Jim True-Frost Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a 1995 CableACE Award for Actor in a Dramatic Series
• Participated in a fundraiser to replace an aging playground in the Syracuse, N․Y․, area with a new handicapped-accessible playground
• When he and lawyer Cora Frost married in 1999, rather than one taking the other's name, they both changed their names to True-Frost
• Joined Remains Theater, where he worked was such performers as Amy Morton, Gary Cole and D․W․ Moffett
• Quote: "[on children with physical challenges] "I'm probably like a lot of people․ Until it happens I didn't have that much awareness about what it's all about․ We've been on a very steep learning curve․""
• Quote: "[on "The Wire"] "It was fantastic․ It was really inspiring material, something that was really important and had a sociological and political statement, great dramatic writing, really good characters and a lot of good actors․ I had a great time․""
• Best known for play Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski in "The Wire․"
• Became a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago in 1989
• His theater credits include the American Repertory Theatre's production of "Julius Caesar" and Steppenwolf's Broadway run of "August: Osage County․"
• Before he married Cora Frost, she taught middle school in Baltimore, and a decade later, he played a character who taught middle school in Baltimore