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Todd Sherry | |
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| Born | Todd Sherry September 4, 1961 Meadville, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. |
| Alma mater | Clarion University of Pennsylvania (B.F.A.), magna cum laude |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Todd Sherry (born September 4, 1961) is an American actor. Sherry has appeared in several award-winning television shows, like The OC, How I Met Your Mother, and Parks and Recreation. He also appeared on popular kids' television shows like True Jackson, VP and The Suite Life on Deck.
Sherry also appeared in hit movies Just Go With It, Get Smart, and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous.
Early life and education
[edit]Todd Sherry was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, to Ruth Anne Miller Sherry-Knott and James L. Sherry. He was the youngest of three boys. His paternal great-grandparents came to the U.S. from County Cork, Ireland while his maternal side of the family arrived here in 1629, having abandoned the Viking life in Normandy around 1500.[1] He graduated magna cum laude from Clarion University of Pennsylvania in 1983.[2] While at college, Sherry won the Daniel Preuss Award for excellence in musical theatre for his performance as T.R. in Tintypes.[3]
Sherry's mother passed away August 6, 2007, and his father passed away on February 20, 2005, as a result of throat cancer.[3]
His first cousin once-removed, Vince Sherry, was brutally murdered along with his wife in the mid-'80s. This, along with the Dixie Mafia became the subject of the 1996 best-selling true crime novel entitled "Mississippi Mud" by Edward Humes.[3]
Before acting full-time, Sherry worked as a waiter at Hard Rock Cafe, New York, while Vincent D'Onofrio worked front-door security there.[3] In 1996, Sherry was a singer on an around-the-world cruise.[4]
Early Career
[edit]Sherry was a winning contestant on three game shows: You Lie Like a Dog (2000), Smush (2001), and Hollywood Showdown (2000).[3]
Sharon Stone, American actress, painter and former model, was also born in Sherry's hometown of Meadville, Pennsylvania. In 1975, when Sharon Stone won the Miss Crawford County Fair Pageant, Sherry was the boy singer at the event.[3][5] Also, Stone ran onstage to hug Sherry after one of his a Los Angeles performances, where he was starring in the play "Doing Judy!".[3]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | God Made Man | Honky Guy | |
| 2001 | Tail Sting | Flight Attendant Ben | |
| 2005 | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous | Dolly Parton Impersonator | |
| 2006 | Alien Autopsy | Flight Attendant | uncredited |
| 2006 | Hiding Victoria | Vincent | |
| 2007 | Who's Your Caddy? | Realtor | |
| 2008 | Get Smart | KAOS Office Worker | |
| 2008 | Untitled Liz Meriwether Project | Kip | TV Movie |
| 2010 | The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It | Front Desk Attendant | |
| 2011 | Just Go With It | Check-In Clerk | |
| 2011 | Life of Lemon | LJ | |
| 2011 | Going Down in LA-LA Land | Collin | |
| 2013 | How Sweet It Is (2013 film) | Fredrick | |
| 2014 | Bleach | Scout Leader | TV Movie |
| 2015 | Road Hard | Jeffrey | |
| 2024 | Tricks Can Go Wrong | M.C. |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Charmed | The Photographer | Season 5, Episode 3: "House Call" |
| 2004 | Oliver Beene | Victor | Season 2, Episode 4: "X-ray Specs" |
| 2004 | North Shore | Micah | Season 1, Episode 18: "Catwalk" |
| 2004-2005 | Joan of Arcadia | Gay Male Secretary God | Season 2, Episode 9: "No Future"; Season 2, Episode 13: "Queen of the Zombies" |
| 2005 | Will & Grace | Fillip | Season 7, Episode 15: "Bully Wooley" |
| 2005 | Jake in Progress | Scott | Season 1, Episode 2: "Stand By Your Man" |
| 2003-2006 | Half & Half | George | Season 2, Episode 10: "The Big Bitter Shower Episode"; Season 2, Episode 15: "The Big I Haven't the Vegas Idea Episode"; Season 4, Episode 9: "The Big Days of Wine & Neuroses Episode"; Season 4, Episode 18: "The Big 'What Have We Done?' Episode" |
| 2006 | Ghost Whisperer | Handsome Guy | Season 2, Episode 5: "A Grave Matter" |
| 2006 | 'Til Death | Charles | Season 1, Episode 5: "The Garage Band" |
| 2003-2007 | The OC | Various | Season 1, Episode 1: "Premiere" (as Waiter); Season 1, Episode 13: "The Best Chrismukkah Ever" (as Waiter); Season 2, Episode 21: "The Return of the Nana" (as Maurice)(uncredited); Season 4, Episode 16: "The End's Not Near, It's Here" (as Todd) |
| 2007 | Desperate Housewives | Russell | Season 3, Episode 19: "God, That's Good" |
| 2007 | The Loop (American TV series) | Jeff | Season 2, Episode 9: "Fatty" |
| 2006-2007 | The Nine | Phil | Season 1, Episode 1: "Pilot" (uncredited); Season 1, Episode 2: "Heroes Welcome"; Season 1, Episode 11: "Man of the Year" |
| 2008 | How I Met Your Mother | Lawrence | Season 3, Episode 19: "Everything Must Go" |
| 2009 | True Jackson, VP | Todd | Season 1, Episode 12: "Keeping Tabs" |
| 2009 | Rita Rocks | Kevin | Season 1, Episode 20: "We Can Work It Out"; Season 2, Episode 3: "Nothing's Gonna Change My World"; Season 2, Episodes 15-18: "Is She Really Going Out With Him?"; "Sympathy for the Devil"; "Jingle All The Way"; "The Jealous Kind" |
| 2009 | Eastwick | Everett | Season 1, Episodes 1-2: "Paint and Pleasure" and "Tasers and Mind Erasers" |
| 2010 | Chuck (TV series) | Dr. Fred Hornblower | Season 4, Episode 4: "Chuck Versus the Coup d'Etat" |
| 2010 | Raising Hope | Nick Darrow | Season 1, Episode 8: "Blue Dots" |
| 2010 | The Suite Life on Deck | Arturo Vitale | Season 3, Episode 14: "Frozen" |
| 2011 | $h*! My Dad Says | Rob | Season 1, Episode 18: "Who's Your Daddy?" |
| 2011 | Castle | Maurice | Season 3, Episode 22: "To Love and Die in L.A." |
| 2011 | Perfect Couples | Alfredo - Salesman | Season 1, Episode 12: "Perfect Pants" |
| 2012 | Jane By Design | Troy Brandon | Season 1, Episode 1: "Pilot" |
| 2013 | 2 Hopeful Spinsters | Blake | Season 1, Episode 1: "Heather, Thelma, Louise & Dellany"; Season 1, Episode 7: "Spinstersode 7"; Season 1, Episode 8: "Spinstersode 8"; Season 1, Episode 10: "Spinstersode 10" |
| 2011-2014 | Suburgatory | Tom | Season 1, Episode 2: "The Barbecue"; Season 1, Episode 12: "The Casino Trip"; Season 1, Episode 17: "Independence Day"; Season 1, Episode 22: "The Motherboard"; Season 2, Episode 19: "Decemberfold"; Season 3, Episode 2: "Victor Ha" |
| 2014 | Sam & Cat | Matthew | Season 1, Episode 28: "#FresnoGirl" |
| 2014 | The Millers | Kipp | Season 1, Episode 21: "0072" |
| 2014 | Awkward. | Store Manager | Season 4, Episode 4: "Sophomore Sluts" |
| 2014 | Parenthood | Nurse | Season 6, Episode 3: "The Waiting Room" |
| 2012-2015 | Parks and Recreation | Marshall Langman | Season 5, Episode 4: "Sex Education"; Season 5, Episode 22: "Are You Better Off?"; Season 7, Episode 9: "Pie-Mary" |
| 2015 | The Mindy Project | Brad | Season 4, Episode 2: "C is for Coward" |
| 2016 | Supergirl | Professor Alphonse Luzano | Season 1, Episode 14: "Truth, Justice and the American Way" |
| 2016 | Successful People | Dan Levine, Stylist | Season 1, Episode 5: "Successful People Have Stylists" |
| 2016 | Good Girls Revolt | Clinton | Season 1, Episode 9: "Dateline" |
| 2016 | The Picture | Laurent | Pilot |
| 2016-2017 | Life in Pieces | Clancy | Season 1, Episode 12: "Bite Flight Wing-Man Bonnie"; Season 2, Episode 21: "Late Smuggling Dreambaby Voucher"; Season 2, Episode 22: "Poison Fire Teats Universe" |
| 2018 | Nobodies (TV series) | Hoyt | Season 2, Episode 12: "Meeting Steven Spielberg" |
| 2018 | Dynasty (2017 TV series) | Thurston | Season 2, Episode 5: "Queen of Cups" |
| 2019 | iZombie | Gary | Season 5, Episode 11: "Killer Queen" |
| 2019 | Mad About You | Todd | Season 8, Episode 2: "Restraining Orders and Puppies" |
| 2020 | AJ and the Queen | Ewan | Season 1, Episode 10: "Dallas" |
| 2017-2020 | Grace and Frankie | Various | Season 3, Episode 12: "The Musical" (as Chorus Member #1); Season 4, Episode 12: "The Rats" (as Chorus Member #1); Season 6, Episode 10: "The Scent" (as Partygoer #3) |
| 2020 | The Resident | Joseph Kinney | Season 3, Episode 17: "Doll E. Wood" |
| 2020-2021 | Black Monday (TV series) | Therapist | Season 2, Episode 10: "I Don't Like Mondays"; Season 3, Episode 3: "Eight!" |
References
[edit]- ^ "Todd Sherry – Bio". IMDb.
- ^ "Clarion University - Alumni Notes". Clarion University.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Todd Sherry – Trivia". IMDb.
- ^ "Clarion University - Alumni Notes". Clarion University.
- ^ "Past pageant winners". The Meadville Tribune. August 19, 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2024.