Chad L. Coleman (born September 6, 1966) is an American actor. He
became known by portraying Dennis "Cutty" Wise on the HBO crime drama
series The Wire (2004â€"2008), voicing Coach in the video game Left 4
Dead 2, and portraying Tyreese Williams on the AMC post-apocalyptic
horror series The Walking Dead (2012â€"2015). He currently stars in
the science fiction series The Expanse as Fred Johnson, a.k.a. "the
Butcher of Anderson Station", and starred in the History Channel's
2016 re-imagining of the miniseries Roots. He currently plays a
recurring role as the alien Klyden, on the Fox series The
Orville.Coleman was raised in a foster home in Richmond, Virginia. As
a youth, he participated in track and field, but turned his attention
to studying drama after a leg injury. He attended Virginia
Commonwealth University on a scholarship for his freshman year, before
dropping out to serve in the United States Army. During his time in
the army, from 1995 to 1999 he worked as a video cameraman.Coleman had
a starring role on the HBO series The Wire as reformed criminal Dennis
"Cutty" Wise. In 2002, Coleman starred as O.J. Simpson in TNT's
television movie Monday Night Mayhem.
became known by portraying Dennis "Cutty" Wise on the HBO crime drama
series The Wire (2004â€"2008), voicing Coach in the video game Left 4
Dead 2, and portraying Tyreese Williams on the AMC post-apocalyptic
horror series The Walking Dead (2012â€"2015). He currently stars in
the science fiction series The Expanse as Fred Johnson, a.k.a. "the
Butcher of Anderson Station", and starred in the History Channel's
2016 re-imagining of the miniseries Roots. He currently plays a
recurring role as the alien Klyden, on the Fox series The
Orville.Coleman was raised in a foster home in Richmond, Virginia. As
a youth, he participated in track and field, but turned his attention
to studying drama after a leg injury. He attended Virginia
Commonwealth University on a scholarship for his freshman year, before
dropping out to serve in the United States Army. During his time in
the army, from 1995 to 1999 he worked as a video cameraman.Coleman had
a starring role on the HBO series The Wire as reformed criminal Dennis
"Cutty" Wise. In 2002, Coleman starred as O.J. Simpson in TNT's
television movie Monday Night Mayhem.
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