Content deleted Content added
Novemberjazz (talk | contribs) →Television: copyedits; these are not acting roles |
GreenC bot (talk | contribs) Move 1 url. Wayback Medic 2.5 per WP:URLREQ#deadline.com |
||
| (12 intermediate revisions by 11 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{Short description|American actor}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Keith Powell
Line 17 ⟶ 18:
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.<ref name="playbill"/>
In the spring of 2007, while working as a recurring character on ''[[30 Rock]]'', he shot an [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] pilot called ''Judy's Got A Gun''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefutoncritic.com/reviews/2007/07/17/the-futons-first-look-judys-got-a-gun-abc-24976/20070717_judysgotagun/|title=Rants & Reviews - The Futon's First Look: "Judy's Got a Gun" (ABC) - TheFutonCritic.com|website=www.thefutoncritic.com}}</ref> It was not picked up for the Fall 2007 season, and Powell returned to ''30 Rock'', where he was promoted to a series regular. In October 2008, Powell launched and starred in a self-funded web series called ''Keith Powell Directs a Play'' (co-written and directed by [https://www.unknownpenguin.com/home/about Patrick Flynn]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-12-30 |title=30 Rock's Keith Powell Directs a Play |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2008/12/30/30-rocks-keith-powell-directs-a-play/ |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=Tubefilter |language=en-US}}</ref>)'','' chronicling Powell's foray into directing ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' at a fictional repertory theatre group.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.tubefilter.tv/2008/10/08/30-rocks-keith-powell-directs-a-play-for-real|title=30 Rock's Keith Powell 'Directs a Play'… For Real!|access-date=2008-10-08|author=Stidham, Lindsay|date=2008-10-08|work=[[Tubefilter News]]}}</ref> In 2009, Powell was a guest commentator on [[VH1]]'s ''100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s'', and also played a [[Tuskegee Airman]] in ''[[Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian]]''.
In 2014, Powell began a recurring role on the television series ''[[About a Boy (TV series)|About a Boy]]'' as Richard, Will's workaholic friend, accountant, and business manager.<ref>{{cite web|title=TVLine Items: Justified Fave Joins CBS Drama, Orphan Black's Latest Killer Promo and More|first=Vlada|last=Gelman|date=March 3, 2014|work=[[TVLine]]|url=https://tvline.com/2014/03/03/justified-damon-herriman-battle-creek-orphan-black-season-2-video-alison-felix-aynsley|access-date=January 5, 2017}}</ref>
Powell recurred on the final season of ''[[The Newsroom (U.S. TV series)|The Newsroom]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/05/india-ennenga-joins-aes-the-returned-keith-powell-added-to-the-newsroom-738462/|title=India Ennenga Joins A&E's 'The Returned', Keith Powell Added To 'The Newsroom'|date=31 May 2014|website=[[Deadline
Powell began his television directing career in March 2018 with the season three episode "Amnesty" of the [[NBC]] television series ''[[Superstore (TV series)|Superstore]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/3/18/17130452/superstore-episode-15-recap-amnesty-nbc-mateo-jeff|title=Love in the time of late capitalism: how Superstore revived will-they/won't-they romance|first=Emily|last=VanDerWerff|date=18 March 2018|website=Vox}}</ref> He has since directed episodes of [[Dickinson (TV series)|''Dickinson'']], ''[[Single Drunk Female]]'', [[Interview with the Vampire (TV series)|''Interview with the Vampire'']], and ''[[So Help Me Todd]]''.
==Personal life==
In October 2013, Powell married visual artist Jill Knox.<ref>{{cite web|last=Eggenberger|first=Nicole|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/30-rocks-keith-powell-is-engaged-to-jill-knox-2012187|title=30 Rock's Keith Powell Is Engaged to Jill Knox|date=18 July 2012 |access-date=August 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/20/fashion/weddings/a-shy-and-logical-guy-finds-his-open-and-wild-match.html?ref=weddings|first=Denise|last=Oliveira|title=A Shy and Logical Guy Finds His Open and Wild Match|date=October 18, 2013}}</ref> In 2019, Powell and Knox announced the birth of their first child, a daughter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2019/03/12/30-rock-keith-powell-wife-jill-knox-welcome-baby-girl-after-stillborn-loss/3138179002/|title='After 5 years of trying' Keith Powell and wife Jill Knox announce birth of baby girl|last=Ali|first=Rasha|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-17}}</ref> In 2021, they had a second child, a boy. Powell and Knox live in [[Los Angeles]].
==Filmography==
Line 79 ⟶ 80:
|-
|2021
|''[[Marvelous and the Black Hole]]''
|Leo
|
Line 89 ⟶ 90:
|-
|2022
|''[[Spoonful of Sugar]]''
|Dr. Welsh
|
Line 190 ⟶ 191:
|Various voices
|2 episodes
|-
|2023
|[[Shrinking (TV series)|''Shrinking'']]
|Mark
|Episode: "Woof"
|}
Line 214 ⟶ 220:
[[Category:American male television actors]]
[[Category:Tisch School of the Arts alumni]]
[[Category:
[[Category:21st-century American male actors]]
| |||