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, and one Obie Award for Sustained Achievement in performance. He has played supporting roles in films such as Grosse Pointe Blank and The Cider House Rules (1999), played a prominent recurring role as Mr. 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 at 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.

Life and career 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.

Filmography

Theatre Year Title Role Venue Ref.1989UbuBoleslas/Michel Federovich/Russian SoldierOff-Broadway, Mitzi Newhouse Theatre 1992 Angels in America Belize Los Angeles 1993 The Song of Jacob Zulu Jacob Zulu Broadway, Plymouth Theatre 1997Uncle Tom's CabinPerformerOff-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 CorruptionChris Bryant / Simon KelnerOff-Broadway, Mitzi Newhouse Theatre 2025Prince FaggotPerformer 2Off-Broadway, Playwrights Horizons 2026 Death of a Salesman Charley Broadway, Winter Garden Theatre

Film Year Title Role Notes 1990 Street Hunter Pretzel 1991 Ricochet Talk Show Guest Grand Canyon 'Wipe' 1994 Full Cycle Clerk 1995 Jeffrey Barney's Waitor 1996 Eraser FBI Agent Dutton House Arrest Officer Davis 1997 Grosse Pointe Blank NSA Agent Kenneth McCullers The End of Violence Six O One 1998 There's No Fish Food in Heaven Stan / Suzie 1999 The Cider House Rules Muddy 2008 The Dark Knight Polk The Lucky Ones Detective # 2 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Dr. Baxter Stockman 2015 Anesthesia Joe 2017 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Captain Morgan 2018 Weightless Dr. Mcleod 2021 Naked Singularity Jimmy The Same Storm Leon Robinson 2025 Bird In Hand Bower 2026 The Debut Completed

Television 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"

Awards and nominations

Theatre