Frank Wood (actor)

For other people named Frank Wood, see Frank Wood (disambiguation).

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

Frank Wood
Born	(1960-05-06) May 6, 1960 (age 64)
Education	Wesleyan University (BA) New York University (MFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–present
Father	Robert Coldwell Wood
Relatives	Maggie Hassan (sister)

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 August: Osage County 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
2000	Down to You	Doctor
2000	Small Time Crooks	Oliver
2000	Pollock	Frank Pollock
2000	Thirteen Days	McGeorge Bundy
2001	The Royal Tenenbaums	Hotel Manager
2002	In America	Paediatrician
2002	People I Know	Michael Wormly
2004	Winter Solstice	Bill Brennan
2004	King of the Corner	Anthony Berenson
2004	Keane	Assaulted Commuter
2004	The Undeserved	Alex Montgomery
2007	Flakes	Bruce
2007	The Favor	Lawrence
2007	Michael Clayton	Gerald
2007	Dan in Real Life	Howard
2008	Lucky Days	Dr. Ginger
2008	Changeling	Ben Harris
2008	Synecdoche, New York	Evaluative Services Doctor
2009	The Missing Person	Harold Fullmer
2009	The Taking of Pelham 123	Police Commissioner Sterman
2012	Greetings from Tim Buckley	Gary Lucas
2014	St. Vincent	Maggie's Attorney
2016	The Phenom	Richard Boyer
2016	Custody	Uncle Frank
2016	Gold	Scottie Nevins
2017	Detroit	Robert Edward DeMascio
2018	Isle of Dogs	Simul-Translate Machine	Voice
2019	Joker	Dr. Stoner
2020	Lapsis	John
2022	She Said	Matt Purdy

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Law & Order	Dr. Rutland	Episode: "Scrambled"
2001	The Sopranos	Dean Ross	Episode: "Second Opinion"
2001	Third Watch	Third Watch	Episode: "Honor"
2002	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	George Weems	Episode: "Chinoiserie"
2004	Medium	Crazed Man	Episode: "Pilot"
2007–2009	Flight of the Conchords	Greg	17 episodes
2010	Bored to Death	Dr. O'Connor	Episode: "Escape from the Castle!"
2011	Lights Out	Dr. Stuart Wexler	Episode: "The Comeback"
2012	Modern Family	Reporter	Episode: "Election Day"
2012	Grey's Anatomy	Frank Wheeler	Episode: "The Girl With No Name"
2012	The Good Wife	Dr. Joseph Lidera	Episode: "And the Law Won"
2012–2021	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dr. Truman / Andrew Lennox	4 episodes
2013	Elementary	EROC Supervisor	Episode: "Snow Angels"
2013	The Newsroom	Shep Pressman	2 episodes
2013	Blue Bloods	Father Markhum	Episode: "Lost and Found"
2014	The Divide	Griffen Donleavey	Episode: "I'm for Justice"
2014–2015	The Knick	Mr. Havershorn	10 episodes
2016	Younger	Dr. Kigner	Episode: "Un-Jaded"
2016	Girls	Charlie's Client	Episode: "The Panic in Central Park"
2016	The Night Of	Medical Examiner	4 episodes
2016–2017	The Get Down	Ed Koch	6 episodes
2018	Mozart in the Jungle	Keith Rutledge	2 episodes
2019	The Blacklist	Gerald Klepper	Episode: "The Ethicist (No. 91)"
2019	Prodigal Son	Dr. Carl Mitchell	Episode: "Fear Response"
2021	Bull	Dr. Edwin Pruitt	Episode: "Cloak and Beaker"
2021	Evil	Brother Jacob	Episode: "S Is for Silence"
2023	The Crowded Room	Dean Martin Hughs	2 episodes

References

1. "Playbill Biography: FRANK WOOD". 2005-04-24. Archived from the original on 2005-04-24. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
2. Martin, Douglas (April 5, 2005). "Robert Wood, Education Expert, Dies at 81". New York Times. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
3. "NYU Graduate Acting Alumni". 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
4. "Frank Wood". Filmbug. 2007-11-10. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
5. BWW News Desk (2008-06-03). "'August' Welcomes Frank Wood on June 17th". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
6. "Signature Theatre Company – Angels in America". Archived from the original on 2010-08-02. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
7. Brown, Scott (October 29, 2010). "Theater Review: The Spectacularly Overstuffed Angels in America". Vulture. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
8. "Photo 9 of 10 | Angels in America: Show Photos". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
9. "Tony Winners Norbert Leo Butz and Frank Wood Join Penn Badgley in Greetings from Tim Buckley". Broadway.com. August 22, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
10. Kurchak, Sarah (August 15, 2012). "TIFF 2012 Adds Greetings From Tim Buckley, Spike Lee's Bad 25 Michael Jackson Doc, Skrillex Soundtrack". Spinner. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
11. "Gambling on O'Neill: Forest Whitaker Makes His Broadway Debut in Hughie" by Michael Paulson, The New York Times, February 3, 2016
12. HB Studio Faculty page

External links

• Frank Wood at the Internet Broadway Database
• Frank Wood at IMDb