Neal Huff

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Neal Huff
Born (1970-01-01) January 1, 1970 (age 54)
New York City, U.S.
Education New York University (MFA)
OccupationActor
Years active1992–present

Neal Huff is an American actor from New York City. In April 2018, he performed as Willie Oban in the Broadway revival of The Iceman Cometh . [1] In December 2018, Huff began performing in To Kill a Mockingbird , adapted for stage by Aaron Sorkin on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre as Link Deas. [2]

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Life and career

He received his MFA from the Graduate Acting Program at New York University. [3] He has appeared on Broadway in revivals of The Tempest (1995) and The Lion in Winter (1999) and the Tony Award-winning Take Me Out (2003). [4] Off-Broadway he has appeared in The Foreigner (2004) and The Little Dog Laughed (2006).

Neal Huff portrayed chief of staff Michael Steintorf in The Wire . [5] More recently, he appeared in A Murder at the End of the World . [6] He played Roger, a ghoul, in Fallout . [7]

On television Huff has also been featured in Law & Order , Six Degrees , Fringe , The Blacklist , Person of Interest , The Affair , Girls , and Brooklyn Nine-Nine .

Filmography


Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 The Wedding Banquet Steve
1996Hitting the GroundHoward
1999 Big Daddy Customer
2007 The Good Shepherd Teletype Operations Officer
Michael Clayton First Associate
2010 Meek's Cutoff William White
2012 Moonrise Kingdom Jed
Jack and Diane Jerry
2013DoomsdaysRon
2014 Runoff Frank
The Grand Budapest Hotel Lieutenant
2015 Nasty Baby Gallery Owner
Spotlight Phil Saviano
2016 No Letting Go James
Split Mr. Benoit
2017 Beach Rats Joe
The Post Tom WinshipUncredited
2018 Monsters and Men Scout
Beirut Ernie
All Square Bill
Radium Girls Dr. Flint
2019 Waves Bill
2022 Causeway Neuropsychologist
2023The Magnificent MeyersonsFather Joe
2024 The Front Room Pastor Lewis

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993–2008 Law & Order Various4 episodes
2005 Starved Randy3 episodes
2006–2007 Six Degrees Harry Kimble3 episodes
2006–2008 The Wire Chief of Staff Michael Steintorf11 episodes
2007–2013 American Experience Various5 episodes
2008 John Adams Captain John TuckerEpisode: "Don't Tread on Me"
2009–2012 Fringe Marshall Bowman2 episodes
2010 Damages ActorEpisode: "All That Crap About Your Family"
2013 Blue Bloods Leaf MemphisEpisode: "Fathers and Sons"
2014 Power ToddEpisode: "Loyalty"
2015 Forever Rich DornisEpisode: "Punk Is Dead"
Show Me a Hero Brian Heffernan3 episodes
2016 Billions Bert KrollEpisode: "Naming Rights"
Deadbeat Mr. FageEpisode: "Digging Up the Past"
Person of Interest Terry EastonEpisode: "Sotto Voce"
2016–2017 The Affair Mr. Guttman2 episodes
2016–2018 Falling Water Nicholas Hull8 episodes
2016–2023 The Blacklist George Linley / Lucas Roth2 episodes
2017 Girls Bar GuyEpisode: "What Will We Do This Time About Adam?"
Genius Robert Oppenheimer Episode: "Einstein: Chapter Ten"
The Mist Doctor Bailey2 episodes
2018 Brooklyn Nine-Nine NutriBoom EmployeeEpisode: "NutriBoom"; uncredited
God Friended Me Jack KennyEpisode: "Unfriended"
2021 Mare of Easttown Father Dan Hastings6 episodes
The Sinner Sean Muldoon8 episodes
2022 The Good Fight Wesley KirkpatrickEpisode: "The End of Eli Gold"
2023 A Murder at the End of the World Darby's Dad2 episodes
2024 Fallout RogerEpisode: "The Ghouls"

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992Young Playwrights FestivalJim (Mrs. Neuberger)Off-Broadway
Joined at the HeadCollege Boy/Bill/OthersOff-Broadway
1994The Day the Bronx DiedBillyOff-Broadway
1995 The Tempest AdrianOff-Broadway
Adrian, Antonio (understudy), Ferdinand (understudy)Broadway
1998From AboveJimmyOff-Broadway
1999 The Lion in Winter Geoffrey Broadway
2001Rude EntertainmentShane/Timmy/MatthewOff-Broadway
2002 Occupant The ManOff-Broadway
Take Me Out Kippy SunderstromOff-Broadway
2003Broadway
2004 The Foreigner Reverend David Marshall LeeOff-Broadway
2006 The Little Dog Laughed MitchellOff-Broadway
2007TrumperyHuxleyOff-Broadway
2011When I Come To DieAdrian CrouseOff-Broadway Lincoln Center Theater LCT3 Production
2014 Indian Ink Eldon PikeOff-Broadway Roundabout Theatre Company
2018 The Iceman Cometh Willie ObanBroadway Revival Production
To Kill a Mockingbird Link DeasBroadway; Shubert Theatre
2019Bob Ewell

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