire Roland 'Prez' Pryzbylewski Series regular
2002 Benjamin Franklin William Franklin Mini-series
2003 Karen Sisco Lestor Porter Episode: "Nostalgia"
2004 Anatomy of a Scene Himself Episode: "Off the Map"
2005, 2008 Law & Order Various characters 2 episodes
2007 CSI: Miami Dave Keppling Episode: "Stand Your Ground"
Medium Stephen Campbell Episode: "The Boy Next Door"
2009 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Thomas Banks Episode: "Hardwired"
2010 Chase Curt Seaver Episode: "The Longest Night"
Fringe Ted Pratchett Episode: "Jacksonville"
2010–2013 Treme James Woodrow Recurring role
2011 Blue Bloods Lyle Greene Episode: "To Tell the Truth"
2012 666 Park Avenue Peter Kramer 3 episodes
The Good Wife Seth Kleinberg Episode: "The Penalty Box"
2013 Elementary Anson Samuels Episode: "Déjà Vu All Over Again"
2013–2014 Hostages Secret Service Agent Logan Season regular
2014 Boardwalk Empire Eliot Ness Episode: "The Good Listener"
2015 American Odyssey Ron Ballard Series regular
2017 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Lawrence Hendricks Jr. Episode: "Decline and Fall"
Z: The Beginning of Everything Max Perkins 5 episodes
2018 Blindspot John Saya Episode: "Balance of Might"
2018–2022 Manifest Rector Dave Hynes 3 episodes
2019 Madam Secretary Pastor Eli Bragg Episode: "The New Normal"
Proven Innocent Professor Arthur Kauffman Episode: "A CinderHella Story"
2020 The Blacklist Gordon Kemp Episode: "Gordon Kemp (No. 158)"[3]
2021 American Rust Pete Novick 5 episodes
2022 Yellowstone Father McGreggor Episode "Grass on the Streets and Weeds on the Rooftops"[4]
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Mitch Caplan Episode "Video Killed The Radio Star"

References

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  1. ^ "Filmography for Jim True-Frost". IMDb.com. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  2. ^ "Jim True-Frost Welcomes Daughter Phoebe". People. August 29, 2011. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  3. ^ The Blacklist Season 7 Episode 15 Review: Gordon Kemp
  4. ^ "Who is the Priest in Yellowstone Season 4? Why Did Beth Kidnap the Priest?". 8 January 2022.
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