Chad Coleman
| Chad Coleman | |
|---|---|
 Coleman at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con | |
| Born |
Chad L. Coleman Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Spouse(s) | Sally Stewart (m. 1999-2010) |
Chad L. Coleman is an American film and television actor. He is best known for playing the character Dennis "Cutty" Wise from The Wire, and Tyreese in The Walking Dead.
Early life
Chad Coleman was raised in a foster home in Richmond, Virginia. As a youth he participated in track and field, but turned his attention to studying drama after a leg injury.[1] Before becoming an actor, Coleman served in the United States Army between 1985 and 1989 as a video cameraman.[2]
Career
Coleman had a starring role on the HBO series The Wire as reformed criminal Dennis "Cutty" Wise.[3] In 2002, Coleman starred as O.J. Simpson in TNT's television movie Monday Night Mayhem.[4] Chad also had a guest role in the Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles TV series on Fox.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7][8] The series aired in Europe in November 2011.
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.[9] He was also a guest star in two episodes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia in 2010.[9]
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 debuted in the fall of 2011.[3]
He currently plays the character of Tyreese on AMC's The Walking Dead.[10][11]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | New York Cop | Iceman | |
| 1999 | Saturn | Orderly | |
| 2001 | The Gilded Six Bits | Short | |
| Revolution #9 | Night Nurse | ||
| 2002 | Monday Night Mayhem | O.J. Simpson | |
| The End of The Bar | Dr. Scott Rosen | ||
| 2004 | Brother to Brother | El | |
| 2005 | Carlito's Way: Rise To Power | Clyde | |
| 2007 | Wifey | Parnell | |
| 2009 | Boldly Going Nowhere | Cobolt | |
| 2011 | The Green Hornet | Chili | |
| Horrible Bosses | Curtis | ||
| TBA | Shoedog | Issac (Pre Production) |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Here and Now | Roland | 1 episode |
| 1994, 1995 | Law & Order | Henry/Weiner | 2 episodes: "Golden Years" (season 4: episode 11) "Paranoia" (season 6: episode 6) |
| 1994, 1996 | New York Undercover | Kevin Gray/Shoop | 2 episodes: "To Protect and Serve" (season 1: episode 4) "Andre's Choice" (season 2: episode 23) |
| 1999, 2001 | Third Watch | Grissom/Lamar | 2 episodes: "Patterns" (season 1: episode 3) "The Relay" (season 3: episode 4) |
| 2003 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Prison Warden | 1 episode |
| The Guiding Light | Moses | 1 episode | |
| Hack | Lafonso | 2 episodes: "Out of the Ashes" (season 2: episode 5) "To Have and Have Not" (season 2: episode 9) | |
| 2004–08 | The Wire | Dennis "Cutty" Wise | Season 3-4 (series regular; 19 episodes) Season 5 (guest; 1 episode) |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | Williams | 1 episode |
| 2008 | New Amsterdam | Lt. Bobby Graham | 1 episode |
| Life on Mars | Suede | 1 episode | |
| 2009 | CSI: Miami | Kevin Landau | 1 episode |
| Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Queeg | 2 episodes: "Today Is the Day: Part 1" (season 2: episode 18) "Today Is the Day: Part 2" (season 2: episode 19) | |
| The Forgotten | Ray Perkins | 1 episode | |
| 2010 | In Plain Sight | Ricky Dupree/Dumont | 1 episode |
| Lie To Me | Darryl | 1 episode | |
| The Good Wife | Carter Wright | 1 episode | |
| 2010-2013 | It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | Z | 3 episodes: "Charlie Kelly: King Of The Rats" (season 6: episode 10) "Dee Gives Birth" (season 6: episode 12) "The Gang Tries Desperately to Win an Award" (season 9: episode 3) |
| 2011–13 | I Hate My Teenage Daughter | Gary | Main role, 13 episodes |
| 2012 | Electric City | Manny | 1 episode |
| Criminal Minds | Malcolm Ford | 1 episode | |
| Burn Notice | Brady Pressman | 1 episode | |
| 2012–present | The Walking Dead | Tyreese | Season 3 (recurring; 5 episodes) Season 4-present (Main Role, 6 episodes) |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Left 4 Dead 2 | Coach | Valve Software |
References
- ↑ "Walking Tall". Style Weekly. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
- ↑ "Q&A - Chad L. Coleman (Tyreese)". blogs.amctv.com. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Saunders, Cherie (2011-08-08). "Chad L. Coleman (Cutty from The Wire) Joins Fox Sitcom Teenage Daughter". EURweb. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ↑ Gould, Lance (2002-01-13). "Telling It Like It Was". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ↑ Degon, Bob (2009-03-14). "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - We get to see some of Jesse's past... from the future". CliqueClack. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ↑ Walker, John (June 1, 2009). "Left 4 Dead 2: Podcast With Chet Faliszek". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
- ↑ http://theater.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/theater/reviews/17turn.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
- ↑ Hovdaa, Kristine (October 8, 2009). "Takket være Jens Stoltenberg - Interview with Coleman". Dagbladet.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Marnell, Blair (2013-04-03). "The Walking Dead Promotes Three For Season 4". CraveOnline. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ↑ Radish, Christina (2013-02-10). "Chad L. Coleman Talks The Walking Dead Season 3 and Playing Tyreese". Collider. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ↑ Goldberg, Lesley (2012-12-03). "Walking Dead Spoilers: Chad Coleman Talks Tyreese". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
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