Reg E. Cathey

Reg E. Cathey

1958-08-18 Huntsville, Alabama, USA 52 Credits

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...

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A Journey to Sundance

A Journey to Sundance

2021

as Self

Acting

'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

Tyrel

2018

as Reggie

5.3
Acting

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

Flock of Four

2017

as Pope Dixon

6.2
Acting

Four best friends search for a legendary jazz musician on Central Avenue, Los Angeles in 1959.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

2017

as Zakariyyah

6.5
Acting

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

Hands of Stone

2016

as Don King

6.6
Acting

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

Shylock's Ghost

2015

as Self

Acting

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

Nasty Baby

2015

as The Bishop

5.2
Acting

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

Fantastic Four

2015

as Dr. Franklin Storm

4.4
Acting

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

Alex of Venice

2015

as Walt

5.9
Acting

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

St. Vincent

2014

as Gus

7.1
Acting

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

Two Men in Town

2014

as Jones, le superviseur

5.5
Acting

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

Arbitrage

2012

as Earl Monroe

6.3
Acting

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

My Last Day Without You

2011

as Pastor Johnson

5.6
Acting

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

8.5
Acting

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

A NY Thing

2009

as Marcus

2.7
Acting

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

Aftermath: Population Zero

2008

as Narrator

6.7
Acting

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

20 Years After

20 Years After

2008

as Samuel

3.2
Acting

In the middle of nowhere, 20 years after an apocalyptic terrorist event that obliterated the face of the world!

The Wire: The Last Word

The Wire: The Last Word

2007

as Self

1.5
Acting

A documentary exploring the role of the media in relation to the acclaimed series The Wire.

The Wire Odyssey

The Wire Odyssey

2007

as Self

6.6
Acting

A retrospective documentary of the first four seasons of the acclaimed series The Wire.

The Machinist

The Machinist

2004

as Jones

7.5
Acting

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

The Cookout

2004

as Frank Washington

4.6
Acting

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

Acting

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

Everyday People

2004

as Akbar

6.3
Acting

The closing of a local restaurant concerns a number of employees who've dedicated their lives to the eatery

S.W.A.T.

S.W.A.T.

2003

as Lt. Greg Velasquez (as Reginald E. Cathey)

6.2
Acting

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

A Good Night to Die

2003

as Avi

2.4
Acting

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

Head of State

2003

as Officer Waters

5.6
Acting

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

Pootie Tang

2001

as Dirty Dee

5.0
Acting

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

Boycott

2001

as E.D. Nixon

6.6
Acting

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

American Psycho

2000

as Homeless Man

7.4
Acting

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

Homicide: The Movie

2000

as Bernard Weeks

6.8
Acting

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

Ill Gotten Gains

1997

as Nassor

2.0
Acting

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

Se7en

1995

as Dr. Santiago

8.4
Acting

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

Napoleon

1995

as Frog (voice)

6.1
Acting

The adventures of Golden Retriever pup Napoleon and his friend, the parrot Birdo Lucci.

Tyson

Tyson

1995

as Attorney Winston

6.1
Acting

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

Tank Girl

1995

as Deetee

5.4
Acting

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

Airheads

1994

as Marcus

6.1
Acting

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

Clear and Present Danger

1994

as Sergeant Major

6.7
Acting

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

The Mask

1994

as Freeze

7.0
Acting

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

Clean Slate

1994

as 1st Cop

5.8
Acting

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

And the Band Played On

1993

as Staff Doctor #2

6.5
Acting

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

Fool's Fire

1992

as Minister Gunther

4.4
Acting

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?

What About Bob?

1991

as Howie / Director

6.9
Acting

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

Acting

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

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

1990

as Guildenstern

Acting

A Danish prince and university student avenges his father's murder by his uncle, who stole the crown and married his mother.

Quick Change

Quick Change

1990

as Sound Analyst

6.7
Acting

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

Loose Cannons

1990

as Willie

4.9
Acting

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

Born on the Fourth of July

1989

as Speaker - Syracuse, NY

7.0
Acting

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

Penn & Teller Get Killed

1989

as Fan’s Friend

5.5
Acting

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

Me and Him

1988

as Waiter

3.1
Acting

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

Crossing Delancey

1988

as Cab Driver

5.9
Acting

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

Funny Farm

1988

as Reporter

6.2
Acting

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

Astonished

1988

as Wayne

3.0
Acting

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...