Frank Wood (actor) explained

Frank Wood
Birth Date:6 May 1960
Occupation:Actor
Education:Wesleyan University (BA)
New York University (MFA)
Years Active:1998–present
Father:Robert Coldwell Wood
Relatives:Maggie Hassan (sister)

Frank Wood (born May 6, 1960) is an American actor who has appeared in various television, film, and theatre roles.[1]

Early life and education

Wood is the son of Margaret (Byers) and Robert Coldwell Wood, a political scientist who briefly served as United States secretary of housing and urban development in the Lyndon Johnson administration.[2] His sister is U.S. senator and former governor of New Hampshire, Maggie Hassan. Wood attended the Buxton School. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University in 1984 and a MFA from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.[3] [4]

Career

Wood won a Tony Award in 1999 for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Side Man. He played Bill in on Broadway.[5] 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.[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]

Wood is on the faculty of HB Studio in New York City.[12]

Filmography

Film

!Year!Title!Role!Notes
2000Down to YouDoctor
2000Small Time CrooksOliver
2000PollockFrank Pollock
2000Thirteen DaysMcGeorge Bundy
2001The Royal TenenbaumsHotel Manager
2002In AmericaPaediatrician
2002People I KnowMichael Wormly
2004Winter SolsticeBill Brennan
2004King of the CornerAnthony Berenson
2004KeaneAssaulted Commuter
2004The UndeservedAlex Montgomery
2007FlakesBruce
2007The FavorLawrence
2007Michael ClaytonGerald
2007Dan in Real LifeHoward
2008Lucky DaysDr. Ginger
2008ChangelingBen Harris
2008Synecdoche, New YorkEvaluative Services Doctor
2009The Missing PersonHarold Fullmer
2009The Taking of Pelham 123Police Commissioner Sterman
2012Greetings from Tim BuckleyGary Lucas
2014St. VincentMaggie's Attorney
2016The PhenomRichard Boyer
2016CustodyUncle Frank
2016GoldScottie Nevins
2017DetroitRobert Edward DeMascio
2018Isle of DogsSimul-Translate MachineVoice
2019JokerDr. Stoner
2020LapsisJohn
2022She SaidMatt Purdy

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998Law & OrderDr. RutlandEpisode: "Scrambled"
2001The SopranosDean RossEpisode: "Second Opinion"
2001Third WatchThird WatchEpisode: "Honor"
2002George WeemsEpisode: "Chinoiserie"
2004MediumCrazed ManEpisode: "Pilot"
2007–2009Flight of the ConchordsGreg17 episodes
2010Bored to DeathDr. O'ConnorEpisode: "Escape from the Castle!"
2011Lights OutDr. Stuart WexlerEpisode: "The Comeback"
2012Modern FamilyReporterEpisode: "Election Day"
2012Grey's AnatomyFrank WheelerEpisode: "The Girl With No Name"
2012The Good WifeDr. Joseph LideraEpisode: "And the Law Won"
2012–2021Law & Order: SVUDr. Truman / Andrew Lennox4 episodes
2013ElementaryEROC SupervisorEpisode: "Snow Angels"
2013The NewsroomShep Pressman2 episodes
2013Blue BloodsFather MarkhumEpisode: "Lost and Found"
2014The DivideGriffen DonleaveyEpisode: "I'm for Justice"
2014–2015The KnickMr. Havershorn10 episodes
2016YoungerDr. KignerEpisode: "Un-Jaded"
2016GirlsCharlie's ClientEpisode: "The Panic in Central Park"
2016The Night OfMedical Examiner4 episodes
2016–2017The Get DownEd Koch6 episodes
2018Mozart in the JungleKeith Rutledge2 episodes
2019The BlacklistGerald KlepperEpisode: "The Ethicist (No. 91)"
2019Prodigal SonDr. Carl MitchellEpisode: "Fear Response"
2021BullDr. Edwin PruittEpisode: "Cloak and Beaker"
2021EvilBrother JacobEpisode: "S Is for Silence"
2023The Crowded RoomDean Martin Hughs2 episodes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Playbill Biography: FRANK WOOD . https://web.archive.org/web/20050424142156/http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/whoswho/biography/6070 . dead . 2005-04-24 . 2005-04-24 . 2018-08-01.
  2. News: Martin. Douglas. Robert Wood, Education Expert, Dies at 81. 21 June 2016. New York Times. April 5, 2005.
  3. Web site: NYU Graduate Acting Alumni . 2011 . 2011-12-08.
  4. Web site: Frank Wood . Filmbug . 2007-11-10 . 2017-02-25.
  5. Web site: BWW News Desk . 'August' Welcomes Frank Wood on June 17th . Broadwayworld.com . 2008-06-03 . 2017-02-25.
  6. Web site: Signature Theatre Company – Angels in America . https://web.archive.org/web/20100802002632/http://www.signaturetheatre.org/angels/whos_who.htm . dead . 2010-08-02 . 2018-08-01.
  7. Web site: Scott. Brown . Theater Review: The Spectacularly Overstuffed Angels in America . Vulture . October 29, 2010. 2020-02-23.
  8. Web site: Photo 9 of 10 | Angels in America: Show Photos . Broadway.com . 2017-02-25.
  9. Web site: Tony Winners Norbert Leo Butz and Frank Wood Join Penn Badgley in Greetings from Tim Buckley. Broadway.com. October 2, 2012. August 22, 2011.
  10. Web site: Kurchak. Sarah. TIFF 2012 Adds Greetings From Tim Buckley, Spike Lee's Bad 25 Michael Jackson Doc, Skrillex Soundtrack. Spinner. October 2, 2012. August 15, 2012. January 26, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130126133308/http://www.spinner.com/2012/08/15/tiff-2012-greetings-from-tim-buckley-spike-lee/. dead.
  11. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/02/07/theater/gambling-on-oneill-forest-whitaker-makes-his-broadway-debut-in-hughie.html "Gambling on O'Neill: Forest Whitaker Makes His Broadway Debut in Hughie"
  12. https://hbstudio.org/instructors/wood-frank/ HB Studio Faculty page