Anthony Chisholm Biography

Anthony Chisholm appeared on Broadway as Solly Two Kings in August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean and as Wolf in Two Trains Running.  Off-Broadway he played the role of Fielding in August Wilson’s Jitney, where he won the 2000 OBIE, Drama Desk, and AUDELCO Awards), at the Mark Taper Forum (NAACP and Ovation Awards), and at the Royal National Theatre in London (2002 Olivier Award for Best Play). He was seen in Radio Golf at The Goodman Theatre, Center Stage, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Mark Taper Forum (2006 Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP Award for Best Supporting Actor), Huntington Theatre Company (Boston’s 2007 E.R.I.N. Award for Best Supporting Actor), and Yale Repertory Theatre.  Mr. Chisholm's off-Broadway credits include The Talented Tenth (Manhattan Theatre Club) and the Vietnam hit Tracers, along with Ice Bridges, Black Visions, and King Lear (The Public Theater/NYSF). Other theater credits include The Mighty Gents, Back in the World (AUDELCO nomination), Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death (first national tour), and No Place to Be Somebody, as well as the international production of Tracers (UK, London Royal Court Theatre, Australia). Regional: I Am a Man (Goodman Theatre), I Just Stopped by to See the Man (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Denver Center Theatre Company, The Cleveland Play House), Fences (Indiana Repertory Theatre), and Driving Miss Daisy (Portland Stage). Mr. Chisholm's film and television credits include Jules Dassin's Up Tight!, Langhorne in Toni Morrison's Beloved, A Jersey Tale,  100 Centre Street (Emmy submission), Hack (recurring),  Law & Order: SVU,  Vietnam War Stories (Cable Ace nomination), Third Watch, New York Undercover, The Handler, and HBO's Oz as series regular Burr Redding.