Reg E. Cathey

Reg E. Cathey had one of those voices I could pick out of any crowd: low, gravelly, and somehow both warm and dangerous. I first really noticed him as Norman Wilson in The Wire, but it was Freddy the rib-joint owner in House of Cards that won him a deserved Emmy in 2015. What strikes me is the range hiding behind that signature delivery, since the same man taught kids math on Square One Television years earlier. Character actors like him rarely get top billing, yet they're the glue that makes a scene feel real. Losing him in 2018 felt like the screen got quieter.

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Name (English)

Reg E. Cathey

Name (Japanese)

レグ・E・キャシー

Reading

れぐ・E・きゃしー

Born

August 18, 1958 – February 9, 2018

Origin

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Occupation

television actor / film actor / stage actor / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Dog

University

University of Michigan

Awards & achievements

• 2015 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg%20E.%20Cathey
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BBE%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973783

Tags

• Alabama
• television actor
• film actor
• stage actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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