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Chad Coleman Occupation Television actor Chad Coleman is an American film and television actor. He is best known for playing the character Dennis "Cutty" Wise from The Wire.
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Life and career
He had a starring role on the HBO series The Wire as reformed criminal Dennis "Cutty" Wise. In 2002, Coleman starred as O.J. Simpson in TNT's television movie Monday Night Mayhem. Chad also had a role in the Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles TV series on Fox. He also had a small role in Carlito's Way: Rise to Power. He has recently been involved in the development of Left 4 Dead 2 as voice actor for the character Coach.[1] In 2009, Coleman appeared in a revival of August Wilson's play Joe Turner's Come and Gone on Broadway and also had a starring role in the Norwegian TV series Buzz Aldrin, What Happened To You In All The Confusion?, based on the novel by Johan Harstad.[2] The series will air in Europe in October 2010. Chad was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia.
He guest starred in the In Plain Sight episode "Whistle Stop" as an ex-boxer/witness suffering from pugilistic dementia, and in the Lie to Me episode "The Canary's Song" as a coal miner. He was also a guest star in two episodes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia in 2010.
In 2011, he landed the role of Gary Miller, the ex-husband of Nikki Miller and father of manipulative daughter Mackenzie in the Fox television sitcom I Hate My Teenage Daughter, which will debut in the fall of 2011.
Film, television and video game roles
Television
- 1994-1995 - Law & Order - (2 episodes)
- 1994-1996 - New York Undercover - (2 episodes)
- 1999-2001 - Third Watch - (2 episodes)
- 2003 - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - as Prison Warden (1 episode, Rotten)
- 2003 - The Guilding Light - as Moses (1 episode)
- 2003 - Hack - as Lafonso - (2 episodes)
- 2004-2008 - The Wire - as Dennis "Cutty" Wise - (26 episodes)
- 2005 - Numb3rs - as Williams - (1 episode, Man Hunt)
- 2008 - New Amsterdam - as Lt. Bobby Graham - (1 episode, Golden Boy)
- 2008 - Life on Mars - as Suede - (1 episode, Things to do in New York When you think you are dead)
- 2009 - CSI: Miami - as Kevin Landau - (1 episode, Smoke gets in your CSI's)
- 2009 - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - as Queeg - (2 episodes)
- 2009 - The Forgotten - as Ray Perkins - (1 episode, Football John)
- 2010 - In Plain Sight - as Ricky Dupree/Dumont - (1 episode, Whistle Shop)
- 2010 - Lie To Me - as Darryl - (1 episode, The Canary's Song)
- 2010 - It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia - as Z - (1 episode, Dee Gives Birth)
- 2010 - The Good Wife - as Carter Wright - (1 episode, Nine Hours)
Films
- 1993 - Nyû Yôku no koppu - as Iceman
- 1999 - Saturn - Orderly
- 2001 - The Gilded Six Bits (Short)
- 2001 - Revolution #9 - as a Night Nurse
- 2002 - Monday Night Mayhem - as O.J. Simpson
- 2002 - The End of The Bar - Dr. Scott Rosen
- 2004 - Brother to Brother - as El
- 2005 - Carlito's Way: Rise To Power - as Clyde
- 2007 - Wifey - as Parnell
- 2009 - Boldly Going Nowhere - as Cobolt
- 2011 - The Green Hornet - as Chili
- 2011 - Horrible Bosses - as Curtis
- 2011 - Shoedog - as Issac (Pre Production)
Video games
- 2009 Left 4 Dead 2 - as Coach
References
- ^ Walker, John (2009-06-01). "Left 4 Dead 2: Podcast With Chet Faliszek". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/06/01/left-4-dead-2-exclusive-podcast-with-chet-faliszek/. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
- ^ [1],Dagbladet Interview with Coleman from the newspaper Dagbladet, 08-10-2009 .
External links
Categories:- African American actors
- Living people
- People from Richmond, Virginia
- American television actor stubs
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