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Todd Susman

Acting for Camera and Voiceover (Musical Theatre)
Todd Susman headshot from above shoulders

Todd has been a multi-disciplinary actor, writer and teacher in New York and around the world.

His latest features include The Taking Of Pelham 123, You Don’t Know Jack, The ‘A’ Plate and The Discovers. Todd has co-starred and appeared as a series regular in multiple TV shows including five years as Officer Shifflett, the town cop in Newhart. He recurs as Jason Biggs’s father in Orange Is The New Black for Netflix and recently filmed episodes of Blue Bloods, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and the CBS spinoff, The Good Fight.

Todd has performed in a variety of episodic TV shows, pilots, commercials, Movies Of The Week, and voiceovers. He was the Public Address Announcer in the TV series MASH for eight years, and the Man From Mitsubishi on radio for eight years as well.

Todd starred as Wilbur Turnblad in Hairspray on Broadway and co-starred in Old Jews Telling Jokes at Westside Arts. He has written two plays that received Equity productions and positive reviews. His first, Locked and Loaded, was especially well received and ran for six months in its Los Angeles premiere.

Highlights

Professional actor for over forty-five years.

Has starred in Orange is the New Black, MASH and The Taking of Pelham 123

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