GODFREY L. SIMMONS, JR. - AEA

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FILM & TELEVISION

The Lost Children

Lead

Dir. Mark Harris

Run of the House

Supporting

Dir. James Felter

Law & Order

Guest Star

NBC, dir. David Platt

NYPD Blue

Costar

ABC, dir. Jim Charleston

Third Watch

Costar

NBC, dir. Edward Bernero

One Life To Live

Principal

ABC

As The World Turns

Costar

CBS

The Appointment (short)

Lead

Dir. Cristina Kotz Cornejo

Phases

Guest Star

Obsidian, Dir. Audrea Topps

Crazy Man Crazy (short)

Supporting

Dir. Oscar-Winner Paul Wagner

Raw Intensity (short)

Supporting

Dir. Audrea Topps

OFF-BROADWAY & NEW YORK STAGE

The Winning Side

Taggart

Epic Theatre Ensemble

Measure for Measure

Duke Vincentio

Epic Theatre Ensemble

Richard III

King Edward IV, Stanley

Epic Theatre Ensemble

Dispatches From (A)mended America

Godfrey (Co-writer)

Epic Theatre Ensemble

Macbeth

Macduff

Epic Theatre Ensemble

The Old Settler w/Leslie Uggams*

Husband

Primary Stages, Hal Scott

Betty's Summer Vacation** (Durang)

Voice #3

Playwrights Horizons

A More Perfect Union

James

Epic Theatre Ensemble

Othello

Othello

Epic Theatre Ensemble

A Hard Heart w/Kathleen Chalfant

Seemore/Plevna

Epic Theatre Ensemble

Murder In The Cathedral

Thomas Beckett

Hoi Polloi, Alec Duffy dir.

Leader of the People (Tracey Wilson)

Leader

New Georges

Free Market (One-Acts)

Various Roles

Working Theater

Ice Island

Worsley

Melting Pot Theatre

Microcrisis (Mike Lew)

Frankfurt/Acquah/Chavez

Youngblood/EST

Fast Blood (by 4-time Emmy Winer Judy Tate)

Lazarus

The Lark

Flight of the Last Calhoon

Guard/Father/Dentist

HB Playwrights Foundation

A Wedding Album

The Best Man

The Working Group

African Company Presents Richard III

James Hewlett

Henry Street Settlement

Mel and Gene

Mel

Lincoln Center Directors Lab

Medal of Honor Rag

Dwight Jackson

Henry Street Settlement

REGIONAL THEATER

The Trump Card (adapted)

Godfrey

Civic Ensemble

Fast Blood (Emmy Winner Judy Tate)

Ham

Civic Ensemble/ASP

My Children! My Africa!

Mr. M

Civic Ensemble, Ithaca NY

Two Trains Running

Hambone

Syracuse Stage, Tim Bond

The Old Settler w/Leslie Uggams

Husband

TheatreWorks Hartford

A Raisin in the Sun

Walter Lee Younger

Syracuse Stage, Claude Purdy

Blues For An Alabama Sky

Sam

Syracuse Stage

Home***

Cephus Miles

Round House Theatre

A Raisin in the Sun w/Yolanda King

Walter Lee Younger

Schwartz Center/Cornell

Grapes of Wrath

Tom Joad

Schwartz Center/Cornell

The Shoe

Simeon

Cherry Artspace

Cherry Timedive

Various Roles

Cherry Artspace

Othello

Othello

Ithaca Shakespeare Co.

Peter Pan

Gentleman Jim Starkey

People's Light & Theatre Co.

The Comedy of Errors

Egeon

Schwartz Center/Cornell

Antigone

Haemon

People's Light & Theatre Co.

Spunk

Joe

Barrington Stage

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo

People's Light & Theatre Co.

Romeo and Juliet

Mercutio

Charlotte Repertory Theatre

Prelude to a Kiss

Tom

Olney Theatre

*1999 AUDELCO AWARD WINNER for Best Supporting Actor **1999 OBIE AWARD WINNER for Best New Play ***2001 HELEN HAYES AWARD WINNER for Best Production Lifetime Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre Epic Theatre Ensemble Associate Artist Member of Lark New Play Development Center Playground 2012 Fox Fellow

Physical Characteristics / Measurements

Height: 6'1"

Weight: 215 lbs

Eyes: Brown

Hair Color: Black

Hair Length: Shaved

 

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