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Sam Richardson (born January 12, 1984) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for playing Richard Splett in the HBO political comedy series Veep (2012–2019), co-creating and co-starring in the Comedy Central comedy series Detroiters (2017–2018) alongside Tim Robinson, and playing various characters in the Netflix sketch show I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (2019–present), and co-starring in the Apple TV+ series The Afterparty (2022). In 2022, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance in Ted Lasso.

Sam Richardson
Richardson in January 2019
Born	(1984-01-12) January 12, 1984 (age 38) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation	Actor comedian writer producer
Years active	2004–present

Early life

Richardson was born in Detroit on January 12, 1984,[1][2] the son of a Ghanaian mother and an African-American father.[3][4] His aunt was Barbara-Rose Collins (née Richardson), who in 1990 became the first black woman from Michigan to be elected to the United States Congress.[5][6] Once or twice a year, Richardson would travel with his parents to Ghana, where his grandfather was a chief and local political leader.[7] He graduated from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy in 2002,[8] and studied theater at Wayne State University.[9][10]

Career

Early in his career, Richardson performed at the Second City in Detroit and then in Chicago.[11] At Second City, he was known for a wide range of characters, from sight gags to impressions of public figures.[12]

Following a move to Los Angeles, Richardson appeared in six episodes (including the series finale) of The Office and a season 4 episode of Arrested Development.[11] He has also appeared on episodes of Drunk History, New Girl, Teachers, and six episodes of Harder Than It Looks. He played Richard Splett on the HBO political comedy series Veep, first appearing in four episodes during season 3 as the handler for Selina Meyer during her Iowa book tour.[13] During season 4, Richardson was made a regular cast member of the show,[11][14][15] after his character received a job offer in President Meyer's administration as an assistant to the character Jonah.[16] He has also appeared in films including We're the Millers, Horrible Bosses 2, Spy,[13] Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, and Ghostbusters.[17]

In 2015, Comedy Central ordered a pilot for the series Detroiters, created by Richardson and Tim Robinson. The show stars Richardson and Robinson, who also co-wrote and co-executive produced the series with others.[18] Comedy Central then ordered ten episodes of the series, which began shooting in the Detroit area in 2016. According to Detroit Free Press, "In the series, Richardson and Robinson play struggling advertising men in Detroit who make local TV commercials. The plot was inspired partly by the classic Detroit ads they grew up watching, including the Mel Farr Superstar and Gordy from ABC Warehouse campaigns."[19] Detroiters ran for two seasons before its cancellation by Comedy Central in 2018.[20]

In 2016, Richardson was nominated for the Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series (Individual or Ensemble) award at the Canadian Screen Awards for his work on The Second City Project. He was also nominated for the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at the 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 Screen Actors Guild Awards for his work on Veep, winning the last one. In 2018, he began playing Alf in the YouTube Premium series Champaign ILL.[12][21] Since 2019, he has played various characters in the Netflix sketch show I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson.

In 2022, Richardson was in the main cast of the Apple TV+ mystery comedy series The Afterparty.

Filmography

Film

Key

	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	The Planning Lady	Police Officer	Short film
2010	Superman vs. The Office	Sam
2013	We're the Millers	TSA Agent
	The Rule of Threes	Jeff	Short film
	Crash Site	Ben
2014	Horrible Bosses 2	The Producer
2015	Spy	John
	The Night Is Young	Sam
2016	Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising	Eric Baiers
	Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates	Eric Huddle
	Ghostbusters	Basement Cop
	Office Christmas Party	Joel
2017	The House	Marty
2018	Game Over, Man!	Donald
	Ralph Breaks the Internet	Lee the Office Nerd (voice)
2019	Good Boys	Officer Sacks
2020	Promising Young Woman	Paul
	Superintelligence	Agent John Donahue
	Hooking Up	Bailey Brighton
2021	Werewolves Within	Finn Wheeler	Producer
	The Tomorrow War	Charlie
2022	Family Squares	Alex
	Senior Year	Seth Novacelik
	Hocus Pocus 2	Gilbert

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Harder Than It Looks	Sam	Recurring role, 6 episodes
2012–13	The Office	Colin
2013	Arrested Development	TSA Agent	Episode: "Flight of the Phoenix"
2014–19	Veep	Richard Splett	40 episodes; Recurring role (season 3), Main role (seasons 4-7)
2015	Drunk History	Jim Brown	Episode: "Cleveland"
	The Sixth Lead	Security Guard	Episodes: "Trouble at the Security Gate" and "The Perfect Joke"
	The Second City Project	Various	10 episodes; Writer
2016	Teachers	Mr. Jackson	Episode: "The Last Day"
	Son of Zorn	Businessman	Episode: "Return to Orange County"
	Lip Sync Battle	Himself	Episode: "Sam Richardson vs. T.J. Miller"
2016, 2018	New Girl	Dunston	Episodes: "The Apartment" and "Where The Road Goes"
2017	Portlandia	Amore Rep	Episode: "Amore"
	The Comedy Jam	Himself	Episode: "Sam Richardson/Jesse Tyler Ferguson/Awkwafina"
2017–18	Detroiters	Sam Duvet	20 episodes, Main role; also writer and executive producer
2018	Champaign ILL	Alf	10 episodes, Main role; also executive producer
	Dessert Island	Sandor (voice)	Unknown episodes
	Ghosted	Sam	Episode: "The Wire"
2018–19	Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Muninn (voice)	Main role
2019	Relics and Rarities	Ionis Leatherfoot	Episode: "The Trial of the Hidden Ones"
	Archer	Bort the Garj (voice)	Episodes: "Bort the Garj" and "Happy Borthday"
	Conan Without Borders	Himself	Episode: "Ghana"[22]
	Human Discoveries	Bog (voice)	9 episodes, Main role
	Room 104	Greg	Episode: "Drywall Guys"
2019–20	BoJack Horseman	Dr. Champ (voice)	5 episodes, Recurring role
2019-21	I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson	Various	Episodes: "Has This Ever Happened to You?", "Oh Snap, A Bunch More Bad Just Happened" and "They said that to me at a dinner."[23]
2020	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Will Cooper	Episode: "The Spite Store"
2020-2022	Star Trek: Lower Decks	Vendome (voice)	2 episodes
2020	Dream Corp, LLC	Patient 44	Episode: "Tricky Ricky"
	Hoops	Marcus (voice)	Recurring role
	Woke	Toast (voice)	Episodes: "Rhymes with Broke", "What Prequels?" and "Gig E. Smalls"
2020–21	The Fungies!	Cool James / Mr. Mayor	Recurring roles
2021	M.O.D.O.K.	Garfield "Gary" Garoldson (voice)	Main role
	Q-Force	Greg	Episodes: "The Secretaries’ Ball", "Tarzana" and "Greyscale"
	Nailed It!	Himself	Episode: "Paranormal Pastries"
	Ted Lasso	Edwin Akufo	Episodes: "Midnight Train to Royston" and "Inverting the Pyramid of Success"
2021–present	HouseBroken	Chico (voice)	Main role
2022	Harley Quinn	Swamp Thing (voice)	Episode: "It's a Swamp Thing"
2022–present	The Afterparty	Aniq	Main role
2023	Velma	Norville “Shaggy” Rogers (voice)	Upcoming series

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2015	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Veep	Nominated	[24]
2017				Nominated	[25]
2018				Won	[26]
2022	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	Ted Lasso: Midnight Train to Royston	Nominated	[27]

References

External links

• Sam Richardson at IMDb

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[de] Sam Richardson (Schauspieler)

Sam Richardson (* 12. Januar 1984 in Detroit, Michigan[1][2]) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Synchronsprecher ghanaischer Abstammung, der durch die Rolle des Richard Splett aus der HBO-Serie Veep – Die Vizepräsidentin Bekanntheit erlangte.

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