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Larry Cedar (born 6 March 1955) is an American actor and a voice actor best known as one of the players of the highly-acclaimed Children's Television Workshop
Sesame Workshop

Sesame Workshop, formerly known as the Children's Television Workshop , is a worldwide United States non-profit organization behind the production of several educational children's programs that have run on public broadcasting around the world ....
 mathematics show, Square One TV on PBS from 1987 to 1994. Cedar is also known for playing "Leon", the opium addicted thief and faro
Faro (card game)

Faro is a playing card, a descendant of Basset . It enjoyed great popularity during the 18th century, particularly in England and France, and in the 19th Century in the United States, particularly in the American Old West, where it was practiced by faro dealers such as Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp....
 dealer in the internationally acclaimed HBO series, Deadwood.

Biography
Born and raised in Pacoima in the Los Angeles San Fernando Valley (Richie Valens' home town), Larry's professional acting career didn't begin until shortly after his admission to Hastings Law School when, on an impulse, he decided to audition for, and was accepted into the MFA Theater program at UCLA.






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Larry Cedar (born 6 March 1955) is an American actor and a voice actor best known as one of the players of the highly-acclaimed Children's Television Workshop
Sesame Workshop

Sesame Workshop, formerly known as the Children's Television Workshop , is a worldwide United States non-profit organization behind the production of several educational children's programs that have run on public broadcasting around the world ....
 mathematics show, Square One TV on PBS from 1987 to 1994. Cedar is also known for playing "Leon", the opium addicted thief and faro
Faro (card game)

Faro is a playing card, a descendant of Basset . It enjoyed great popularity during the 18th century, particularly in England and France, and in the 19th Century in the United States, particularly in the American Old West, where it was practiced by faro dealers such as Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp....
 dealer in the internationally acclaimed HBO series, Deadwood.

Biography


Born and raised in Pacoima in the Los Angeles San Fernando Valley (Richie Valens' home town), Larry's professional acting career didn't begin until shortly after his admission to Hastings Law School when, on an impulse, he decided to audition for, and was accepted into the MFA Theater program at UCLA. There he won the Hugh O'Brian Acting Competition award for Best Actor, resulting in his signing a one-year artist development contract with Universal Studios. He went on to star in various TV movies, numerous episodics and feature films, including a starring role opposite Rebecca De Mornay in the Ivan Reitman-produced Feds, as well as a memorable appearance as "The Creature on the Wing" opposite John Lithgow in the Steven Spielberg remake, Twilight Zone: The Movie, directed by George Miller. He has also won an L.A. Theater Alliance Ovation Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. Larry Cedar has a long line of actors in his family including and Goerge Cedar.

Larry spent six seasons in New York starring in the award-winning PBS series Square One TV and later starred in 40 episodes of the Fox television series A.J. s Time Travelers. A veteran stage performer, Larry most recently performed the lead in the one-man play Billy Bishop Goes to War at the Colony Theatre. He’s been nominated for two Los Angeles Theater Alliance "Ovation" awards for his performances in Anything Goes (as Lord Oakley) opposite Rachel York and She Loves Me (as Sipos, for which he won Best Featured Actor in a Musical). Other stage work includes portraying Hoagy Carmichael in Hoagy, Bix, and Wolfgang Beethoven Bunkhaus at L.A.’s Mark Taper Forum, as Vernon opposite Lea Thompson in They're Playing Our Song, and as Secretary Thompson in 1776: The Musical opposite Roger Rees.

In August, 2008 Larry will appear in Towelhead, the directorial debut of Alan Ball (creator, Six Feet Under). He most recently co-starred opposite Adrien Brody as the demented "Chester Sinclair” in the Ben Affleck/Diane Lane noir feature film, Hollywoodland, directed by Allen Coulter, and recurred for three seasons as "Leon", the opium-addicted card dealer and thief, in the David Milch helmed HBO hit series, Deadwood opposite Powers Boothe and Ian McShane. Independent feature work includes the award winning short Tel Aviv, the sci-fi thriller Forecast as well as the full length horror flick, Midnight Son. Larry also excels in the field of voiceovers, lending his vocal characterizations to hundreds of commercials, cartoon series, and video games.

Filmography


Movie roles

  • National Treasure: Book of Secrets - Control Room Guard
  • Towelhead - Photographer
  • Hollywoodland
    Hollywoodland

    Hollywoodland is a 2006 biopic/docudrama directed by TV alum Allen Coulter about a down-on-his-luck detective, Louis Simo , investigating the suspicious death of actor George Reeves , the star of television's Adventures of Superman ....
     - Chester Sinclair
  • Paparazzi
    Paparazzi

    File:Paparazzi by David Shankbone.jpgPaparazzi is a plural term for photographers who take unstaged and/or candid photographys of celebrities caught unaware....
     - Charlie
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Car Rental Agent
  • Twilight Zone: The Movie
    Twilight Zone: The Movie

    Twilight Zone: The Movie is a 1983 in film film produced by Steven Spielberg as a theatrical version of The Twilight Zone , a 1950s and 60s Television series created by Rod Serling....
     - Creature on the Wing (Episode #4)
  • Constantine
    Constantine (film)

    Constantine is a 2005 in film Cinema of the United States film based on Vertigo ' Hellblazer comic book, with some plot elements being taken from the "Dangerous Habits" story arc and others - such as the inclusion of Papa Midnite - from the "Original Sins" trade paperback....
     - Vermin Man
  • Pinocchio's Revenge
    Pinocchio's Revenge

    Pinocchio's Revenge is a 1996 in film Horror film film about a mother who brings home an evil wooden puppet that may have caused a man to kill his son....
     - District Attorney
  • The Gingerdead Man
    The Gingerdead Man

    Gingerdead Man is a 2005 film starring Gary Busey. It is followed by Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust. The Gingerdead Man was released on DVD by Shoot Productions...
     - Jimmy Dean
  • The Master of Disguise
    The Master of Disguise

    The Master of Disguise is a comedy film released in 2002 in film starring Dana Carvey, Jennifer Esposito, James Brolin and Brent Spiner. Adam Sandler produced The Master of Disguise through his Happy Madison production company....
     - Businessman


Television roles

  • Charmed
    Charmed

    Charmed is an award-winning, Television in the United States cult television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998 until May 21, 2006, when its network, The WB Television Network, ceased operation....
     in guest role as the scheming , pushing the episode's action in "".
  • Deadwood (TV series)
    Deadwood (TV series)

    Deadwood is an United States Western –drama television series created, produced and almost entirely written by David Milch. The series aired on the premium television cable television HBO from 21 March 2004 to 27 August 2006, spanning List of Deadwood episodes....
     - Leon (3 seasons)
  • State of Mind
    State of Mind

    State of mind is a term meaning "mood" or "outlook" . It can also mean:...
     - Larry Carson
  • The Riches
    The Riches

    The Riches was a Golden Globe Award- and Emmy Award-nominated FX Networks television series starring Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver....
     - Karl
  • Boston Legal
    Boston Legal

    Boston Legal is an American legal drama-comedy created by David E. Kelley, which originally ran on American Broadcasting Company from October 3, 2004 to December 8, 2008....
     - Robert Hooper
  • Saved by the Bell
    Saved by the Bell

    Saved by the Bell is an United States teen drama that originally aired between 1989 and 1993. The series is a retooled version of the 1988 series Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which was itself later retroactive continuity into the history of Saved by the Bell....
    - Mystery Weekend actor
  • Without a Trace
    Without a Trace

    Without a Trace is an United States television program set in New York City. The show is about a fictitious full-time Federal Bureau of Investigation missing persons unit....
     - Ray Pallidies
  • Square One TV - Series Regular


Video game roles

  • EverQuest II
    EverQuest II

    EverQuest II , based upon the popular EverQuest, is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and shipped on 8 November 2004....
     - Rune Shimmerstar, Tristan Gallaway, Eorandalanu Otuden, Alchemist Alus Crispian, Dyric Pyre, Waylon March, The Glademaster, Generic Male Dark Elf Merchant, Generic Male Erudite Merchant, Generic Male Gnome Merchant, Generic Male Halfling Merchant, Generic Male Human Merchant, Generic Male Ratonga Merchant, Generic Dark Elf Guard, Various Character Languages
  • Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
    Marvel: Ultimate Alliance

    Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is an action role-playing game released in 2006. It is set within the fictional Marvel Universe and features many of the superheroes, supervillains, and supporting characters that appear in publications by Marvel Comics....
     - Loki
    Loki (comics)

    Loki is a supervillain that appears in the fictional Marvel Universe and is based on the being of the Loki from Norse mythology. The character first appears in Venus #6 and was created by writer Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber and penciller Jack Kirby....
  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4

    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, often called THPS4, is the fourth game in Tony Hawk's . It was developed by Neversoft and was published in 2002 by Activision for the Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and Xbox....
     -
  • Tony Hawk's Underground
    Tony Hawk's Underground

    Tony Hawk's Underground, also called THUG and loosely referred to as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5, is a skateboarding video game available for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance and Xbox platforms released in 2003....
     - The Skater
  • Tony Hawk's Underground 2
    Tony Hawk's Underground 2

    Tony Hawk's Underground 2, also known as THUG 2 or unofficially Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 6, is the sixth installment in Neversoft's Tony Hawk's Series and is the sequel to 2003's Tony Hawk's Underground....
     -
  • Ultimate Spider-Man
    Ultimate Spider-Man (video game)

    Ultimate Spider-Man is a video game based on the comic book Ultimate Spider-Man by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley. The game was released for mostly all History of video game consoles consoles, including PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance, and Microsoft Windows as well as a mobile phone game....
     - Additional Voices


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