Biography
Derek Cecil is an American actor. Born on 5 January 1973 in Amarillo, Texas, he graduated from the University of Houston and the American Conservatory Theater. He is a founding member of New York's Rude Mechanicals Theater Company.
Cecil is known for his recurring role as Seth Grayson in the Netflix series House of Cards (2013–2018), for which the cast received Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. His other television credits include The Beat (2000), Push, Nevada (2002), Banshee (2013–2014), The Outsider (2020) and Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018). Film roles include Men in Black II (2002) and The Next Three Days (2010). He appeared as Dr. Robert Donatti in the 2023 miniseries Lessons in Chemistry.
