Reg E. Cathey Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth, Family

Publish date: 2024-05-02

Age, Biography and Wiki

Reg E. Cathey is an American actor best known for his roles in the television series The Wire, House of Cards, and Oz. He has also appeared in films such as Fantastic Four, The Mask, and Seven. Cathey was born on August 18, 1958 in Huntsville, Alabama. He attended J.O. Johnson High School and later attended the University of Michigan, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1983. Cathey began his acting career in the mid-1980s, appearing in several television shows and films. He is best known for his roles in the television series The Wire, House of Cards, and Oz. He has also appeared in films such as Fantastic Four, The Mask, and Seven. Cathey has won several awards for his work, including an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role in House of Cards in 2015. As of 2021, Reg E. Cathey's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million.

Popular AsReginald Eurias Cathey
OccupationActor
Age60 years old
Zodiac SignLeo
Born18 August, 1958
Birthday18 August
BirthplaceHuntsville, Alabama, U.S.
Date of death9 February 2018,
Died PlaceNew York City, New York, U.S.
NationalityUnited States

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Reg E. Cathey Height, Weight & Measurements

At 60 years old, Reg E. Cathey height is 1.82 m .

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Height1.82 m
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Dating & Relationship status

He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

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Reg E. Cathey Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Reg E. Cathey worth at the age of 60 years old? Reg E. Cathey’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated Reg E. Cathey's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023$1 Million - $5 Million
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Timeline

Cathey died at his home in New York City on February 9, 2018, at the age of 59. He was reported to have had lung cancer. He was cremated, and his ashes were spread somewhere in New York City.

Cathey co-starred in Josh Trank's Fantastic Four (2015), as Dr. Franklin Storm, the father of The Invisible Woman and The Human Torch. He also played the county sheriff in the city of Rome, WV, in the Cinemax series Outcast. One of Cathey's final TV roles was portraying James Lucas in the Netflix series Marvel's Luke Cage.

In 2013, Cathey began a recurring role as Freddy Hayes, the owner of Freddy's BBQ, in Netflix's original series House of Cards, as well as on Grimm, in the recurring role of Baron Samedi. His portrayal of Hayes in the second, third, and fourth seasons of House of Cards earned three Emmy nominations and one win for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.

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.

In Fall 2009, Cathey played the role of Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding in a theatrical production of The Shawshank Redemption at Wyndham's Theatre, London. He has made two guest appearances on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 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 also made a guest appearance on Law & Order: Criminal Intent in the episode "Anti-Thesis" as a college professor suspected of murder. He also played boxing promoter Barry K. Word on the FX series Lights Out.

One of Cathey's earliest roles was starring in the children's television show Square One. This was followed by guest roles in such series as Star Trek: The Next Generation and Homicide: Life on the Street. In 1994, he appeared in The Mask as Freeze, the main antagonist's friend and bodyguard who gets inadvertently killed by the title character. He also appeared in 1995's Se7en as the coroner. He played the villain Dirty Dee in the cult comedy film Pootie Tang and 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 miniseries 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 narrated TLC's Wonders of Weather, a TV series. On Between the Lions, he played King Ray in the story of "Rumpelstitlkstin" in the episode, "Hay Day".

Reginald Eurias Cathey (August 18, 1958 – February 9, 2018) was an American 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 latter earning him three consecutive Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, including a win in 2015.

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