Sherman Howard (born June 11, 1949) is an American actor. He is best known for his performance as the zombie Bub in George A. Romero's Day of the Dead (1985) and Lex Luthor on Superboy (1990–92). He also voiced Derek Powers / Blight in Batman Beyond (1999–2001).
Sherman Howard | |
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 Howard in 2014 | |
| Born | June 11, 1949 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | American Conservatory Theater (1971) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Theatre
editHoward 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.
Howard also has a passion for concert hall music. In their 2013/14 season, he performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Sergei Rachmaninoff's The Bells conducted by Vladimir Jurowski. He also appeared in the role of Prospero in the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra's presentation of Jean Sibelius' The Tempest Suite conducted by Jacque Lacombe. He has performed Richard Strauss's Enoch Arden with concert pianist David Kaplan at Bargemusic in Brooklyn and Metropolis Ensemble in Manhattan.
Personal life
editHoward has been married to actress Donna Bullock since May 1988. They have one daughter, Hannah Sherman. [1]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Jodelet / Cadet | Television film |
| 1984 | Grace Quigley | Alan | Credited as Howard Sherman |
| 1985 | Day of the Dead | Bub, The Zombie | Credited as Howard Sherman |
| 1988 | Necessity | Jack Martinelli | Television film |
| The House on Carroll Street | Boria | Credited as Howard Sherman | |
| 1989 | Casualties of War | Court Martial President | |
| Lethal Weapon 2 | Hitman #3 | ||
| K-9 | Dillon | ||
| Three Fugitives | Canadian Police Officer | Uncredited | |
| 1990 | I Come in Peace | Victor Manning | |
| 1991 | Ricochet | Public Defender Kiley | |
| 1993 | The Hit List | Bishop | |
| 1995 | Tom Clancy's Op Center | Uri Stalipin | Television film |
| Problem Child 3: Junior in Love | Scoutmaster Eugene Phlim | Television film | |
| 1997 | Retroactive | State Trooper Parker | |
| 1998 | Dante’s View | Jesus | |
| An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island | Police Chief McBrusque | Voice, direct-to-video[2] | |
| The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story | Shere Khan | Voice, direct-to-video[2] | |
| 2000 | An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster | Haggis | Voice, direct-to-video[2] |
| 2001 | The Man from Elysian Fields | Paul Pearson | |
| 2004 | Debating Robert Lee | Mr. Moffat | |
| Eulogy | Funeral Director | ||
| 2007 | You Belong to Me | Stuart | |
| 2016 | The Hudson Tribes | Abraham | |
| 2018 | Beyond the Night | Burg Connely |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-1974 | General Hospital | Professor Gordon Bradford Gray | Recurring Unknown Episodes |
| 1984 | Celebrity | Director | Miniseries |
| 1986 | Tales from the Darkside | Arnold Barker | Episode: "Fear of Floating" |
| 1986-1987 | Ryan's Hope | Vinnie Vincent | Unknown Episodes |
| 1987 | Max Headroom | Simon Peller | 3 episodes |
| One Life to Live | Rolo Fernandez | Episode #1.4744 | |
| 1988 | Dallas | Japhet Harper | 5 episodes |
| 1989 | Baywatch | Dick | Episode: "Shelter Me" |
| Freddy's Nightmares | Dr. Lynch | Episode: "Monkey Dreams" | |
| L.A. Law | Ed Haley | Episode: "One Rat, One Ranger" | |
| Miami Vice | Colonel Andrew Baker | Episode: "Freefall" | |
| Unsub | Dr. Radford | Episode: "And They Swam Right Over the Dam" | |
| 1989-1992 | Superboy | Lex Luthor, Warren Eckworth | 17 episodes |
| 1990 | The Young Riders | Marshall Cole Lambert | Episode: "Blood Money" |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | Captain Endar | Episode: "Suddenly Human" | |
| Parker Lewis Can't Lose | Mr. Martin Lloyd "Marty" Lewis | Pilot | |
| ALF | Officer | Episode: "Consider Me Gone" | |
| 1991 | Good & Evil | Roger | 6 episodes |
| Quantum Leap | Hank Rickett | Episode: "Runaway - July 4, 1964" | |
| 1992 | Major Dad | Kip | Episode: "Old Acquaintance" |
| Melrose Place | Hal Barber | 2 episodes | |
| Rachel Gunn, R.N. | Dr. Bledsoe | Episode: "To Plea or Not to Plea" | |
| Santa Barbara | Professor Simon James | 3 episodes | |
| 1993 | Good Advice | Weinblatt | Episode: "Sunshine on My Shoulder" |
| Seinfeld | Roy | Episode: "The Junior Mint" | |
| Raven | Stephen Kane | Episode: "Heat" | |
| Space Rangers | Prince Gor'Dah | Episode: "Death Before Dishonor" | |
| 1994 | Diagnosis: Murder | Joseph Talbot | Episode: "Lily" |
| The Stand | Dr. Dietz | Episode: "The Plague" | |
| Fortune Hunter | Zedek | Episode: "Hot Ice" | |
| seaQuest 2032 | Packard | Episode: "When We Dead Awaken" | |
| 1995 | Op Center | Uri Stalipin | Miniseries |
| Sliders | Hendrick | Episode: "Prince of Wails" | |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Syvar | Episode: "Shakaar" | |
| 1995-1997 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Mr. Burrows, Sonny Lyle | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Superman: The Animated Series | Steppenwolf, The Preserver | Voice, 3 episodes[2] |
| The Client | Yuri | Episode: "Winning" | |
| Mad About You | Explorer Channel Executive | 2 episodes | |
| Home Improvement | Howard | Episode: "Workshop 'Til You Drop" | |
| The Burning Zone | Dr. Elton Greenleaf | Episode: "Lethal Injection" | |
| The Jeff Foxworthy Show | Harvey | Episode: "The Practical Joke" | |
| Renegade | Bishop | Episode: "The Pipeline" | |
| 1996-1999 | Jumanji | Van Pelt | Voice, 21 episodes |
| 1997 | Men in Black: The Series | Buzzard | Voice, 2 episodes |
| ER | Mr. Schoenberger | Episode: "Ambush" | |
| Malcolm & Eddie | Tom "Tow Tom" | Episode: "Jingle Fever" | |
| Life with Roger | Chamberlain | Episode: "Toy Story" | |
| Nash Bridges | Jack Conrad | Episode: "The Counterfeiters" | |
| Pacific Blue | Franklin Quill | Episode: "Soft Targets" | |
| 1998 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | Dr. Terdlington | Episode: "The Band Episode" |
| 1998-1999 | The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs | Additional Voices | 13 episodes |
| 1999 | Batman Beyond | Derek Powers / Blight | Voice, 6 episodes[2] |
| Timon & Pumbaa | Wolf | Voice, episode: "Steel Hog/Dealer's Choice Cut" | |
| 1999-2008 | Law & Order | Judge Josiah Bell, Carlton Radford's Attorney | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Invader Zim | Oog-Oh | Voice, episode: "Planet Jackers"[2] |
| Star Trek: Voyager | T'Greth | Episode: "Prophecy" | |
| 2002 | Charmed | Clyde | Episode: "A Paige from the Past" |
| 2003 | The Mummy | Captain Horoth | Voice, episode: "Time Before Time" |
| Cold Case | Tim Dorn | Episode: "Look Again" | |
| Las Vegas | Vanko | Episode: "Decks and Violence" | |
| 2004 | Malcolm in the Middle | Ivan Pozefsky | Episode: "Malcolm Dates a Family" |
| 2011 | Homeland | Chip Shooter Haigh | Episode: "The Good Soldier" |
| Person of Interest | Steiler | Episode: "Foe" | |
| 2015 | Madam Secretary | Prime Minister Spiros Georgiou | Episode: "Spartan Figures" |
| 2016 | The Blacklist | Peter Pruitt | Episode: "Alexander Kirk (No. 14)" |
| 2017 | The Good Fight | Ethan | Episode: "Inauguration" |
| 2019 | The Code | General Geiger | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Blue Bloods | Christian Ward | Episode: "Guardian Angels" |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny | Belial, Filmmaker #1, Ssar Priest | |
| 2001 | Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy | Red Sage | |
| 2002 | Red Faction II | Sopot | |
| Run Like Hell | Miner #1 | ||
| Summoner 2 | Azraman | ||
| Command & Conquer: Renegade | Additional Voices | ||
| Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat | Ice Demon, Blackbeard | ||
| 2003 | Devil May Cry 2 | Arius | |
| Jak II | Kor | [2] | |
| 2005 | Jade Empire | Death's Hand, Prefect Jitong | |
| 2006 | Daxter | Kor | [2] |
| 2010 | Red Dead Redemption | Oliver Philips, Aldous Worthington | [2] |
| 2011 | Star Wars: The Old Republic | Additional voices |
References
edit- ^ "Sherman Howard Biography (1949-)". filmreference.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Sherman Howard (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved September 24, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.