Larry Frank Cedar is an American voice, film and television actor, best known as one of the players of the Children's Television Workshop mathematics show Square One TV on PBS from 1987 to 1994. He played Max, Alex the Butcher's assistant, in a series of commercials for Kroger in 1989. He is also known for playing Leon, the opium-addicted thief and faro dealer, in the acclaimed HBO series Deadwood.
Life and career Cedar's professional acting career did not begin until shortly after his admission to Hastings Law School when, on an impulse, he decided to audition for, and was accepted into the MFA Theater program at UCLA, from which he graduated in 1978. While there, he won the Hugh O'Brian Acting Competition award for Best Actor, resulting in a one-year artist development contract with Universal Studios. He went on to star in various television films, and numerous episodics and feature films, including a starring role opposite Rebecca De Mornay in the Ivan Reitman-produced Feds, and an appearance as The Creature on the Wing, opposite John Lithgow, in the Steven Spielberg remake, Twilight Zone: The Movie, directed by George Miller. He has also won an L.A. Theater Alliance Ovation Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. Other actors in Cedar's family include Jon Cedar and George Cedar.
Cedar spent six seasons in New York starring in the award-winning PBS series Square One TV, and later starred in 40 episodes of the Fox television series A.J.'s Time Travelers. A veteran stage performer, he appeared in the one-man play Billy Bishop Goes to War at the Colony Theatre. He has been nominated for two Los Angeles Theater Alliance Ovation awards for his performances in Anything Goes (as Lord Oakley) opposite Rachel York, and in She Loves Me (as Sipos, for which he won Best Featured Actor in a Musical). His other stage work includes portraying Hoagy Carmichael in Hoagy, Bix, and Wolfgang Beethoven Bunkhaus at L.A.'s Mark Taper Forum; as Vernon opposite Lea Thompson in They're Playing Our Song; and as Secretary Thompson in 1776 opposite Roger Rees.
In August 2008, Cedar appeared in Towelhead, the directorial debut of Alan Ball (creator of Six Feet Under). He co-starred opposite Adrien Brody as the demented Chester Sinclair in the Ben Affleck/Diane Lane noir feature film Hollywoodland, directed by Allen Coulter, and recurred for three seasons as Leon, the opium-addicted card dealer and thief, in the David Milch helmed HBO series Deadwood opposite Powers Boothe and Ian McShane. His independent film work includes the award-winning short Tel Aviv, the science fiction thriller Forecast, and the full-length horror film Midnight Son. He has also done voice-over work for hundreds of commercials, cartoon series, and video games.
In 2010, Cedar had a role in The Crazies, playing Principal Ben Sandborn. From 2011 to 2012 he portrayed Cornelius Hawthorne, father of Chevy Chase's character Pierce Hawthorne, on 2 episodes of Community.
Cedar is active in the Los Angeles theatre community. In 2013 he starred in King Lear with The Porters of Hellsgate. Shakespeare in LA For the 2013 Hollywood Fringe Festival, he developed the script for Orwellian: Rants, Recollections, and Cautionary Tales From The Works of Eric Arthur Blair, which is a one-hour adaptation of three works by George Orwell: Down and Out in Paris and London, Animal Farm, and Nineteen Eighty-Four. The play was produced by The Porters of Hellsgate in conjunction with the Orwell estate. Hollywood Fringe Festival
Filmography
Film YearTitleRoleNotes1983Twilight Zone: The MovieGremlinSegment: "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"1984DreamscapeSnakeman1987The HiddenBrem1988FedsHoward Butz1989C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.Graves1992Demonic ToysPeterson1992The BabeRadio Announcer1996Pinocchio's RevengeDistrict Attorney1998Fear and Loathing in Las VegasCar Rental Agent2002The Master of DisguiseBusinessman2004PaparazziCharlie2005ConstantineVermin Man2004The Gingerdead ManJimmy Dean2006The Ant BullyAnt #8 (voice) A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.2006HollywoodlandChester Sinclair2007TowelheadPhotographer2007National Treasure: Book of SecretsControl Room Guard2010The CraziesBen Sandborn2014Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who Is John Galt?Floyd Ferris2014The Snow Queen 2Eric (voice)English dub2015Justice League: Throne of AtlantisThomas Curry (voice)Direct-to-video2015Justice League: Gods and MonstersPete Ross (voice)Direct-to-video2025Abraham's BoysFather Leon
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1978Battlestar GalacticaCadet ShieldsEpisode: "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero"1979The Omega ConnectionRoger PikeTelevision film1980 M*A*S*HSoldierEpisode: "The Letters"1984W*A*L*T*E*RZipkinFailed television pilot1987–1991Square One TelevisionVarious characters231 episodes1990–1991Get a LifeTed2 episodes1991Saved by the BellSteven JamesonEpisode: "Mystery Weekend"1994Star Trek: Deep Space NineNydromEpisode: "Armageddon Game"1995–1997Freakazoid!Oblongata, Anton Mohans, Hans, Bernt, Chip Clavicle (voice)5 episodes1995–1998Pinky and the BrainVarious voices7 episodes1996Star Trek: VoyagerTersaEpisode: "Alliances"1996AnimaniacsAndrew Lloyd Webber (voice)Episode: "Dot's Entertainment"1997Cow and ChickenFrench Guy, English Guy (voice)Episode: "Law of Gravity"1997–1999Superman: The Animated SeriesFirst Mate, Restaurant Owner (voice)2 episodes1999Pinky, Elmyra & the BrainSalesman (voice)Episode: "A Walk in the Park"1999The Sylvester & Tweety MysteriesPotter, Conductor (voice)2 episodes1999–2000Batman BeyondPilot, Manor Cop (voice)2 episodes2001Samurai JackMr. Pibbles, Doorman (voice)Episode: "Jack and the Gangsters"2002The Zeta ProjectGate Guard (voice)Episode: "Wired"2002Star Trek: EnterpriseTessicEpisode: "Marauders"2004–2006DeadwoodLeon24 episodes2005Stargate SG-1Ori Prior #2 Episode: "Origin"2005Without a TraceRay PallidiesEpisode: "Freefall"2006Boston LegalRobert HooperEpisode: "The Cancer Man Can"2006CharmedXarEpisode: "Engaged and Confused"2006Ben 10Howell Wainwright, Head Scientist (voice)Episode: "A Small Problem"2006–2009Two and a Half MenPoliceman, Announcer2 episodes2007The RichesKarlEpisode: "This Is Your Brain on Drugs"2007State of MindLarry CarsonEpisode: "Between Here and There"2009Terminator: The Sarah Connor ChroniclesDetective CraytonEpisode: "Adam Raised a Cain"2011–2012CommunityCornelius Hawthorne2 episodes2017The Last TycoonHarold GrifeEpisode: "More Stars Than There Are in Heaven"2020Young SheldonLawrenceEpisode: "A Docent, A Little Lady and a Bouncer Named Dalton"
Video games YearTitleRoleNotes2002Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4San Francisco Bike Messenger2003Tony Hawk's UndergroundSlave Driver, Tampa Cop, Team Filmer2003SOCOM II U.S. Navy SEALsVandal2004Tony Hawk's Underground 2Additional voices2004EverQuest IIVarious voices2005Shadow of RomeMaecanas2005Ultimate Spider-ManAdditional voices2006Marvel: Ultimate AllianceLoki2011Star Wars: The Old RepublicAdditional voices2012Hitman: AbsolutionEdward Wade2021Romeo is a Dead ManBenjamin Stargazer
References
External links
Larry Cedar's website