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 program ''

The Wire ''The Wire'' is an American crime drama television series created and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon. The series was broadcast by the cable network HBO in the United States. ''The Wire'' premiered on June 2 ...

'', as James Woodrow in '' Treme'' (2010-2012), and film roles such as ''

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'' (1992).

Biography

True-Frost graduated from

New Trier High School New Trier High School (, also known as New Trier Township High School or NTHS) is a public four-year high school, with its main campus for sophomores through seniors located in Winnetka, Illinois, United States, and a campus in Northfield, Illino ...

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. He has been an ensemble member of the

Steppenwolf Theatre Company Steppenwolf Theatre Company is a Chicago theatre company founded in 1974 by Terry Kinney, Jeff Perry, and Gary Sinise in the Unitarian church on Half Day Road in Deerfield, Illinois and is now located in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood on ...

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since 1989. Prior to that, he was a member of Remains Theater, co-founded by actor

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('' To Live and Die in L.A.,

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''). True-Frost appeared in the film '' Off the Map'' with fellow Steppenwolf ensemble member Joan Allen, directed by ''

'' co-star

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. He has performed on

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and as far away as

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. 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 Syracuse ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States. It is the fifth-most populous city in the state of New York following New York City, Buffalo, Yonkers, and Rochester. At the 2020 census, the city' ...

, 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 The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) is a professional not-for-profit theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1979 by Robert Brustein, the A.R.T. is known for its commitment to new American plays and music–theater explorations; to n ...

's production of

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's ''

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'', as well as Steppenwolf's Broadway run of '' August: Osage County'', which won the Tony for Best Play.

Filmography

Cast of The Wire - Andrews Boyd True-Frost Sohn Hector Royo

Films

Television

References

External links

* * 1966 births Living people New Trier High School alumni Male actors from Illinois American male television actors American male film actors 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors Steppenwolf Theatre Company players {{US-screen-actor-1960s-stub