Myk Watford

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Myk Watford is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his roles in the 2008 film Trailer Park of Terror , Spider-Man and the 2019 film The Kitchen.

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Early life and education

Watford was born in St. Petersburg, FL and grew up in Russellville, AL which is 30 miles south of Muscle Shoals in North Alabama. He attended the University of Utah, where he was classically trained in theatre. Watford currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.

Career

Film and television

In 2002, Watford was cast as a cop in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man, starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst. He also appeared as Roach in Trailer Park of Terror (2008), No Country for Old Men (2007) and as Richard Matt in Lifetime's New York Prison Break The Seduction of Joyce Mitchell [1] (2017) with Penelope Ann Miller. Watford's television credits include CSI , Law And Order: SVU , Criminal Minds , Without a Trace , NCIS , The Mentalist , Breaking Bad , Bones , Scandal , Longmire , Lethal Weapon , and Bosch . He can currently be seen as Detective Morelli in season 3 of HBO’s True Detective and as Eichler in the Netflix series The OA .

In 2019, Watford appeared as Little Jackie in Andrea Berloff’s directorial debut, The Kitchen. [2]

Theatre

Watford has also appeared in the Broadway and Off-Broadway productions Take Me Out , [3] Hank Williams: Lost Highway , [4] The Good Negro [5] and Five by Tenn. [6]

Music

Watford is also the front man of the popular swamp-rockabilly band, Stumpwaller, as well as the Johnny Cash Tribute Band, Big Cash and the Folsom 3.

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Spider-Man Cop at Fire
2003Screen Door JesusSheriff Lou Dawson
2003 Marci X Police Officer
2005 The Exonerated Hayes Cop No. 2TV movie
2006 The Hoax Sergent Daniels
2007 No Country for Old Men 'Managerial Victim'
2008 Trailer Park of Terror Roach
2008 Beer for My Horses Norvel
2009 Flying By Willy
2011A Hidden AgenderCarl SmartShort
2012ArcadiaOfficer Allen
2014 1000 to 1: The Cory Weissman Story Marc WeissmanVideo
2014 Earth to Echo Blake Douglas
2016War TornFranklinShort
2017New York Prison Break The Seduction of Joyce MitchellRichard MattTV movie
2017The Trial of the RockstarRicky TrixxShort
2017 Darkness Rising Daniel
2019 The Kitchen Little Jackie
2021 Respect Rick Hall
Television
YearTitleRoleEpisode
1999–2014 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Captain Sam Reynolds / Mark Whitlock / Tommy / Paul Cormick / Terry Davies8 episodes
2000 Third Watch EdEpisode: "Nature or Nurture"
2003HackBertEpisode: "Collateral Damage"
2004 The Sopranos Cop No. 1Episode: "Where's Johnny?"
2005 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Tim HoltzmanEpisode: "Sex Club"
2005 Rescue Me SteveEpisode: "Harmony"
2006 Law & Order Detective HanniganEpisode: "Deadlock"
2007 The Unit Sergeant WallaceEpisode: "Dark of the Moon"
2007 CSI: Miami Jerry SimmonsEpisode: "Rush"
2007 NCIS Major Eric SweigartEpisode: "Ex-File"
2008 Criminal Minds Curtis FacklerEpisode: "A Higher Power"
2008 Numb3rs Alex RezarEpisode: "High Exposure"
2008 True Blood Bunkie Police OfficerEpisode: "To Love Is To Bury"
2009 Without a Trace John GilroyEpisode: "Believe Me"
2009 The Closer Todd WestEpisode: "Elysian Fields"
2010 Cold Case Joe Dan BillingsleyEpisode: "Flashover"
2010 Justified PriceEpisode: "Riverbrook"
2010 Medium Daniel KerriganEpisode: "Time Keeps on Slipping"
2011 Private Practice Billy Douglas2 episodes
2011 The Mentalist Cole LarkinEpisode: "Fugue in Red"
2012 Person of Interest Scott PowellEpisode: "Root Cause"
2012 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation David JorgensenEpisode: "Altered Stakes"
2012 Breaking Bad EngineerEpisode: "Dead Freight"
2012 NCIS: Los Angeles Mike HoffmanEpisode: "The Fifth Man"
2012 Emily Owens, M.D. Mr. ReeserEpisode: "Emily and...the Question of Faith"
2013 CSI: NY Reno MartellEpisode: "White Gold"
2013–2014 The Young and the Restless Womack13 episodes
2014 Bones Ethan PapadelisEpisode: "The Cold in the Case"
2014 Longmire Norwood YoungEpisode: "Of Children and Travelers"
2016 Bosch Captain Larry GandleEpisode: "Trunk Music"
2016 The Night Shift Steven BenedictEpisode: "Three-Two-One"
2017 Training Day Vince ParkerEpisode: "Quid Pro Quo"
2017 Scandal LutherEpisode: "Day 101"
2019 True Detective Detective Morelli2 episodes
2019 The OA Eichler2 episodes
2023–2024 For All Mankind Palmer James8 episodes

Further reading

  1. Healy, Allie. (November 30, 2016). "Lifetime plans prison escape movie: Who will star in 'The Joyce Mitchell Story?" NYUp.com
  2. Chen, Ming. (June 5, 2019). "Myk Watford: The Kitchen." A Shared Universe Podcast Network.
  3. Greer, Ed. Swallow, Ron. (May 6, 2019). "Myk Watford GOATS Michael Myers." Nerd G.O.A.T. Podcast.
  4. Cusack, Ryan. (June 1, 2019). "A ctor Myk Watford Talks New Horror-Thriller ‘Portal’ And Much More!" iHorror.com.
  5. Cochran, Ariel. (July 25, 2019). "Alabama’s Myk Watford in “The Kitchen” with latest film." CBS42.com

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References

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  2. "DC/Vertigo's The Kitchen Casts Common, James Badge Dale & More". Screen Rant. April 19, 2018.
  3. "It's Outta There: Bway's Take Me Out Closes Jan. 4". Playbill. January 4, 2004.
  4. "Hank Williams: Lost Highway". Theatre Mania.
  5. "Battiste, Calloway, Mackie and More Cast in Public LAB's The Good Negro". Playbill. April 24, 2008.
  6. "Five by Tenn". Variety. April 29, 2004.