Biography
Reginald Eurias Cathey (August 18, 1958 – February 9, 2018) was an American character actor. He was best known for his roles as Norman Wilson in The Wire, Martin Querns in Oz, the game show announcer in Square One Television, Dr. Franklin Storm in the 2015 reboot of Fantastic Four, and Freddy Hayes in House of Cards, the last earning him three consecutive Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, including a win in 2015. Description above from the Wikipedia article R...
Known For
Complete Filmography

A Journey to Sundance
2021
as Self
'A JOURNEY TO SUNDANCE' is about the spirit, dreams and struggles of independent filmmakers from all over the world, as well as my own struggles to fi...

Tyrel
2018
as Reggie
Tyler joins his friend on a trip to the Catskills for a weekend birthday party with several people he doesn’t know. As soon as they get there, it’s cl...

Flock of Four
2017
as Pope Dixon
Four best friends search for a legendary jazz musician on Central Avenue, Los Angeles in 1959.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017
as Zakariyyah
An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line ...

Hands of Stone
2016
as Don King
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
Shylock's Ghost
2015
as Self
As Man Booker Prize-winning writer Howard Jacobson retells The Merchant of Venice, 400 years after Shakespeare’s death, he travels with Alan Yentob to...

Nasty Baby
2015
as The Bishop
A gay couple enlists the help of their friend Polly to create a baby. Meanwhile, they must also contend with their homophobic neighbour who becomes a ...

Fantastic Four
2015
as Dr. Franklin Storm
Four young outsiders teleport to a dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team mu...

Alex of Venice
2015
as Walt
After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing fa...

St. Vincent
2014
as Gus
A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.

Two Men in Town
2014
as Jones, le superviseur
A convict is released from prison in a small town in New Mexico. 18 years ago he killed a deputy. The then-and-now sheriff seeks revenge.

Arbitrage
2012
as Earl Monroe
A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for ...

My Last Day Without You
2011
as Pastor Johnson
On a one-day business trip to New York, a German business executive falls in love with a singer-songwriter who exposes him to her Brooklyn world and e...
Egypt's Lost Rival
2010
Located between the warrior kingdom of the Hittites and the powerful empire of Egypt, the ancient city of Qatna was wiped off the face of the earth as...

A NY Thing
2009
as Marcus
Masquerading as another man, Antoine flies to New York for a three-day stay and promptly falls in love with Alice, who's dating someone else. When tha...

Aftermath: Population Zero
2008
as Narrator
Aftermath: Population Zero investigates what would happen if every single person on Earth simply disappeared. Explore the interactive world without us...

20 Years After
2008
as Samuel
In the middle of nowhere, 20 years after an apocalyptic terrorist event that obliterated the face of the world!

The Wire: The Last Word
2007
as Self
A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire.

The Wire Odyssey
2007
as Self
A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.

The Machinist
2004
as Jones
Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to ...

The Cookout
2004
as Frank Washington
When Todd Anderson signs a $30 million deal with his hometown team, the New Jersey Nets, he knows that his life is set for a big change. To keep thing...
Men Without Jobs
2004
as Mr. Morgan
Compulsive gambler Oz lives in a rent-controlled apartment in Brooklyn, with his roommate, Ivy-League dropout Ish. Crippled by an unspoken fear of fai...

Everyday People
2004
as Akbar
The closing of a local restaurant concerns a number of employees who've dedicated their lives to the eatery

S.W.A.T.
2003
as Lt. Greg Velasquez (as Reginald E. Cathey)
Hondo Harrelson recruits Jim Street to join an elite unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. Together they seek out more members, including tough D...

A Good Night to Die
2003
as Avi
One day in the life of a hit man, Ronnie, who spends it trying to save the life of fellow hit man, August, who he had brought into the business three ...

Head of State
2003
as Officer Waters
When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, the Democratic party unexpectedly picks a Washington, D.C. alderman as ...

Pootie Tang
2001
as Dirty Dee
Pootie Tang, the musician/actor/folk hero of the ghetto, is chronicled from his early childhood to his battles against the evil Corporate America, who...

Boycott
2001
as E.D. Nixon
This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

American Psycho
2000
as Homeless Man
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his i...

Homicide: The Movie
2000
as Bernard Weeks
Retired police lieutenant Al Giardello is running for mayor when he is suddenly shot at a press conference. All of the detectives, past and present, c...

Ill Gotten Gains
1997
as Nassor
WEST AFRICA 1869 - Slave trade is illegal. There is a revolt on a slave ship - twenty four men fight for their lives. Out-gunned, the revolt fails but...

Se7en
1995
as Dr. Santiago
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film t...

Napoleon
1995
as Frog (voice)
The adventures of Golden Retriever pup Napoleon and his friend, the parrot Birdo Lucci.

Tyson
1995
as Attorney Winston
The story of Mike Tyson. From his early days as a 12 year old amateur with a powerful punch, to the undisputed title of "Heavyweight Champion of the W...

Tank Girl
1995
as Deetee
After a comet disrupts the rain cycle of Earth, the planet has become a desolate, barren desert by the year 2033. With resources scarce, Kesslee, head...

Airheads
1994
as Marcus
The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an FM rock radio station and hold ...

Clear and Present Danger
1994
as Sergeant Major
Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, ...

The Mask
1994
as Freeze
When timid bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss discovers a magical mask containing the spirit of the Norse god Loki, his entire life changes. While wearing the ...

Clean Slate
1994
as 1st Cop
Pogue is a private eye with a problem: every morning when he wakes up, he has total amnesia, waking up with a 'blank slate'. Since he is in the middle...

And the Band Played On
1993
as Staff Doctor #2
The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.

Fool's Fire
1992
as Minister Gunther
A crippled dwarf is forced to become jester to a tyrannical king, but when the king abuses a beautiful dwarf with whom the jester is in love the jeste...

What About Bob?
1991
as Howie / Director
Before going on vacation, self-involved psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin has the misfortune of taking on a new patient: Bob Wiley. An exemplar of neediness...
Eyes of a Witness
1991
as Prosecutor
Roy Baxter is concerned for his daughter Christina's safety. She's working as a doctor among the Masai in Kenya. Poaching gangs are slaughtering prote...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet
1990
as Guildenstern
A Danish prince and university student avenges his father's murder by his uncle, who stole the crown and married his mother.

Quick Change
1990
as Sound Analyst
With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation...

Loose Cannons
1990
as Willie
Mac, the two-fisted, savvy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known burnout, to work with him on a new and difficult case. The ne...

Born on the Fourth of July
1989
as Speaker - Syracuse, NY
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought fo...

Penn & Teller Get Killed
1989
as Fan’s Friend
The "bad boys of magic" go over the edge in this mind-blowing, role-switching comedy murder mystery set in the dizzying world of Atlantic City casinos...

Me and Him
1988
as Waiter
A man's enthusiastic penis starts talking to him, getting him into awkward situations and convincing everyone he tells that he's completely insane.

Crossing Delancey
1988
as Cab Driver
Thirty-something Isabelle spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to that of her grandmother on the Lower East Side. While h...

Funny Farm
1988
as Reporter
Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclus...

Astonished
1988
as Wayne
A European woman living in Greenwich Village sees her life starting to come apart. She's broke, seems to be hallucinating and seeing people she dreams...