BIO
Henry Strozier is an actor/narrator who was a resident company member of eleven professional theatres around the country: The Asolo, Baltimore’s Center Stage, The Barter Theater, The Loretto-Hilton, The Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, The Missouri Rep, The Milwaukee Rep, The American Players Theater, the beloved Totem Pole Playhouse and Arena Stage. He was at Arena for 16 years. He has also appeared at Williamstown, The Guthrie, The Westport Country Playhouse, The Missouri Rep, the Olney Theater, The Bucks County Playhouse, Rutgers (guest artist), East Carolina, Marriott Lincolnshire, the Pinehurst Playhouse, and D.C.’s Studio Theater. In addition, he has also worked on and off Broadway.
He was in 50 productions at Arena Stage, including Karl in The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Edgar in Dance of Death, The Captain in The Father, Schill in The Visit, the Leading Man in Six Characters in Search of an Author, Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Harpagon in “The Miser”, Lord Summerhays in “Misalliance”, and Uncle Billy in A Wonderful Life.
He was nominated for 4 Helen Hayes Awards (Wash D.C.) and won for Shpigelsky in the 1995 production of Turgenev’s A Month in The Country. In Chicago, he was proud to be part of the cast of The Last Meeting of The Knights of the White Magnolia which won a Jefferson Award for Best Ensemble. His first professional acting job, as an apprentice at the Barter Theatre in 1960, was opposite Ned Beatty in Regions of Noon.
Broadway and Off-Broadway plays include Art, Judgment at Nuremberg, A Question of Mercy, Spinning Into Butter, Wonderland, Andorra, McReel, The Persians, and Right You Are.
His film and TV career includes roles in 13 Days, Contact, Sex in the City. Law and Order, Homicide, You Don’t Know Jack, Birch Interval, Mary White, Dr. Max (with Lee J. Cobb), Kidnapped, the Whoopie Goldberg show, and Damages.
Strozier was the original male voice of The Discovery Channel, the narrator of two PBS series, 1900 House and Manor House and the narrator of the Animal Planet Series, Too Cute!, for which he was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards. His career includes voice-over for movie trailers, The Smithsonian Institution, National Geographic numerous video games, commercials, and political spots that support Democrats.
He has been reading for Recorded Books since the company began and has recorded over 100 books. He has won several AudioFile “Earphones Awards,” and an Audie in 2016.
He is very grateful for his 13 year run as one of the two cranberry bog characters in the Ocean Spray commercials, which allowed him to stand in a Cranberry bog in Rockefeller Center, meet wonderful people across the country, and work with some of the best people in the world, the actual Cranberry growers.
He served 3 years in the Army, and has a B.A. with Honors in English, from the University of Iowa.
“I used to go out to elementary and middle schools, often in the poorest areas, to tell stories in places like East St. Louis, Milwaukee, Virginia, and New Jersey. Ghost stories, adventure stories — I acted them out, and there was a lot of action, no reading. I always told the children right off, ‘I’m here for you to have a good time, and I think you will.’
I never did more than four sessions a day, as it was just me and a chair, and I rarely used the chair, as I acted out the stories, and some of them were very active. I quit after almost melting one day in the Sun at the International Story whatever at Wolf Trap. I got in trouble with other people doing this as they accused me of undercharging. A few times, each child had to pay a dime, but most of the time the schools paid me. I started doing this when the theater season ended, and I still needed to provide food and shelter to my family. I loved it, and I think the children did, too. We had a very good time.”
IMDb
KNOWN FOR:
Thirteen Days Dean Rusk (2000) | Too Cute! Narrator (2011-2013) | Damages Judge R.D. Oliver (2009) | Sex and the City Judge (2008)
FILMOGRAPHY
2018 Red Dead Redemption II (Video Game)/ (Voice)
2011 L.A. Noire (Video Game)/ (Voice)
2010 Slap Back Jack: High Five Master (Short Film)/ Narrator
2010 You Don't Know Jack (TV Movie)/ Oakhill Doctor
2009 Damages (TV Series)/ Judge R.D. Oliver- Trust Me (2009) ... Judge R.D. Oliver- Look What He Dug Up This Time (2009) ... Judge R.D. Oliver- Hey! Mr. Pibb! (2009) ... Judge R.D. Oliver
2008 Goosebumps Horrorland (Video Game) (Voice)
2008 Saint Nick (Short Film)/ Dr. Harry Python
2008 Sex and the City/ (Movie) Judge
2008 Grand Theft Auto IV (Video Game)/ John Hunter (Voice)
2008 Canterbury's Law (TV Series)/ Judge Slotnick- Baggage (2008)
2007 American Experience (Documentary TV Series)/ John Adams- Alexander Hamilton (2007)
2007 First Born (Movie) Dr. Switzer
2006 The Caretakers (Short Film) Tom
2006 Kidnapped (TV Series) George Colker- Sorry, Wrong Number (2006)
2005 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series)/ Leo Ansel- Saving Face (2005)
2004 Imaginary Heroes (Movie) Dr. Davis
2004 House of D (Movie) Civil Servant
2003 Whoopi (TV Series)/ Hal Stevens- The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy (2003)
2003 Marci X (Movie) Drake Winship
2003 Hack (TV Series)/ Bishop Long- Sinners and Saints (2003)
1999-2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)/ Jon Freeman- Tortured (2003)- Wanderlust (1999)
2002 Ernstfall in Havanna (Movie) Robert J. Claiborne
2002 The Job (TV Series) Thurston- Boss (2002) ... Thurston
2001 Gasline (Short) Radio Announcer
2000 Thirteen Days (Movie) Dean Rusk
1999 The Pitch (Short Film) Pitcher
1999 The Tavern (Movie) Customer
1999 The Wheel of Time (Video Game) Narrator
1998 Law & Order (TV Series)/ Deputy Tom North- Punk (1998)
1998 John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles (Video Game)/ Malcom Metcalf (Voice)
1998 Dead Man's Curve/ (Movie) Chancellor Alexander
1997 Contact/ (Movie) Minister
1997 Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (Video Game)/ Sigmund Kiscolon / Trap Driver / Charleton Heston / ... (voice)
1997 Shadow Conspiracy (Movie) Murphy
1996 Star Control 3 (Video Game)/ Ploxis (Voice)
1996 First Kid (Movie)General
1995 Mission Critical (Video Game) Admiral Charles Decker (Voice)
1995 Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series)/ Elden Warner- The Old and the Dead (1995)
1994 Death Gate (Video Game)/ Lord Xar (Voice)
1988 Talking to Strangers (Movie) Priest
1986 The Imagemaker (Movie) Accountant
1985 NBC Special Treat (TV Series)/ Mr. Frommer- Out of Time
1978 The Trial of the Moke (TV Movie)/ Joseph Sender
1977 Mary White (TV Movie) Mr. Andrews
1976 Birch Interval/ (Movie) Ben Craig
1974 Dr. Max (TV Movie)/ Roger Larson
2012 Monster Bug Wars! (Documentary TV Series) (Narrator - 11 episodes)Show all 11 episodes
2015 2015 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (TV SpecialNominee
2011-2013 Too Cute! (Nonfiction TV Series)Show all 19 episodes
2011 How Beer Saved the World (TV Documentary)/ Narrator
2005 Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism (TV Documentary)/ Narrator
2003 Russia, Land of the Tsars (TV Documentary Mini-Series)Narrator
2001 Trade Secrets: A Moyers Report (TV Documentary) Narrator
2000 21st Century Medicine (TV Nonfiction Series) Narrator
2000 The First Measured Century (TV Documentary) Narrator
1999 The Great Balloon Race (TV Documentary)/ Narrator
1997 Death Rituals (TV Documentary)/ Narrator
1996 National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria (TV Documentary)/ Narrator
1993 Among the Baboons (TV Documentary)/ Narrator
1989 Stephen King's World of Horror (TV Documentary)/ Narrator
1983 To Bear Witness (Documentary Short)/ Narrator
NARRATOR
Monster Bug Wars! (TV Series documentary) (narrator - 11 episodes)
- Deadly Duels (2012) ... (narrator)
- Super Slayers (2012) ... (narrator)
- Murderous Intent (2012) ... (narrator)
- Mother of All Wars (2012) ... (narrator)
- Utter Violence (2012) ... (narrator)
Show all 11 episodes
2009 Monster Bug Wars! (TV Movie documentary) (narrator)
NARRATOR / VOICEOVER
2015 2015 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (TV Special)/ Himself - Nominee
2011-2013 Too Cute! (TV Series documentary)
Narrator- Top 20 Puppies (2013)- Puppy Love (2012) ... Narrator- Cuddly Kittens (2012) ... Narrator- Fluffy Puppy Party (2012) ... Narrator- Sweetest Animal Friends (2012) ... Narrator Show all 19 episodes
2012 Monster Bug Wars! (TV Series documentary)/ Narrator- Monster Bug Wars Top 10 (2012) ... Narrator (voice)
2011 How Beer Saved the World (TV Movie documentary)/ Himself - Narrator (voice)
2005 Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism (TV Movie documentary)/ Narrator (voice)
2003 Russia, Land of the Tsars (TV Mini-Series documentary) (voice)
2001 Trade Secrets: A Moyers Report (TV Movie documentary) (voice)
2000 21st Century Medicine (TV Series)
Himself- Bionic Breakthroughs (2000) ... Himself- Operating in the Future (2000) ... Himself (voice)
2000 The First Measured Century (TV Movie documentary) (voice)
1999 The Great Balloon Race (TV Movie documentary)/ Narrator (voice)
1997 Death Rituals (TV Movie documentary)/ Narrator
1996 National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria (TV Movie documentary)\/ Narrator
1993 Among the Baboons (TV Movie documentary)/ Narrator
1989 Stephen King's World of Horror (TV Movie documentary)/ Narrator (voice)
1983 To Bear Witness (Documentary short)/ Narrator
ROTTEN TOMATOES
HIGHEST RATED MOVIES:
Talking to Strangers | You Don't Know Jack | Thirteen Days | Contact
MOVIES
You Don't Know Jack Oakhill Doctor—2010
Imaginary Heroes Dr. Davis—2005
Thirteen Days Dean Rusk—2000
John Singer Sargent: Outside the Frame (Documentary) Narrator—2000
1900 House Narrator—2000
The Tavern Customer—1999
Dead Man's Curve Chancellor Alexander—1998
Contact Priest—1997
Shadow Conspiracy Treasury Secretary Murphy—1997
First Kid General—1996
Talking to Strangers Priest—1988
The Imagemaker Accountant—1986
Birch Interval Ben Craig—1976
TV
Too Cute! 2011-2016 Narrator 2017, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
Damages 2007-2012 Judge R.D. Oliver
Hack 2002-2004 Bishop Long
Whoopi 2003-2004 Hal Stevens
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 Jon Freeman
Homicide: Life on the Street 1993-1999 Elden Warner