Jim True-Frost
Jim True-Frost 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.
Biography
True-Frost graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois. He has been an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago since 1989. Prior to that, he was a member of Remains Theater, co-founded by actor William L. Petersen. True-Frost appeared in the film Off the Map with fellow Steppenwolf ensemble member Joan Allen, directed by Singles co-star Campbell Scott. He has performed on Broadway and as far away as Sierra Leone.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 and have two children.
True-Frost appeared in 2008 as Brutus in the American Repertory Theatre's production of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, as well as Steppenwolf's Broadway run of , which won the Tony for Best Play.
Filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989 | Fat Man and Little Boy | Donald Hornig | |
| 1992 | Singles | David Bailey | |
| 1994 | Two Over Easy | Jesse | |
| 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Buzz | |
| 1994 | Normal Life | Mike Anderson | |
| 1996 | Far Harbor | Ryland | |
| 1996 | Joe | Short film; special thanks | |
| 1997 | Affliction | Jack Hewitt | |
| 2003 | Off the Map | William Gibbs | |
| 2005 | Winter Passing | Doctor | |
| 2006 | Slippery Slope | Hugh Winston | |
| 2008 | Diminished Capacity | Donny Prine | |
| 2008 | Sympathetic Details | Rogers | |
| 2009 | Company Retreat | Perry McHugh | |
| 2010 | The Conspirator | Hartranft |