Myk Watford

Watford Attends The Kitchen Hollywood Premiere, 2019

Myk Watford is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his roles in the 2008 film Trailer Park of Terror, Spider-Man and the 2019 film The Kitchen.

Early life and education

Watford was born in St. Petersburg, FL and grew up in Russellville, AL which is 30 miles south of Muscle Shoals in North Alabama. He attended the University of Utah, where he was classically trained in theatre. Watford currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.

Career

Film and television

In 2002, Watford was cast as a cop in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man, starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst. He also appeared as Roach in Trailer Park of Terror (2008), No Country for Old Men (2007) and as Richard Matt in Lifetime's New York Prison Break The Seduction of Joyce Mitchell[1](2017) with Penelope Ann Miller. Watford's television credits include CSI, Law And Order: SVU, Criminal Minds, Without a Trace, NCIS, The Mentalist, Breaking Bad, Bones, Scandal, Longmire, Lethal Weapon, and Bosch. He can currently be seen as Detective Morelli in season 3 of HBO’s True Detective and as Eichler in the Netflix series The OA.

In 2019, Watford appeared as Little Jackie in Andrea Berloff’s directorial debut, The Kitchen.[2]

Theatre

Watford has also appeared in the Broadway and Off-Broadway productions Take Me Out,[3] Hank Williams: Lost Highway,[4] The Good Negro[5] and Five by Tenn.[6]

Music

Watford is also the front man of the popular swamp-rockabilly band, Stumpwaller, as well as the Johnny Cash Tribute Band, Big Cash and the Folsom 3.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2002 Spider-Man Cop at Fire
2003 Screen Door Jesus Sheriff Lou Dawson
2003 Marci X Police Officer
2005 The Exonerated Hayes Cop No. 2 TV movie
2006 The Hoax Sergent Daniels
2007 No Country for Old Men 'Managerial Victim'
2008 Trailer Park of Terror Roach
2008 Beer for My Horses Norvel
2009 Flying By Willy
2011 A Hidden Agender Carl Smart Short
2012 Arcadia Officer Allen
2014 1000 to 1: The Cory Weissman Story Marc Weissman Video
2014 Earth to Echo Blake Douglas
2016 War Torn Franklin Short
2017 New York Prison Break The Seduction of Joyce Mitchell Richard Matt TV movie
2017 The Trial of the Rockstar Ricky Trixx Short
2017 Darkness Rising Daniel
2019 The Kitchen Little Jackie
2021 Respect Rick Hall
Television
Year Title Role Episode
1999–2014 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Captain Sam Reynolds / Mark Whitlock / Tommy / Paul Cormick / Terry Davies 8 episodes
2000 Third Watch Ed Episode: "Nature or Nurture"
2003 Hack Bert Episode: "Collateral Damage"
2004 The Sopranos Cop No. 1 Episode: "Where's Johnny?"
2005 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Tim Holtzman Episode: "Sex Club"
2005 Rescue Me Steve Episode: "Harmony"
2006 Law & Order Detective Hannigan Episode: "Deadlock"
2007 The Unit Sergeant Wallace Episode: "Dark of the Moon"
2007 CSI: Miami Jerry Simmons Episode: "Rush"
2007 NCIS Major Eric Sweigart Episode: "Ex-File"
2008 Criminal Minds Curtis Fackler Episode: "A Higher Power"
2008 Numb3rs Alex Rezar Episode: "High Exposure"
2008 True Blood Bunkie Police Officer Episode: "To Love Is To Bury"
2009 Without a Trace John Gilroy Episode: "Believe Me"
2009 The Closer Todd West Episode: "Elysian Fields"
2010 Cold Case Joe Dan Billingsley Episode: "Flashover"
2010 Justified Price Episode: "Riverbrook"
2010 Medium Daniel Kerrigan Episode: "Time Keeps on Slipping"
2011 Private Practice Billy Douglas 2 episodes
2011 The Mentalist Cole Larkin Episode: "Fugue in Red"
2012 Person of Interest Scott Powell Episode: "Root Cause"
2012 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation David Jorgensen Episode: "Altered Stakes"
2012 Breaking Bad Engineer Episode: "Dead Freight"
2012 NCIS: Los Angeles Mike Hoffman Episode: "The Fifth Man"
2012 Emily Owens, M.D. Mr. Reeser Episode: "Emily and...the Question of Faith"
2013 CSI: NY Reno Martell Episode: "White Gold"
2013–2014 The Young and the Restless Womack 13 episodes
2014 Bones Ethan Papadelis Episode: "The Cold in the Case"
2014 Longmire Norwood Young Episode: "Of Children and Travelers"
2016 Bosch Captain Larry Gandle Episode: "Trunk Music"
2016 The Night Shift Steven Benedict Episode: "Three-Two-One"
2017 Training Day Vince Parker Episode: "Quid Pro Quo"
2017 Scandal Luther Episode: "Day 101"
2019 True Detective Detective Morelli 2 episodes
2019 The OA Eichler 2 episodes
2023–2024 For All Mankind Palmer James 8 episodes

Further reading

  1. Healy, Allie. (November 30, 2016). "Lifetime plans prison escape movie: Who will star in 'The Joyce Mitchell Story?" NYUp.com
  2. Chen, Ming. (June 5, 2019). "Myk Watford: The Kitchen." A Shared Universe Podcast Network.
  3. Greer, Ed. Swallow, Ron. (May 6, 2019). "Myk Watford GOATS Michael Myers." Nerd G.O.A.T. Podcast.
  4. Cusack, Ryan. (June 1, 2019). "A ctor Myk Watford Talks New Horror-Thriller ‘Portal’ And Much More!" iHorror.com.
  5. Cochran, Ariel. (July 25, 2019). "Alabama’s Myk Watford in “The Kitchen” with latest film." CBS42.com

References

  1. ^ "Lifetime plans prison escape movie: Who will star in 'The Joyce Mitchell Story?'". NYUp.com. November 30, 2016.
  2. ^ "DC/Vertigo's The Kitchen Casts Common, James Badge Dale & More". Screen Rant. April 19, 2018.
  3. ^ "It's Outta There: Bway's Take Me Out Closes Jan. 4". Playbill. January 4, 2004.
  4. ^ "Hank Williams: Lost Highway". Theatre Mania.
  5. ^ "Battiste, Calloway, Mackie and More Cast in Public LAB's The Good Negro". Playbill. April 24, 2008.
  6. ^ "Five by Tenn". Variety. April 29, 2004.