Jim True-Frost

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Summary

Jim True-Frost is an American stage, television, and film actor and a longtime member of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble. He is best known for playing Roland “Prez” Pryzbylewski, a police officer who becomes a teacher, in The Wire; his television work also includes Treme, and his film credits include Singles and The Hudsucker Proxy. His best-known roles often place flawed individuals within institutions such as policing, education, and local government. No public statements on identity politics, DEI, activism, or partisan causes are on record.