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 (1992).
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 Year Title Role Notes 1986 Crime Story Jo Jo Sweeney Episode: "Pilot" 1995 W.E.I.R.D. World Noah Lane, Robotics TV movie1996 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 episodes2007 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 regular2017 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Lawrence Hendricks Jr. Episode: "Decline and Fall" Z: The Beginning of Everything Max Perkins 5 episodes 2018 Blindspot John SayaEpisode: "Balance of Might" 2018–2022 Manifest Rector Dave Hynes 3 episodes2019 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)"The Blacklist Season 7 Episode 15 Review: Gordon Kemp 2021 American Rust Pete Novick 5 episodes2022 Yellowstone Father McGreggor Episode "Grass on the Streets and Weeds on the Rooftops" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Mitch Caplan Episode "Video Killed the Radio Star"
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