Sherman Howard (born Howard Lee Sherman on June 11, 1949 in Chicago,
Illinois) is an American actor and voice actor, best known for his
performance as the zombie Bub in George A. Romero's Day of the Dead
(1985) and Lex Luthor on The Adventures of Superboy (1990-92).Howard
began his career at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco
in 1971. While a member of ACT's repertory company, he appeared in the
roles of Glendenning in David Storey's The Contractor, The Archangel
Gabriel in Nagle Jackson's The Mystery Cycle, James in Harold Pinter's
The Collection, and Gratiano in The Merchant of Venice, along with
roles in both Antony and Cleopatra and Caesar and Cleopatra. He
appeared as Archie in Tom Stoppard's Jumpers in the premiere season of
Chicago's Northlight Theatre Company.While a member of the resident
company at the Actors Theatre of Louisville for three seasons during
the mid-70s, he played the role of Lucius in Jon Jory's Andronicus: A
Space Musical, and had roles in The Runner Stumbles, The Front Page,
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, and the European tour of Marsha
Norman's Getting Out. His off-Broadway credits include Shel
Silverstein's The Crate and The Lady or the Tiger Show as well as Sam
Shepard's Geography of a Horse Dreamer at the Ensemble Studio Theatre,
along with I'm Not Rappaport at the Roundabout Theatre Company. He
appeared in Titus Andronicus and Tell Out My Soul at The Public
Theater, and in Lillian Hellman's Another Part of the Forest at the
Pecadillo Theatre. He most recently appeared in the title role of
"Bauer" by Lauren Gunderson at 59 E 59th St in New York City.His
regional credits include Prospero in The Tempest, King Henry in The
Lion in Winter, Spooner in No Man's Land, and Lopakhin in The Cherry
Orchard at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ), where he has
also appeared in the title roles of both Bertolt Brecht's Life of
Galileo and Luigi Pirandello's Henry IV (Enrico IV). He also appeared
as Scrooge in the STNJ's production of A Christmas Carol. He played
the role of Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, opposite his wife,
Donna Bullock, as Beatrice. He played the title roles in both Hamlet
and Macbeth at the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival and the North
Carolina Shakespeare Festival, respectively. He appeared in the title
role of Sheridan at the La Jolla Playhouse. He appeared in The Price
at the Pittsburgh Public Theater and in Nine Armenians at the Intiman
Theater in Seattle. His Broadway credits include Bengal Tiger at the
Baghdad Zoo, All My Sons, Inherit the Wind, and Gore Vidal's The Best
Man. He recently concluded a run at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego
as The Player in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
and appeared in "The Second Mrs. Wilson" at George Street Playhouse
under the direction of Gordon Edelstein.
Illinois) is an American actor and voice actor, best known for his
performance as the zombie Bub in George A. Romero's Day of the Dead
(1985) and Lex Luthor on The Adventures of Superboy (1990-92).Howard
began his career at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco
in 1971. While a member of ACT's repertory company, he appeared in the
roles of Glendenning in David Storey's The Contractor, The Archangel
Gabriel in Nagle Jackson's The Mystery Cycle, James in Harold Pinter's
The Collection, and Gratiano in The Merchant of Venice, along with
roles in both Antony and Cleopatra and Caesar and Cleopatra. He
appeared as Archie in Tom Stoppard's Jumpers in the premiere season of
Chicago's Northlight Theatre Company.While a member of the resident
company at the Actors Theatre of Louisville for three seasons during
the mid-70s, he played the role of Lucius in Jon Jory's Andronicus: A
Space Musical, and had roles in The Runner Stumbles, The Front Page,
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, and the European tour of Marsha
Norman's Getting Out. His off-Broadway credits include Shel
Silverstein's The Crate and The Lady or the Tiger Show as well as Sam
Shepard's Geography of a Horse Dreamer at the Ensemble Studio Theatre,
along with I'm Not Rappaport at the Roundabout Theatre Company. He
appeared in Titus Andronicus and Tell Out My Soul at The Public
Theater, and in Lillian Hellman's Another Part of the Forest at the
Pecadillo Theatre. He most recently appeared in the title role of
"Bauer" by Lauren Gunderson at 59 E 59th St in New York City.His
regional credits include Prospero in The Tempest, King Henry in The
Lion in Winter, Spooner in No Man's Land, and Lopakhin in The Cherry
Orchard at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ), where he has
also appeared in the title roles of both Bertolt Brecht's Life of
Galileo and Luigi Pirandello's Henry IV (Enrico IV). He also appeared
as Scrooge in the STNJ's production of A Christmas Carol. He played
the role of Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, opposite his wife,
Donna Bullock, as Beatrice. He played the title roles in both Hamlet
and Macbeth at the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival and the North
Carolina Shakespeare Festival, respectively. He appeared in the title
role of Sheridan at the La Jolla Playhouse. He appeared in The Price
at the Pittsburgh Public Theater and in Nine Armenians at the Intiman
Theater in Seattle. His Broadway credits include Bengal Tiger at the
Baghdad Zoo, All My Sons, Inherit the Wind, and Gore Vidal's The Best
Man. He recently concluded a run at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego
as The Player in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
and appeared in "The Second Mrs. Wilson" at George Street Playhouse
under the direction of Gordon Edelstein.
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