Larry Cedar (born March 6, 1955) is an American actor and voice actor,
best known as one of the players of the highly acclaimed Children's
Television Workshop mathematics show Square One TV on PBS from 1987 to
1994. He also played Max, Alex the Butcher's assistant, in a series of
commercials for Kroger in 1989. Cedar is also known for playing Leon,
the opium-addicted thief and faro dealer, in the internationally
acclaimed HBO series, Deadwood.Born and raised in Pacoima in the San
Fernando Valley, Cedar's professional acting career did not begin
until shortly after his admission to Hastings Law School when, on an
impulse, he decided to audition for, and was accepted into the MFA
Theater program at UCLA and graduated in 1978. There he won the Hugh
O'Brian Acting Competition award for Best Actor, resulting in his
signing a one-year artist development contract with Universal Studios.
He went on to star in various television films, numerous episodics and
feature films, including a starring role opposite Rebecca De Mornay in
the Ivan Reitman-produced Feds, as well as a memorable appearance as
The Creature on the Wing opposite John Lithgow in the Steven Spielberg
remake, Twilight Zone: The Movie, directed by George Miller. He has
also won an L.A. Theater Alliance Ovation Award for Best Featured
Actor in a Musical. Larry Cedar has a long line of actors in his
family including Jon Cedar and George Cedar.Larry spent six seasons in
New York starring in the award-winning PBS series Square One TV and
later starred in 40 episodes of the Fox television series A.J.'s Time
Travelers. A veteran stage performer, Larry most recently performed
the lead in the one-man play Billy Bishop Goes to War at the Colony
Theatre. He’s been nominated for two "Los Angeles Theater Alliance
Ovation" awards for his performances in Anything Goes (as Lord Oakley)
opposite Rachel York and She Loves Me (as Sipos, for which he won Best
Featured Actor in a Musical). Other stage work includes portraying
Hoagy Carmichael in Hoagy, Bix, and Wolfgang Beethoven Bunkhaus at
L.A.’s Mark Taper Forum, as Vernon opposite Lea Thompson in They're
Playing Our Song, and as Secretary Thompson in 1776 opposite Roger
Rees.In August 2008, Cedar appeared in Towelhead, the directorial
debut of Alan Ball (creator of Six Feet Under). He co-starred opposite
Adrien Brody as the demented Chester Sinclair in the Ben Affleck/Diane
Lane noir feature film, Hollywoodland, directed by Allen Coulter, and
recurred for three seasons as Leon, the opium-addicted card dealer and
thief, in the David Milch helmed HBO series Deadwood opposite Powers
Boothe and Ian McShane. Independent feature work includes the award
winning short Tel Aviv, the science fiction thriller Forecast, and the
full length horror flick Midnight Son. Cedar also excels in the field
of voiceovers, lending his vocal characterizations to hundreds of
commercials, cartoon series, and video games.
best known as one of the players of the highly acclaimed Children's
Television Workshop mathematics show Square One TV on PBS from 1987 to
1994. He also played Max, Alex the Butcher's assistant, in a series of
commercials for Kroger in 1989. Cedar is also known for playing Leon,
the opium-addicted thief and faro dealer, in the internationally
acclaimed HBO series, Deadwood.Born and raised in Pacoima in the San
Fernando Valley, Cedar's professional acting career did not begin
until shortly after his admission to Hastings Law School when, on an
impulse, he decided to audition for, and was accepted into the MFA
Theater program at UCLA and graduated in 1978. There he won the Hugh
O'Brian Acting Competition award for Best Actor, resulting in his
signing a one-year artist development contract with Universal Studios.
He went on to star in various television films, numerous episodics and
feature films, including a starring role opposite Rebecca De Mornay in
the Ivan Reitman-produced Feds, as well as a memorable appearance as
The Creature on the Wing opposite John Lithgow in the Steven Spielberg
remake, Twilight Zone: The Movie, directed by George Miller. He has
also won an L.A. Theater Alliance Ovation Award for Best Featured
Actor in a Musical. Larry Cedar has a long line of actors in his
family including Jon Cedar and George Cedar.Larry spent six seasons in
New York starring in the award-winning PBS series Square One TV and
later starred in 40 episodes of the Fox television series A.J.'s Time
Travelers. A veteran stage performer, Larry most recently performed
the lead in the one-man play Billy Bishop Goes to War at the Colony
Theatre. He’s been nominated for two "Los Angeles Theater Alliance
Ovation" awards for his performances in Anything Goes (as Lord Oakley)
opposite Rachel York and She Loves Me (as Sipos, for which he won Best
Featured Actor in a Musical). Other stage work includes portraying
Hoagy Carmichael in Hoagy, Bix, and Wolfgang Beethoven Bunkhaus at
L.A.’s Mark Taper Forum, as Vernon opposite Lea Thompson in They're
Playing Our Song, and as Secretary Thompson in 1776 opposite Roger
Rees.In August 2008, Cedar appeared in Towelhead, the directorial
debut of Alan Ball (creator of Six Feet Under). He co-starred opposite
Adrien Brody as the demented Chester Sinclair in the Ben Affleck/Diane
Lane noir feature film, Hollywoodland, directed by Allen Coulter, and
recurred for three seasons as Leon, the opium-addicted card dealer and
thief, in the David Milch helmed HBO series Deadwood opposite Powers
Boothe and Ian McShane. Independent feature work includes the award
winning short Tel Aviv, the science fiction thriller Forecast, and the
full length horror flick Midnight Son. Cedar also excels in the field
of voiceovers, lending his vocal characterizations to hundreds of
commercials, cartoon series, and video games.
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