Biography

After studying with Actors Studio member Eli Rill in Toronto, Richard debuted on stage as Paul Bratter in Barefoot in the Park. He was next cast as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire, calling upon his parent's Polish roots to inhabit the iconic role. The director of Barefoot in the Park was a fan of Konstantin Stanislavski and Richard fell in love with the richness of his craft. When his parents divorced, his mother moved to New York, and Richard followed. In matter of weeks became an understudy in Entertaining Mr. Sloane at The Cherry Lane. The lead actor won the starring role in Grease II, and Richard was on stage in short order. Richard moved to Los Angeles and started his L.A. career onstage in The Fox, winning a Drama-Logue Performance Award. After many T.V. appearances, he won the role of Brick Wallace in the new hit NBC Daytime Drama Santa Barbara earning a Daytime Emmy nomination. Another production of A Streetcar Named Desire in Los Angeles won Richard his second Drama-Logue Performance Award, this time for Stanley Kowalski. Here, he met his wife-to-be, Shannon Hile, who played Stella.

Richard took on the role of Alex Murphy in the television series RoboCop. He has remained loyal to his Santa Barbara and RoboCop fans worldwide. Richard and his wife Shannon have a slate of television and feature writing projects. They are managed by Italian Pacific manager/producer, John-Paul Sarni. Richard is a member of the Pacific Resident Theatre Company.

- IMDb mini biography by: Shannon Hile