Keith Powell is an
American television actor who is best known for his role as Toofer on the
NBC sitcom 30 Rock.
In the spring of 2007, while working as a recurring character on
30 Rock, he shot an ABC pilot called
Judy's Got A Gun. It was subsequently not picked up for the Fall 2007 season, and Powell returned to
30 Rock, where he was promoted to a series regular.
He is also the Producing Artistic Director of Contemporary Stage Company, a summer theater in Wilmington, Delaware. He has produced/starred in/directed shows with
Lynn Redgrave,
Jasmine Guy,
Keith David,
Richard Easton,
Duncan Sheik, and
Sean Patrick Thomas.
In October 2008, Powell launched and starred in a self-funded web series called
Keith Powell Directs a Play chronicling Powell’s foray into directing
Uncle Vanya at a fictional repertory theatre group. The series coincides with an actual stage production that he is directing of Whisper House in March 2009.
Powell graduated from the
Tisch School of the Arts at
New York University in 2001, and St. Mark's High School in Wilmington, Delaware.
