Cathey, Reg E. 1958- (Reginald E. Cathey)

PERSONAL

Full name, Reginald E. Cathey; born August 18, 1958, in Huntsville, AL. Education: Attended University of Michigan and Yale University.

Addresses:

Agent—Sarah Fargo, Paradigm, 360 North Crescent Dr. N., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Career:

Actor.

Awards, Honors:

Obie Award (with others), outstanding ensemble performance, Village Voice, 2002, for Talk; Black Reel Award nomination, best supporting actor on a network or cable program, 2002, for Boycott; Black Reel Award nomination, best supporting actor on a network or cable program, 2005, for Everyday People; Audelco Award nomination (with others), outstanding ensemble performance, Audience Development Committee, 2007, for Blue Door.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Waiter, Ich und Er (also known as Me and Him), Columbia, 1988.

Reporter, Funny Farm, Warner Bros., 1988.

Cab driver, Crossing Delancey, Warner Bros., 1988.

Wayne, Astonished, Leo Video, 1988.

Second man, Just Like In the Movies, Cabriolet Films, 1989.

Fan's friend, Penn & Teller Get Killed (also known as Dead Funny), Warner Bros., 1989.

Speaker in Syracuse, NY, Born on the Fourth of July, Universal, 1989.

Willie, Loose Cannons, TriStar, 1990.

Sound analyst, Quick Change, Warner Bros., 1990.

Howie, What About Bob?, Buena Vista, 1991.

(As Reginald E. Cathey) Freeze, The Mask, New Line Cinema, 1994.

Sergeant major, Clear and Present Danger, Paramount, 1994.

Marcus, Airheads, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994.

Shotgun cop, The Hard Truth, Spectacor Films/Starlight, 1994.

First cop, Clean Slate, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1994.

Voice of frog, Napoleon (animated), 1994.

DeeTee, Tank Girl, United Artists, 1995.

(As Reginald E. Cathey) Coroner, Se7en (also known as Seven), New Line Cinema, 1995.

Nassor, Ill Gotten Gains, Spats Films, 1997.

Al, American Psycho, Lions Gate Films, 2000.

Dirty Dee, Pootie Tang, Paramount, 2001.

Officer Waters, Head of State, DreamWorks, 2003.

Avi, A Good Night to Die, Regent Entertainment, 2003.

(As Reginald E. Cathey) Lieutenant Greg Velasquez, S.W.A.T., Columbia, 2003.

Jones, El maquinista (also known as The Machinist), Paramount, 2004.

Mr. Morgan, Men Without Jobs (also known as Planet Brooklyn), Straphanger Films, 2004.

Frank Washington, The Cookout, Lions Gate Films, 2004.

Frank Harmon, 508 Nelson, 2006.

Samuel, 20 Years After, MTI Home Video, 2008.

Dr. Joshua, Patsy, 11: Eleven Films, 2008.

According to some sources, appeared in the film Row Your Boat, 2000.

Television Appearances; Series:

Square One TV, PBS, 1987.

Martin Querns, a recurring role, Oz, HBO, 2000, 2001, 2003.

Norman Wilson, The Wire, HBO, 2006-2008.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Richie, A Doctor's Story, NBC, 1984.

Prosecutor, Eyes of a Witness, CBS, 1991.

Second staff doctor, And the Band Played On, HBO, 1993.

Attorney Winston, Tyson, HBO, 1995.

Bernard Weeks, Homicide: The Movie, NBC, 2000.

E. D. Nixon, Boycott, HBO, 2001.

Akbar, Everyday People, HBO, 2004.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Guildenstern, Hamlet, PBS, 1990.

Gunther, Fool's Fire, PBS, 1992.

Announcer, Celebrate the Dream: 50 Years of Ebony, ABC, 1996.

The Wire Odyssey, HBO, 2007.

The Wire: The Last Word, HBO, 2007.

Narrator, Aftermath: Population Zero, 2008.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Scalio, The Corner, HBO, 2000.

The People Speak, HBO, 2008.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Shepard, "The Man Who Wasn't There," Spenser: For Hire, ABC, 1987.

Commander Morag, "Aquiel," Star Trek: The Next Generation (also known as Star Trek: TNG), syndicated, 1993.

Internal affairs investigator David Haskell, "Take These Broken Wings," ER, NBC, 1996.

Alvin Epps, "How to Be a Good Listener," Arli$$, HBO, 1997.

Alvin Epps, "The American Game," Arli$$, HBO, 1998.

"His Name Is Arliss Michaels, Arli$$, HBO, 1998.

Bernard Weeks, "Full Court Press," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as Homicide), NBC, 1998.

Professor Roland Sanders, "Anti-Thesis," Law & Order: Criminal Intent (also known as Law & Order: CI), NBC, 2002.

Gerald Tollers, "Darwinian," Law & Order, NBC, 2004.

Mr. Grove, "Mail Order Mystery," The Jury, Fox, 2004.

Jaime Castro, "Welcome Home," Third Watch, NBC, 2005.

Narrator, "Re-Cap Special," Meerkat Manor (also known as Meerkat Manor: The Next Generation), Animal Planet, 2007.

Michael Stahl-David: Behind the Star, 2008.

Appeared as Fred in an episode of Roc, Fox.

Stage Appearances:

Yanks 3 Detroit 0 Top of the Seventh, Actor's Ensemble, Ann Arbor, MI, 1978.

Whose Life Is It Anyway?, Williamstown Theatre Company, Williamstown, MA, 1980.

Keeper of the tower, messenger, and Brandon, King Richard III, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1983.

Landscape of the Body, Second Stage, McGinn-Cazale Theatre, New York City, 1984.

First gentleman, Measure for Measure, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre, 1985.

Salerio, Old Gobbo, and Morocco, The Merchant of Venice, Classic Stage Company, East Thirteenth Street Theatre, New York City, 1986-87.

Bop Op, In a Pig's Valise, Second Stage, McGinn-Cazale Theatre, 1989.

Lord and gentleman, Macbeth, New York Shakespeare Festival, Martinson Hall, Public Theatre, New York City, 1989-90.

Voice, Limbo Tales, Greenwich House Theatre, New York City, 1990.

Guildenstern, Hamlet, New York Shakespeare Festival, Anspacher Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1990.

Crowbar, Victory Theatre, New York City, 1990.

Brighella, The Green Bird (puppet musical), Theatre for a New Audience, New Victory Theatre, then Mandell Weiss Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA, both 1996, later Cort Theatre, New York City, 2000.

Lollio, The Changeling, Theatre for a New Audience, Theatre at St. Clement's Church, New York City, 1997.

Hortensio, The Taming of the Shrew, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre, 1999.

Banquo, porter, and doctor, Macbeth, Theatre for a New Audience, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1999.

Hortensio, The Taming of the Shrew, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, 1999.

Polixenes, The Winter's Tale, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Adams Memorial Theatre, Williamstown, MA, 2001.

Crito, Talk, Foundry Theatre, LuEsther Hall, Public Theatre, New York City, 2002.

Brandon Beale, White Chocolate, Culture Project, Century Theatre for the Performing Arts, New York City, 2004-2005.

Lewis, Blue Door, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, New York City, 2006.

Appeared in The Cure at Troy, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT; Dante's Inferno; Fool's Fire; and Ikebana, East-West Players, Los Angeles.