Chad L. Coleman
{{Short description|American actor (born 1967)}}
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| name = Chad L. Coleman
| image = Chad L. Coleman by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption = Coleman at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|09|06}}
| birth_place = Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
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| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1992–present
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| children = 2
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| spouse = {{marriage|Sally Stewart|1999|2010|end=div}}
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Chad L. Coleman (born September 6, 1967) is an American actor. He is known for playing Dennis "Cutty" Wise on the HBO series The Wire (2004–08), Tyreese on the AMC series The Walking Dead (2012–15), Mingo on Roots (2016), Z on the FX sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2010–19), Fred Johnson on The Expanse (2015–20), Klyden on The Orville (2017–22), and Bruno Mannheim in the superhero drama television series Superman & Lois (2023–24). He also voiced Coach in the video game Left 4 Dead 2 (2009).
Early life
Coleman was born in Richmond, Virginia. After he was removed from neglectful parents in the Creighton Court public housing project, he was raised by a grandmother on Richmond's south side after some time in a foster home. As a youth, he participated in track and field, but turned his attention to drama after a leg injury.{{cite web|url=http://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/walking-tall/Content?oid=1826607|title=Walking Tall|date=February 12, 2013 |publisher=Style Weekly|access-date=April 15, 2013}} He attended Virginia Commonwealth University on a scholarship for his freshman year, before dropping out to serve in the U.S. Army.{{cite web|url=http://richmondmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/survivor-man-02-27-2013/|title=Survivor Man|work=Richmond Magazine|first=Pete|last=Humes|date=February 27, 2013}} During his service, from 1985 to 1989, he worked as a video cameraman.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.amctv.com/the-walking-dead/2013/03/chad-l-coleman-interview.php |title=Q&A - Chad L. Coleman (Tyreese) |publisher=AMC TV Blogs |access-date=April 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412005646/http://blogs.amctv.com/the-walking-dead/2013/03/chad-l-coleman-interview.php |archive-date=April 12, 2013 |df=mdy }}
Career
Coleman had a starring role on the HBO series The Wire as reformed criminal Dennis "Cutty" Wise.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurweb.com/2011/08/audio-chad-l-coleman-cutty-from-the-wire-joins-fox-sitcom-%E2%80%98teenage-daughter%E2%80%99/|title=Chad L. Coleman (Cutty from The Wire) Joins Fox Sitcom Teenage Daughter|publisher=EURweb|first=Cherie|last=Saunders|date=August 8, 2011|access-date=June 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006101706/http://www.eurweb.com/2011/08/audio-chad-l-coleman-cutty-from-the-wire-joins-fox-sitcom-%E2%80%98teenage-daughter%E2%80%99/|archive-date=October 6, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} In 2002, Coleman starred as O. J. Simpson in TNT's television movie Monday Night Mayhem.{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/nydn-features/telling-article-1.487914|title=Telling It Like It Was|publisher=NY Daily News|first=Lance|last=Gould|date=January 13, 2002|access-date=June 25, 2013|location=New York}}
Coleman also had a guest role in the Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles TV series on Fox.{{cite web|url=http://cliqueclack.com/tv/2009/03/14/terminator-the-sarah-connor-chronicles-we-get-to-see-some-of-jesses-past-from-the-future/|title=Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - We get to see some of Jesse's past... from the future|publisher=CliqueClack|first=Bob|last=Degon|date=March 14, 2009|access-date=June 25, 2013}} He also had a small role in Carlito's Way: Rise to Power. Coleman was also involved with the development of Left 4 Dead 2, as a voice actor for the character Coach.{{cite news|url=http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/06/01/left-4-dead-2-exclusive-podcast-with-chet-faliszek/|title=Left 4 Dead 2: Podcast With Chet Faliszek|newspaper=Rock, Paper, Shotgun|first=John|last=Walker|date=June 1, 2009|access-date=June 2, 2009}} In 2009, Coleman appeared in a revival of August Wilson's play Joe Turner's Come and Gone on Broadway and also had a starring role in the Norwegian TV series Buzz Aldrin, What Happened To You In All The Confusion?, based on the novel by Johan Harstad.{{cite news|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/theater/reviews/17turn.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|work=The New York Times |first=Ben|last=Brantley|title=Wilson's Wanderers, Searching for Home|date=April 17, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/08/10/kultur/tv_og_medier/the_wire/chad_coleman/buzz_aldrin/7585708/|title=Takket være Jens Stoltenberg - Interview with Coleman|publisher=Dagbladet|first=Kristine|last=Hovdaa|date=October 8, 2009}} The series aired in Europe in November 2011.
He guest starred in the In Plain Sight episode "Whistle Stop" as an ex-boxer/witness suffering from pugilistic dementia, and in the Lie to Me episode "The Canary's Song" as a coal miner.{{cite web|first=Blair|last=Marnell|url=http://www.craveonline.com/tv/articles/474369-the-walking-dead-promotes-three-for-season-4|title=The Walking Dead Promotes Three For Season 4|publisher=CraveOnline|date=April 3, 2013|access-date=June 25, 2013}} He has also guest starred in five episodes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia between 2010 and 2019 as the character "Z". In 2011, he began playing Gary Miller, the ex-husband of Nikki Miller and father of manipulative daughter Mackenzie, in the Fox television sitcom I Hate My Teenage Daughter.
From late 2012 to early 2015, Coleman played Tyreese on AMC's post-apocalyptic horror series The Walking Dead.{{cite web|url=http://collider.com/chad-l-coleman-walking-dead-season-3-interview/|title=Chad L. Coleman Talks The Walking Dead Season 3 and Playing Tyreese|first=Christina|last=Radish|website=Collider|date=February 10, 2013|access-date=June 25, 2013}} In the third season, Tyreese was a recurring character. Coleman was upgraded to series regular and main cast member at the start of the fourth season and retained this status for its fifth season until his character was killed off in the mid-season premiere.{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-dead-spoilers-tyreese-chad-coleman-396788|title=Walking Dead Spoilers: Chad Coleman Talks Tyreese|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Lesley|last=Goldberg|date=December 3, 2012|access-date=June 25, 2013}} On November 20, 2014, he was announced to play Fred Johnson, a.k.a. "The Butcher of Anderson Station", a former Marine caught in a power struggle between Earth and Mars on the science-fiction series The Expanse.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/syfys-the-expanse-adds-walking-dead-mad-men-alums-1201361228/|title=Syfy's 'The Expanse' Adds 'Walking Dead,' 'Mad Men' Alums|first=Kevin|last=Noonan|work=Variety|date=November 20, 2014}}
Coleman also played Mingo in the 2016 re-imagining of Roots, on the History Channel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5028904/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1|title=IMDB - ROOTS, S01 E03, History Channel|website=IMDB|access-date=May 6, 2016}} Mingo is a stern, no-nonsense slave/cock trainer for Tom Lea, who keeps the Lea plantation afloat. He befriends Chicken George and they bond like father and son.{{Cite web|url=http://roots.history.com/cast/mingo|title=Chad L. Coleman as Mingo|website=History Channel|access-date=May 6, 2016}}
Additionally, Coleman is executive producer, as well as visual inspiration for the character Mr. Osi of the futuristic graphic novel series [https://treadwater.tv/graphicnovel.html Treadwater].
In 2016, he played the role of Tobias Church on Arrow. Currently, he is playing the recurring role of Klyden, Second Officer Bortus's mate, on The Orville, which debuted in the fall of 2017 and entered its second season at the end of 2018.
In 2019, Coleman recurred in the first two seasons of All American as Corey James.
He played Klyden on The Orville (2017–22). He then played Bruno Mannheim in the superhero drama television series Superman & Lois (2023–24).
Personal life
Coleman was married to Sally Stewart from 1999 to 2010.
On May 1, 2015, Coleman was recorded in the middle of a rant on New York City's 4 subway train. He stated that the rant was prompted by "built-up frustration" stemming from the death of Freddie Gray.{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/walking-dead-actor-chad-coleman-apologizes-for-subway-rant/|title='Walking Dead' actor Chad Coleman apologizes for subway rant|date=May 2, 2015|publisher=Fox News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101163423/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/05/03/walking-dead-actor-chad-coleman-apologizes-for-subway-rant/|archive-date=November 1, 2015}}
Later that year, he created a PSA with the non-profit organization Living Advantage where fostering children is promoted as a fulfilling complement to adoption.{{cite web| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/ppU9sH3VQ54| archive-date = 2021-12-05| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=ppU9sH3VQ54| title = Chad L. Coleman PSA for Living Advantage | website=YouTube| date = November 10, 2015}}{{cbignore}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 1993
| New York Undercover Cop | "Iceman" | |
| 1999
| Saturn | Orderly | |
| rowspan="2" | 2001
| Joe Banks | Short |
| Revolution #9
| Night Nurse | |
| 2002
| The End of The Bar | Dr. Scott Rosen | |
| 2004
| "El" | |
| 2005
| Carlito's Way: Rise to Power | Clyde Bassie | Video |
| 2006
| Confessions | Darius | |
| rowspan="3" | 2011
| "Chili" | |
| Good Man
| Good Man | Short |
| Horrible Bosses
| The Bartender | |
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| Life, Love, Soul | Earl Grant | |
| Shattered Pitch
| Sammy | Short |
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| Parking Cop | |
| Habeas Corpus
| Ray Jr. | Short |
| 2014
| Crazy Little Thing Called... 'Ships | Mr. Anders | Short |
| 2017
| The Black Ghiandola | Tanner Alonso | Short |
| 2018
| Making Lemonade | Chad | Short |
| 2020
| Broken Bird | Andre | Short |
| 2021
| Copshop | Duane Mitchell | |
| 2022
| A Christmas Prayer | Andre Dillard | |
| rowspan="2" | 2023
| The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster | Donald | |
| Shooting Stars
| Coach Harold Sams | |
| TBA
| Untitled Christy Martin film | TBA | Post-production |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 1992
| Roland | Episode: "A.J.'s Big Leap" |
| rowspan="2" | 1994
| Henry | Episode: "Golden Years" |
| New York Undercover
| Kevin Gray | Episode: "To Protect and Serve" |
| 1995
| Weiner | Episode: "Paranoia" |
| 1996
| Shoop | Episode: "Andre's Choice" |
| 1998
| Soul Man | Buster | Episode: "Raising Heck" |
| 1999–2001
| Grissom / Lamar | 2 episodes |
| 2002
| Television film |
| rowspan="3" | 2003
| Moses | Episode: "April 18, 2003" |
| Hack
| Lafonso | 2 episodes |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
| Prison Warden | Episode: "Rotten" |
| 2004–2008
| The Wire | 20 episodes |
| 2005
| Numbers | Williams | Episode: "Man Hunt" |
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| Lieutenant Bobby Graham | Episode: "Golden Boy" |
| Life on Mars
| "Suede" | Episode: "Things to Do in New York When You Think You're Dead" |
| rowspan="4" | 2009
| Kevin Landau | Episode: "Smoke Gets in Your CSI's" |
| Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
| Queeg | Episode: "Today Is the Day: Part 1 & 2" |
| The Forgotten
| Ray Perkins | Episode: "Football John" |
| Boldly Going Nowhere
| "Cobalt" | Television film |
| rowspan="3" | 2010
| Ricky Dupree / Ricky Dumont | Episode: "Whistle Stop" |
| Lie to Me
| Darryl | Episode: "The Canary's Song" |
| The Good Wife
| Carter Wright | Episode: "Nine Hours" |
| 2010–2019
| It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | "Z" |
| 2011
| Buzz Aldrin | Carl | Recurring cast |
| 2011–2012
| Gary Miller | Main cast |
| rowspan="3" | 2012
| Malcolm Ford | Episode: "The Company" |
| Electric City
| Manny | Voice, main role |
| Burn Notice
| Brady Pressman | Episode: "Desperate Times" |
| 2012–2015, 2016, 2018, 2022 | Tyreese | 25 episodes |
| 2013
| Cult | True Believer #4 | Episode: "Off to See the Wizard" |
| 2013–2016
| Various Voices | 2 episodes |
| 2014
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | A.J. Martin | Episode: "Spousal Privilege" |
| 2015–2020
| Fred Lucius Johnson | Recurring cast (season 1-5) |
| rowspan="4" | 2016
| African Gunman | Voice, episode: "African Gunman" |
| Roots
| Mingo | Episode: "Part 3" |
| Freakish
| Coach | Recurring cast (season 1) |
| Arrow
| Tobias Church | 4 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| Leon Schmion | Episode: "The Spencer's Gift" |
| Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland
| Bill Whitfield | Television film |
| 2017–2022
| Klyden | Recurring cast |
| 2018
| Himself | Episode: "Darren Criss vs. Gaten Matarazzo & Chandler Riggs vs. Chad L. Coleman" |
| 2019
| Corey James | Recurring cast (season 1-2) |
| rowspan="2" | 2020
| Mr. Franklin | Recurring cast |
| Soul City
| James | Episode: "Give Man" |
| 2021
| Martian Man | Voice, episode: "It's About Time" |
| 2022–2024
| Sheawn | 4 episodes |
| 2023–2024 |
| 2024
| FBI Special Agent Mike Ness | 3 episodes |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role |
| rowspan="2" | 2005
| Jackson / Austin |
| 50 Cent: Bulletproof
| Booker |
| 2006
| Bully | Officer Williams |
| 2008
| K109 Imaging, Commercial |
| rowspan="2" | 2009
| Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony | K109 The Studio Imaging |
| Left 4 Dead 2
| Coach |
| 2023
| The Expanse: A Telltale Series | Fred Lucius Johnson |
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|170968|Chad Coleman}}
{{Black Reel Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series}}
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