Sherman Howard
Howard Lee Sherman (born June 11, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor.
Theatre
Sherman Howard began his career at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco in 1971. While a member of ACT's repertory company, he appeared in the roles of Glendenning in David Storey's The Contractor, The Archangel Gabriel in Nagle Jackson's The Mystery Cycle, James in Harold Pinter's The Collection, and Gratiano in The Merchant of Venice, along with roles in both Antony and Cleopatra and Caesar and Cleopatra. He appeared as Archie in Tom Stoppard's Jumpers in the premier season of Chicago's Northlight Theatre Company.
While a member of the resident company at the Actors Theatre of Louisville for three seasons during the mid-70s, he played the role of Lucius in Jon Jory's Andronicus: A Space Musical, and had roles in The Runner Stumbles, The Front Page, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, and the European tour of Marsha Norman's Getting Out. His off-Broadway credits include Shel Silverstein's The Crate and The Lady or the Tiger Show as well as Sam Shepard's Geography of a Horse Dreamer at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, along with I'm Not Rappaport at the Roundabout Theatre Company. He appeared in Titus Andronicus and Tell Out My Soul at The Public Theater, as well as in Lillian Hellman's Another Part of the Forest at the Pecadillo Theatre.
His further regional credits include Prospero in The Tempest, King Henry in The Lion in Winter, Spooner in No Man's Land, and Lopakhin in The Cherry Orchard at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ), where he has also appeared in the title roles of both Bertolt Brecht's Life of Galileo and Luigi Pirandello's Henry IV (Enrico IV). He also appeared as Scrooge in the STNJ's production of A Christmas Carol. He played the role of Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, opposite his wife, Donna Bullock, as Beatrice. He played the title roles in both Hamlet and Macbeth at the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival and the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, respectively. He appeared in the title role of Sheridan at the La Jolla Playhouse. He appeared in The Price at the Pittsburgh Public Theater and in Nine Armenians at the Intiman Theater in Seattle. His Broadway credits include Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, All My Sons, Inherit the Wind, and Gore Vidal's The Best Man. He recently concluded a run at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego as The Player in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
After making his living as a professional actor in theater, film, and television for over four decades, Mr. Howard has savored the chance to merge his theatrical skills with his personal passion for concert hall music. In the 2013/14 season he performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Rachmaninoff’s “The Bells” conducted by Vladimir Jurowski. He also appeared in the role of Prospero in the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra's unique presentation of Jean Sibelius' The Tempest Suite conducted by Jacque Lacombe. But his legacy performance will always be as Bub… the heroic (though flesh-eating) lead zombie in George A. Romero's Day of the Dead.
And to animation fans he's also remembered as the voice of Derek Powers, better known as the supervillain 'Blight' from the Batman Beyond animated series' from the DC Animated Universe, part of DC Comics media
Film
On the Pool Patio with Ilya Salkind (documentary) - 2011
You Belong to Me - 2007
Debating Robert Lee - 2004
Eulogy - 2004
The Man from Elysian Fields - 2001
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster - 2000
Dante's View - 1998
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island - 1998
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story - 1998
Retroactive - 1997
The Hit List - 1993
Ricochet - 1991
Dark Angel - 1990
Casualties of War - 1989
Lethal Weapon 2 - 1989
K-9 - 1989
Three Fugitives - 1989
The House on Carroll Street - 1988
Day of the Dead - 1985
Grace Quigley - 1984
Television
Person of Interest – 2011
Homeland – 2011
Law & Order (2 episodes) – 2008, 1999
Malcolm in the Middle – 2004
Las Vegas – 2003
Cold Case – 2003
The Mummy: Secrets of the Medjai – 2003
Charmed – 2002
Invader Zim – 2001
Star Trek: Voyager – 2001
Batman Beyond (6 episodes) – 1999
Mad Jack the Pirate (13 episodes) – 1999
Batman Beyond: The Movie – 1999
Adventures from the Book of Virtues – 1998
Sabrina the Teenage Witch – 1998
Superman (3 episodes) – 1998
Michael Hayes – 1997
Jumanji (6 episodes) – 1996-97
Men in Black: The Series – 1997
Extreme Ghostbusters – 1997
ER – 1997
Malcolm & Eddie – 1997
Life with Roger – 1997
Nash Bridges – 1997
Pacific Blue – 1997
Walker, Texas Ranger (2 episodes) – 1997, 1995
Renegade – 1996
The Jeff Foxworthy Show – 1996
The Burning Zone – 1996
Home Improvement – 1996
Mad About You (2 episodes) – 1996
The Client – 1996
Fortune Hunter – 1995
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – 1995
Problem Child 3: Junior in Love – 1995
Sliders – 1995
Op Center (TV movie) – 1995
seaQuest 2032 – 1994
The Stand (miniseries) – 1994
Diagnosis: Murder – 1994
Good Advice – 1993
Seinfeld – 1993
Raven – 1993
Space Rangers – 1993
Major Dad – 1992
Melrose Place (2 episodes) – 1992
Rachel Gunn, R.N. – 1992
The Adventures of Superboy (17 episodes) – 1989-91
Good & Evil (6 episodes) – 1991
Quantum Leap – 1991
The Young Riders – 1990
Star Trek: The Next Generation ("Captain Endar", Suddenly Human) – 1990
Parker Lewis Can't Lose (pilot) – 1990
ALF (TV series) – 1990
Baywatch – 1989
Freddy's Nightmares – 1989
L.A. Law – 1989
Miami Vice (2 episodes) – 1989
Unsub – 1989
Nightingales (U.S. TV series) – 1989
Dallas (5 episodes) – 1988
Necessity (TV movie) – 1988
Max Headroom (TV series) (3 episodes) – 1987
Ryan's Hope (recurring) – 1986-87
One Life to Live (recurring) 1987-88
Tales from the Darkside – 1986
The Eagle and the Bear (pilot) – 1985
Celebrity (miniseries) – 1984
General Hospital (recurring) – 1973-74
Personal life
He is married to actress Donna Bullock. They have one child, Hannah Sherman.[1]
References
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| Preceded by Scott James Wells for Superboy (TV series) |
Actors portraying Lex Luthor 1989- 1992 for Superboy (TV series) |
Succeeded by John Shea for Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman |