Jim True-Frost

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 drama series The Wire (2002–2008), as James Woodrow in Treme (2010–2013), and film roles such as Singles.

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. 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.

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.

Filmography

Films

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