Richard Poe


Richard Poe is an American actor. He has worked in movies, television and on Broadway.

Biography

Poe was born in Portola, California. He graduated from Pittsburg Senior High School in 1964 then from the University of San Francisco in 1967. He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War era. Along with Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Mark Lenard, Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Armin Shimerman and John de Lancie he is one of only a few actors to play the same character on three different Star Trek series. He played Gul Evek in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. He appeared in A Christmas Carol at Ford's Theatre, 2006, as Ebenezer Scrooge, and appeared on Broadway in fourteen productions, including the original M. Butterfly, Our Country's Good, The Pajama Game, Journey's End and All The Way. He created roles in the off-Broadway productions of Paul Rudnick's Jeffrey and Christopher Durang's Why Torture Is Wrong... and the People Who Love Them.
Poe narrated the audiobook versions of Cormac McCarthy's novels Blood Meridian, The Crossing and Suttree, Dan Brown's Angels & Demons, and Carl Bernstein's and Bob Woodward's non-fiction bestseller All the President's Men. He won the 2004 Audie Award for his narration of East Of Eden, has been nominated three other times, and has been a frequent recipient of AudioFile Magazine's Earphone Award.

Partial filmography

Mystery Mansion .... Adam DrakeBorn on the Fourth of July .... Frankie – VA HospitalBabesA Promise to Keep Law & OrderTeamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story .... BishopThe Night We Never Met .... BartenderFrasierStar Trek: The Next GenerationStar Trek: Deep Space NineSpeechless .... TomStar Trek: VoyagerThe 5 Mrs. Buchanans.... Ed BuchananPride & JoyThe Real Adventures of Jonny QuestThe Prosecutors .... Roy MarielloThe Peacemaker .... DOE Haz-mat Tech #2Now and AgainEdTransamerica .... JohnThe Warrior Class .... MagistrateBurn After Reading .... Stretching Gym PatronTheresa Is a Mother .... Roy McDermottDelivery Man .... Loan Officer #3Theresa Is a Mother .... Roy McDermettHot Air ....