Neal Huff
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Neal Huff

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Episode 19 — Conversation with Neal Huff
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About

Neal Huff has most recently been working on Broadway in the acclaimed production of To Kill a Mockingbird, in which he originated the role of the town drunk, Link Deas, alongside Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch. After a record-smashing run, Neal switched to play the racist Bob Ewell opposite Ed Harris. Just before Mockingbird, Neal played the dissolute lawyer Willy Oban in George C. Wolfe's hit production of The Iceman Cometh starring Denzel Washington.

Neal played clergy abuse survivor and advocate Phil Saviano in the Oscar-winning film Spotlight. His other film credits include Waves, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Moonrise Kingdom, and Meek's Cutoff.

Television

Neal played Sean Muldoon on the USA series The Sinner and Father Dan on HBO's Mare of Easttown. He also played Michael Steintorf, chief of staff to the mayor, on HBO's The Wire.

Other TV includes Falling Water, The Affair, Girls, Person of Interest, Billions, Genius, The Mist, Neon Joe Werewolf Hunter, Show Me a Hero, Fringe, Six Degrees, and Law & Order.

Theater

Neal's theater credits include Take Me Out (Broadway/Donmar Warehouse/Public), The Lion in Winter (Broadway), The Tempest (Broadway/NYSF), Indian Ink (Roundabout), Luce (LCT3), When I Come to Die (LCT3), Trumpery (Atlantic), The Foreigner (Roundabout), Blue Window (Barrow Group), and Troilus and Cressida (NYSF). Neal trained at NYU's Graduate Acting Program.