Robert Ri'chard

Robert Ri'chard
Ri'chard at the Inaugural Dignity Gala on October 18, 2013
Born	Robert Andrew Ri'chard (1983-01-07) January 7, 1983 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present

Robert Andrew Ri'chard (born January 7, 1983) is an American television and film actor.

Early life

Ri'chard was born in Los Angeles, California. He is African American of Louisiana Creole (African, French, Native American, and Spanish) descent.

Career

He has starred in the Nickelodeon sitcom Cousin Skeeter. He also made a few appearances as himself on the hit Nickelodeon game show, Figure It Out. He played Samuel on Touched By An Angel, a troubled teen who is in prison for shooting a man. Also, he has appeared in films such as Coach Carter and House of Wax. His breakout role was in the TV adaptation of Anne Rice's novel, The Feast of All Saints, where he played the young Marcel who becomes a man within society. He has been professionally acting since the age of 13. He appeared in the movie Light It Up along with R&B star Usher. He attended Palms Middle School in Los Angeles, California.

Ri'chard has guest starred on many hit shows such as Boston Public, Touched by an Angel, CSI: Miami, My Wife and Kids, and The Jamie Foxx Show. In 2000 he starred in the Disney Channel TV movie Alley Cats Strike. Ri'chard has appeared in the 2006 season of Veronica Mars. In 1997, Ri'chard starred in the television special, In His Father's Shoes, which earned him the 1998 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special. He became popular in 2001 when he got the role of Arnez Ballard on the UPN hit sitcom One on One alongside Flex Alexander and Kyla Pratt. That role was the most significant of his television roles. He continued to play the role until the show ended in 2006.

In the sitcom Meet the Browns, he portrayed Derek Porter, a buffoonish frat student who lived next door to Brown Meadows. He often provided service to Brown Meadows, and was often either the mastermind or participant in Brown's antics. He debuted in Season 3 as a recurring character, and in the fourth season, was promoted to a main character.

Ri'chard was set to star in a new series entitled Eight Days a Week, starring Christina Milian and Mario Lopez on the CW Television Network during the Fall 2007 season, but it was canceled due to the Writer's Strike before airing. On November 16, 2011, it was announced that Robert Ri'chard was cast as Jamie in the TV series The Vampire Diaries.^[1]

Films

In His Father's Shoes (1997) - Clay Crosby
Light It Up (1999) - Zacharias 'Ziggy' Malone (the narrator)
Alley Cats Strike (2000) - Todd McLemore
The Feast of All Saints (2001) - Marcel
Who's Your Daddy? (2003) - Murphy
P.N.O.K. (2005) - Private Battle
House of Wax (2005) - Blake
Coach Carter (2005) - Damien Carter
The Comebacks (2007) - ACL Tare (pronounced Acie-el-tare)
The Burrowers (2008)
Louis (2010) - Baquet
5th & Alameda (2011) - Troy
A Beautiful Soul (2012) - Christ Scott
Bolden! (2015)
Chocolate City (2015)
The Man in 3B (2015)-Benny
Bad Dad Rehab (2016)
Chocolate City : Vegas (soon)

Voice

Our Friend, Martin (1999) - Miles

Producer

Otto (2001)

Television

Where I Live (1993) - Brian
Four Points (1996) - Luke Williams
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1996) - Gary
Nash Bridges (1996) - Leo Morris
Crisis Center (1997) - Dwayne
The Jamie Foxx Show (1998) - Bruce
Once and Again (2000) - Jared
Boston Public (2001) - Student
Cousin Skeeter (1998–2001) - Bobby Walker
Touched by an Angel (1996, 2001) - Alex Wilson, Samuel Dixon
My Wife and Kids (2001) - Tommy Jefferson
CSI: Miami (2005) - Tobey Hollins
One on One (2001–2006) - Arnaz Ballard
Veronica Mars (2006–2007) - Mason
NCIS (2009) - Navy Seaman Richard Zell
Meet the Browns (2009–2011) - Derek Porter
The Vampire Diaries (2012) - as Jamie
King Bachelor's Pad (2012) - Howard
The Client List (2012) - Alex
CSI: NY (2013) - Ray Griffin
Lucifer (2016) - Josh Bryant

As himself

Figure It Out: Family Style TV series (third season title)
All That Live! (100th episode) (1999) guest role
Nickelodeon Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal guest- 1 episode (scored 4 points)

References

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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Robert Ri'chard.

Robert Ri'chard at the Internet Movie Database

The Vampire Diaries

Episodes

Season 1	"Pilot" "The Night of the Comet" "Friday Night Bites" "Family Ties" "You're Undead to Me" "Lost Girls" "Haunted" "162 Candles" "History Repeating" "The Turning Point" "Bloodlines" "Unpleasantville" "Children of the Damned" "Fool Me Once" "A Few Good Men" "There Goes the Neighborhood" "Let the Right One In" "Under Control" "Miss Mystic Falls" "Blood Brothers" "Isobel" "Founder's Day"

Season 2	"The Return" "Brave New World" "Bad Moon Rising" "Memory Lane" "Kill or Be Killed" "Plan B" "Masquerade" "Rose" "Katerina" "The Sacrifice" "By the Light of the Moon" "The Descent" "Daddy Issues" "Crying Wolf" "The Dinner Party" "The House Guest" "Know Thy Enemy" "The Last Dance" "Klaus" "The Last Day" "The Sun Also Rises" "As I Lay Dying"

Season 3	"The Birthday" "The Hybrid" "The End of the Affair" "Disturbing Behavior" "The Reckoning" "Smells Like Teen Spirit" "Ghost World" "Ordinary People" "Homecoming" "The New Deal" "Our Town" "The Ties That Bind" "Bringing Out the Dead" "Dangerous Liaisons" "All My Children" "The Departed"

Season 4	"Growing Pains" "Memorial" "The Rager" "The Five" "The Killer" "We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes" "My Brother's Keeper" "We'll Always Have Bourbon Street" "O Come, All Ye Faithful" "After School Special" "Catch Me If You Can" "A View to a Kill"

Season 5	"I Know What You Did Last Summer" "True Lies" "Original Sin" "For Whom the Bell Tolls" "Monster's Ball" "Handle with Care" "Death and the Maiden" "Dead Man on Campus" "The Cell" "Fifty Shades of Grayson" "500 Years of Solitude" "The Devil Inside" "Total Eclipse of the Heart" "No Exit" "Gone Girl" "While You Were Sleeping" "Rescue Me" "Resident Evil" "Man on Fire" "What Lies Beneath" "Promised Land" "Home"

Season 6	"I'll Remember" "Yellow Ledbetter" "Welcome to Paradise" "Black Hole Sun" "The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" "Do You Remember the First Time?" "Fade Into You" "I Alone"

Season 7	"Gods and Monsters"

Season 8

Characters

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 31620343 LCCN: no98116315

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