Jim True-Frost was born on July 31, 1966 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA as James True. He is an actor, known for The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), The Wire (2002) and Affliction (1997). He has been married to Cora Frost since 1999. They have two children.
Appearing in the Steppenwolf Theatre's staging of The Pillowman. [September 2006]
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Shooting in New Orleans, LA, playing recurring character "James Woodrow" in new series Treme (2010), created by David Simon (The Wire (2002)). [February 2010]
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Did a full-frontal nude scene on Broadway in the 1990 revival of The Grapes of Wrath at the Cort Theatre. His character, Al, went skinny-dipping by jumping into an onstage in-ground pool that was located in the orchestra pit.
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Daughter, Phoebe, born August 27, 2011.
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Son, Leo, born October 31, 2008. He was born with cerebral palsy.
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He was awarded the 1988 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for "Killers" at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
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He and his wife Cora, whose maiden name is Frost, both legally changed their surnames to True-Frost.
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Member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Monsters of God
2017
TV Movie pre-production
Mayor Walton Green
Light in the Pantry
2016
Short post-production
Sam
Pickup
2016/I
Short completed
Ben
Z: The Beginning of Everything
2017
TV Series
Max Perkins
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2009-2017
TV Series
Lawrence Hendricks Jr. / Thomas Banks
Cold
2016
TV Series
Nathan
American Odyssey
2015
TV Series
Ron Ballard
Boardwalk Empire
2014
TV Series
Eliot Ness
Hostages
2013-2014
TV Series
Logan
Treme
2010-2013
TV Series
James Woodrow
Elementary
2013
TV Series
Anson Samuels
666 Park Avenue
2012
TV Series
Peter Kramer
The Good Wife
2012
TV Series
Seth Kleinberg
Blue Bloods
2011
TV Series
Lyle Greene
Chase
2010
TV Series
Curt Seaver
The Conspirator
2010
General Hartranft
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2002-2010
TV Series
David Novak / Jay Lippman
Fringe
2010
TV Series
Ted Pratchett
Company Retreat
2009
Perry McHugh
Law & Order
2005-2008
TV Series
Dennis Langdon / Phil Newsom / Bruce Elwin
Sympathetic Details
2008
Rogers
Diminished Capacity
2008
Donny Prine
CSI: Miami
2007
TV Series
Dave Keppling
Medium
2007
TV Series
Stephen Campbell
Slippery Slope
2006
Hugh Winston
Winter Passing
2005
Doctor
Karen Sisco
2003
TV Series
Lestor Porter
Off the Map
2003
William Gibbs
Benjamin Franklin
2002
TV Mini-Series documentary
William Franklin
Affliction
1997
Jack Hewitt (as Jim True)
Early Edition
1996
TV Series
Sam
Far Harbor
1996
Ryland
Homicide: Life on the Street
1996
TV Series
George Buxton
Normal Life
1996
Mike Anderson (as Jim True)
W.E.I.R.D. World
1995
TV Movie
Noah Lane, Robotics
Two Over Easy
1994
Short
Jesse
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994
Buzz (as Jim True)
Singles
1992
David Bailey (as Jim True)
Fat Man and Little Boy
1989
Donald Hornig
Crime Story
1986
TV Series
Jo Jo Sweeney
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Joe
1997
Short special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Wire: It's All Connected
2006
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Anatomy of a Scene
2004
TV Series documentary
Himself
Steppenwolf Theatre Company: 25 Years on the Edge
2000
Documentary
Himself
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1995
CableACE
CableACE Awards
Actor in a Dramatic Series
The Showtime 30-Minute Movie (1990)
Known for movies
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) as Buzz
The Wire (2002-2008) as Det. Roland 'Prez' Pryzbylewski / Roland 'Prez' Pryzbylewski
$2 Million
