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Reg E. Cathey
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Reginald Eugene Cathey (August 18, 1958-February 9, 2018) was an American stage, film, and television actor. On February 9, 2018, Cathey passed away after a battle with lung cancer.

Cathey was a native of Huntsville, Alabama, and a graduate of J.O. Johnson High School. He spent his childhood in West Germany. His favorite band was Blur.

Career[]

One of his earliest roles was starring in the children's television show Square One. He later had guest roles in episodes of shows such as Star Trek: The Next Generation and Homicide: Life on the Street. He played the villains Freeze in the film The Mask and Dirty Dee in the cult comedy film Pootie Tang. He had a regular role on the HBO series The Wire as Norman Wilson during the fourth and fifth seasons. He also worked with The Wire creator David Simon on the Emmy award-winning mini-series The Corner; Cathey played a drug addict known as Scalio. He had a recurring role on the HBO prison drama Oz as unit manager Martin Querns. In the film Tank Girl, he played the role of Deetee. He narrated Aftermath: Population Zero, a National Geographic Channel special which imagines what Earth might be like if humanity no longer existed. He played the homeless man "Al" murdered by Patrick Bateman in the film American Psycho. He also narrated TLC's Wonders of Weather, a TV show.

In 2009, Cathey performed in The People Speak, a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States.

Starting in 2009, Cathey played the role of Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding in a theatrical production of The Shawshank Redemption at Wyndham's Theatre, London. He made two guest appearances on Law & Order: SVU, as an undercover police officer involved with animal smuggling (episode: "Wildlife") and later as a high-priced defense attorney to a hooker (episode: "Rhodium Nights"). He made a guest appearance on Law & Order: Criminal Intent as a talented, charismatic, and egotistical professor of American Studies suspected of involvement in a murder to advance his career.

He also played Barry K. Word, a boxing promoter, on FX's show Lights Out before it was canceled.

In 2013, Cathey began a recurring role as Freddy, the owner of Freddy's BBQ, in Netflix's original series House of Cards.

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