**RODERICK PEEPLES (Walter Franz) is making his TimeLine debut. Chicago work includes ELIZABETH REX, HAMLET, PACIFIC OVERTURES, TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA and RICHARD III (Chicago Shakespeare); OEDIPUS COMPLEX and THREE SISTERS (Goodman); MORNING STAR and THE MESMERIST (Steppenwolf); and AN INSPECTOR CALLS, HEROES and THE VOYSEY INHERITANCE (Remy Bumppo), as well as many roles over the years with Victory Gardens, Famous Door (company member), Court and Next theatres. He received an Equity Jeff Award for DEALER’S CHOICE (Roadworks) and a Non-Equity Jeff Award for ORPHANS (CT20 Ensemble). Regional credits include many roles over five seasons with the Utah Shakespeare Festival, including Sir Toby Belch in TWELFTH NIGHT, Falstaff in MERRY WIVES and Moriarty in SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE FINAL ADVENTURE. Major roles over the years include work at Syracuse Stage, Clarence Brown, Madison Repertory and nine seasons with Illinois Shakespeare Festival. Film work includes Robert Altman’s THE COMPANY, ROAD TO PERDITION, NOVOCAINE and THE HUDSUCKER PROXY, and the independent films CHAT, LAST RITES OF JOE MAY, WHERE IT GETS YOU, BALL IN THE HOUSE, SHARKSKINS and BROTHER II. On television, Roderick has appeared in PRISON BREAK (Fox), ER (NBC), EARLY EDITION (CBS) and the UNTOUCHABLES series (syndicated).

Member of Actors' Equity Association