Richard Poe (born January 25, 1946) is an American actor. He has worked in movies, television and on Broadway.Poe was born in Portola, California. He graduated from Pittsburg Senior High School in 1963 then from the University of San Francisco in 1967. He served in the US Army during the Vietnam War. Along with Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Mark Lenard, Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Armin Shimerman and John de Lancie he is one of only a few actors to play the same character on three different Star Trek series. He played Gul Evek in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) and Star Trek: Voyager (1995), being one of four actors to appear in all three series as the same character. He recently appeared in A Christmas Carol at Ford's Theatre, 2006, as Ebenezer Scrooge, was in the San Diego cast of the new Broadway-bound musical, Cry-Baby. Currently, Poe is performing in the revival of Girl Crazy at the New York City Center, November 19–22, directed by Jerry Zaks.
Every scene is a love scene, however thwarted. Play the positives - the playwright will provide the negatives.
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On Broadway playing The Colonel in the Tony-Award-Winning Revival of "Journey's End" at the Belasco Theater. [February 2007]
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Off-Broadway playing various roles in Svejk with Theater For a New Audience. Appearing soon in independent films The Warrior Class and Transamerica. [November 2004]
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Playing Mr. Hasler in the Tony-Award-Winning Best Revival of Musical, "The Pajama Game" at The Roundabout Theater with Harry Connick Jr. [February 2006]
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Playing Judge Stone on Broadway in Cry Baby [March 2008]
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On Broadway playing Mr. Hasler in the Roundabout Theater revival of The Pajama Game with Harry Connick Jr. [January 2006]
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Begins a year-long run as The Constable in Fiddler On The Roof on Broadway with Harvey Fierstein, Andrea Martin and Rosie O'Donnell. [January 2005]
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Playing Leonard Mugatti in Christopher Durang's new, heralded play, "Why Torture Is Wrong And The People Who Love Them" At The NYSF Public Theater [February 2009]
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Begins a ten-month run as The Constable in the Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof with Harvey Fierstein, Andrea Martin, and Rosie O'Donnell [January 2005]
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Playing Judge Igneous Stone in "Cry-Baby" on Broadway at the Marriott Marquis. [January 2008]
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Opens as the tyrannical boss Mr. Hasler in The Pajama Game at the Roundabout Theater on Broadway with harry Connick Jr. [January 2006]
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On Broadway playing Dr. Anagnos in The Miracle Worker with Hilary Swank. [March 2003]
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Won Best Supporting Actor Award from the 2012 NYC Independent Film Festival for his role of Roy McDermott in the award winning feature film Theresa Is a Mother (2012).
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