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
OccupationActor
Years active1993–present

Robert Andrew Ri'chard (born January 7, 1983)[1] is an American television and film actor, best known for his roles as Arnaz Ballard on the UPN sitcom One on One and Bobby Walker on the Nickelodeon sitcom Cousin Skeeter.

Early life

Ri'chard was born in Los Angeles, California. He is of Louisiana Creole[2] 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 whose brother 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, NCIS, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, 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 Arnaz 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 considered for the role of Barry Frost in Rizzoli & Isles but the role was given to Lee Thompson Young.

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 2007 Writers 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.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1997 In His Father's Shoes Clay Crosby TV movie
1999 Our Friend, Martin Miles (voice) Video
Light It Up Zacharias 'Ziggy' Malone
2000 Alley Cats Strike Todd McLemore TV movie
2001 The Feast of All Saints Marcel TV movie
2002 Who's Your Daddy? Murphy Video
2005 Coach Carter Damien Carter
House of Wax Blake
P.N.O.K. Pvt. Battle Short
2007 The Comebacks Aseel Tare
Eight Days a Week Daniel 'Sarge' Sargent TV movie
2010 Louis Baquet
2011 5th & Alameda Troy
2012 A Beautiful Soul Christ Scott
2013 Pastor Shirley Jason
2014 Sweat Harder Athlete 7 Short
2015 Chocolate City Michael McCoy
The Man in 3B Benny
2016 Bad Dad Rehab Tristan TV movie
2017 Secondhand Love - Short
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip Michael McCoy
Vagabonds Skeeter Johnson Short
2018 Kinky Darrin Bernard
Throwback Holiday Aaron Tucker
2019 Bolden George Baquet
The Naughty List Zane TV movie
2020 My Brother's Keeper Donnie
Alone Brandon
2021 Real Talk Robert Allen
The Fight That Never Ends John 'Jay' Hunter TV movie
2023 Sweetwater Pop [4]
Big Boss TJ
Queen of Hearts Justin Tubi movie
Vicious Affair Kenneth Hastings Tubi movie
Paradies 3 TBA Postproduction

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Where I Live Brian Episode: "Married... with Children"
1996 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Gary Episode: "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"
Nash Bridges Leo Episode: "Leo's Big Score"
Touched by an Angel Samuel Dixon Episode: "Sins of the Father"
1996–98 Nickelodeon Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal Luke Williams / Troy Davis Episode: "4 Points" & "First Time"
1997 Crisis Center Dwayne Episode: "Shots"
Promised Land Hank Episode: "Stealing Home: Part 1 & 2"
1998 The Jamie Foxx Show Bruce Episode: "The Afterschool Special" & "We Got No Game"
1999 All That Himself Episode: "All That Live! (100th episode)"
1998–2001 Cousin Skeeter Bobby Walker Main cast
2000 Once and Again Jared Recurring cast: Season 1
2001 Boston Public Student Episode: "Chapter Fourteen"
My Wife and Kids Tommy Episode: "Grassy Knoll"
Touched by an Angel Alex Wilson Episode: "Band of Angels"
2001–06 One on One Arnaz Ballard Main cast
2005 CSI: Miami Tobey Hollins Episode: "48 Hours to Life"
2006–07 Veronica Mars Mason Recurring cast: Season 3
2009 NCIS Seaman Richard Zell Episode: "South by Southwest"
2009–10 Meet the Browns Derek Porter Recurring cast: Season 3-4
2012 The Vampire Diaries Jamie Recurring cast: Season 3
King Bachelor's Pad Howard Episode: "Last Wish"
The Client List Alex Episode: "Acting Up"
2013 CSI: NY Ray Griffin Episode: "Today Is Life"
2014 Hungry Jayson Episode: "How to Marry a Millionaire"
2015 427 Dion Episode: "Pilot"
2016 Lucifer Josh Bryant Episode: "Lucifer, Stay. Good Devil."
2017 iZombie Finn Vincible Episode: "Eat a Knievel"
2017–21 The Rich and the Ruthless Max Barringer Main cast
2020 Empire Julian Recurring cast: Season 6
2021 Harlem Shawn Recurring cast

References

  1. Rose, Mike (January 7, 2023). "Today's famous birthdays list for January 7, 2023 includes celebrities Nicolas Cage, Kenny Loggins". Cleveland.com. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  2. "Robert Ri'chard On His Way To Get Married To Co-Star Cougar Girlfriend or Already Dating Someone Else?". Live Rampup. July 26, 2017.
  3. "Breaking Celeb News, Entertainment News, and Celebrity Gossip | E! News UK". Uk.eonline.com. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  4. Lang, Brent (2022-10-11). "Briarcliff Entertainment Buys Sweetwater, Drama About Pioneering African American NBA Player (Exclusive)". Variety. Archived from the original on December 30, 2022. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
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