Bernard K. Addison
has recently performed in the critically acclaimed Los Angeles premiere of "The Ballad of Emmett Till" at the Fountain Theatre. He also starred in the Ovation Award-winning production of "Joe Turner’s Come and Gone" as Herald Loomis at the Fountain Theatre and was nominated for the 2006 LA Weekly Theatre Award for Lead Actor for his performance, as well as a Garland Award Honorable Mention.  He reprised his role in Joe Turner at the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre in San Francisco.

He has performed in other LA productions at Boston Court (Mother Courage) the Odyssey (Macbeth) and the Ahmanson Theatre (Romeo and Juliet, directed by Sir Peter Hall), to name a few. Other regional theatre appearances includes productions at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, California Shakespeare Festival, the Denver Theatre Center, the McCarter Theatre, the Long Wharf Theatre and many years at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C.  His New York credits include Broadway (Electra); Off-Broadway (Incommunicado, various productions at the Pearl Theatre) and Off-off Broadway. 

Recent television credits include Castle, Ugly Betty, Las Vegas, Weeds, the Emmy-winning seasons of 24, Frasier and Law and Order, not to mention appearances on JAG, Angel, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  Film credits include Woody Allen’s Celebrity and narration for the documentary The Farm (1998 Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary). 

He is originally from Columbia, South Carolina.