Frank Wood

b. 1960 · American actor of film, television and theatre

Biography

Frank Wood (born 1960) is an American actor whose career spans film, television and, above all, the stage. His work ranges from Broadway productions to supporting roles in feature films from the 2000s and 2010s.

He is the son of Robert Coldwell Wood, a political scientist who briefly served as United States secretary of housing and urban development under Lyndon Johnson. Wood attended the Buxton School, earned a bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University in 1984 and later an MFA from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. On stage he won a Tony Award in 1999 for Side Man, and in 2010 and 2011 he played Roy Cohn in the acclaimed off-Broadway revival of Tony Kushner's Angels in America. On screen his name appears in titles such as Michael Clayton and Changeling, where he often played supporting parts.

Today he combines acting with teaching at HB Studio in New York. His reputation rests on dependable work within ensemble casts rather than on star vehicles.

Key films

Thirteen Days (2000): political drama about the Cuban Missile Crisis, within an ensemble cast.
In America (2002): family drama set among Irish immigrants in New York, one of his independent film credits.
Michael Clayton (2007): legal thriller directed by Tony Gilroy, with a strong ensemble cast.
Changeling (2008): Clint Eastwood drama set in late 1920s Los Angeles.
A Most Violent Year (2014): crime thriller by J. C. Chandor, set in New York in 1981.