Nathan Darrow (born ) is an American actor known for his role as Secret Service agent Edward Meechum in ''

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'', John Custer in ''

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'', Andrew Madoff in ''

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'', and as Victor Fries/Mr. Freeze in '' Gotham''.

Early life

Darrow is a native of the

Kansas City The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more ...

area. After attending

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, he earned his bachelor's degree from

University of Evansville The University of Evansville (UE) is a private university in Evansville, Indiana. It was founded in 1854 as Moores Hill College. The university operates a satellite center, Harlaxton College, in Grantham, England. UE offers more than 80 differ ...

and attended graduate school at

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Career

In 2003, Darrow returned to Kansas City, and performed in productions of

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's plays, including ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2006, he played young

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in Don Maxwell's ''Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories'', which also starred

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and

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. A role in a touring production of ''

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'' with

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led to casting in the role of Meechum, the Underwoods' stoic bodyguard in ''

''. Darrow's role was expanded in Season Two, as the character of Meechum had been well received by critics and audiences. Darrow appeared as Ben Farrell in The Stolen Chair Theatre Company's film noir for the stage, ''Kill Me Like You Mean It'', at the 4th St Theatre in New York City. He appeared at Princeton's

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in Rachel Bonds' ''Five Mile Lake'', May 1–31, 2015, directed by Emily Mann. It was announced that Darrow would appear in the second season of the Fox television series '' Gotham'' as Victor Fries/Mr. Freeze. He has a recurring role in the first season of '' Billions'', and returns in the third season going onward. He is set to appear in the fourth and final season of ''

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''. He also appears as Jesse Custer's father in the

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television series ''

'' and as Jonathan Grimm in the

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series ''The Blacklist''. He plays

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in HBO's ''The Wizard of Lies'' (2017). He starred in the third season of the

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thriller '' Quantico'' as Felix Pillay.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Darrow, Nathan 1976 births Living people People from Overland Park, Kansas Male actors from Kansas City, Missouri Male actors from Kansas American male television actors American male stage actors University of Evansville alumni 21st-century American male actors