Jim True-Frost, a.k.a. Jim True, (born July 31, 1966 in Greenwich, Connecticut) is an American stage, television and screen actor. He is most notable for his portrayal of Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski for four seasons on the HBO program The Wire. He also also appeared in an episode of David Simon's Homicide: Life on the Street.
A New York-based actor, True-Frost has been an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago since 1989. Prior to that, he was a member of Remains Theater, co-founded by actor William L. Peterson (To Live and Die in L.A., CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), where he worked with such performers as Amy Morton, Gary Cole, and D. W. Moffett. True-Frost appeared in the film Off the Map—with fellow Steppenwolf ensemble member, Joan Allen, directed by Singles co-star Campbell Scott—Affliction, The Hudsucker Proxy, Singles, Normal Life and Far Harbor. He has performed on Broadway and as far away as Sierra Leone.
Jim graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois. When Jim married lawyer and legal scholar Cora Frost in 1999, both changed their last names to True-Frost.
Jim True-Frost is appearing February 9 through March 19, 2008 as Brutus in the American Repertory Theatre's production of Julius Caesar.
Member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
