Keith Powell (born c. 1979/1980) is an American television actor,
writer, director, and web series creator, known for his role as James
"Toofer" Spurlock on 30 Rock, and for creating and starring in the web
series Keith Broke His Leg, for which he won several Indie Series
Awards in 2016.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Powell later moved
to California before graduating from St. Mark's High School in
Wilmington, Delaware. Powell then earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from
New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2001.Powell was the
Producing Artistic Director of Contemporary Stage Company, a summer
theater in Wilmington, Delaware. His producing credits include New
York productions of The Mouse That Roared, Enter Pissarro, Indra &
Agni Collide and a workshop of Kidding Jane with Ellen McLaughlin and
William Charles Mitchell. Powell was the resident director for
Equalogy, a professional touring company promoting social change, for
which he directed two plays by August Schulenberg, Four Hearts
Changing and One Night.His other directing credits include Dutchman,
Quality of Silence, The Visit and Enter Pissarro. As an actor, Powell
has appeared in numerous national network commercials. His theatre
credits include Romeo & Juliet (The Shakespeare Theatre, Washington,
D.C.), Kidding Jane (Portland Stage Company), Macbeth (Pittsburgh
Public Theater), As Bees in Honey Drown (Hangar Theater, Ithaca, New
York), and The French (HB Playwrights Foundation, NYC) among others.
writer, director, and web series creator, known for his role as James
"Toofer" Spurlock on 30 Rock, and for creating and starring in the web
series Keith Broke His Leg, for which he won several Indie Series
Awards in 2016.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Powell later moved
to California before graduating from St. Mark's High School in
Wilmington, Delaware. Powell then earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from
New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2001.Powell was the
Producing Artistic Director of Contemporary Stage Company, a summer
theater in Wilmington, Delaware. His producing credits include New
York productions of The Mouse That Roared, Enter Pissarro, Indra &
Agni Collide and a workshop of Kidding Jane with Ellen McLaughlin and
William Charles Mitchell. Powell was the resident director for
Equalogy, a professional touring company promoting social change, for
which he directed two plays by August Schulenberg, Four Hearts
Changing and One Night.His other directing credits include Dutchman,
Quality of Silence, The Visit and Enter Pissarro. As an actor, Powell
has appeared in numerous national network commercials. His theatre
credits include Romeo & Juliet (The Shakespeare Theatre, Washington,
D.C.), Kidding Jane (Portland Stage Company), Macbeth (Pittsburgh
Public Theater), As Bees in Honey Drown (Hangar Theater, Ithaca, New
York), and The French (HB Playwrights Foundation, NYC) among others.
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