Richard Grieco
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| Born | March 23, 1965 Watertown, New York |
Richard John Grieco, Jr. (born March 23, 1965) is an American actor and former fashion model. He was born to an Italian father (Richard Grieco, Sr.) and an Irish mother (Carolyn O'Reilly). He was a model for Armani, Calvin Klein and Chanel. Grieco is father to a son (Dylan Justice Sissons) born in 1999, with his ex-girlfriend, model and actress Kimber Sissons. Currently, he is single and lives in Los Angeles, California. Grieco has a collection of 1980s cars.
Born in Watertown, New York, Grieco played football for Central Connecticut State University. After working as a model, he studied acting. He played Rick Gardner on One Life to Live from 1985 to 1987. In 1988, Grieco began appearing as Detective Dennis Booker on the shows 21 Jump Street and its spinoff Booker. Grieco's feature film debut was as Michael Corben in If Looks Could Kill (1991) and has appeared in numerous films since. He also appeared in the TV series Marker in 1995 and played himself in the 1998 film A Night at the Roxbury.
He dated another One Life to Live star, Yasmine Bleeth, in 2001. Richard and Yasmine also co-starred in the 1999 movie Heaven or Vegas and the 1999 made-for-TV movie Ultimate Deception.
He began a singing career in 1994 with the Dunmore Band. He signed to a German label and released a CD, Waiting for the Sky to Fall, in 1995. Later on he teamed up with music manager Cheryl Bogart and formed the band Wasteland Park in 2004.
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[edit] Pop culture
Grieco was idolized by Chau Presley, a character played by John Cho in the WB sitcom Off Centre. In the show, Chau met Grieco at a Department of Motor Vehicles and traded him an Oingo Boingo shirt for the one he was wearing. Several references are made to Grieco and his movies (especially Point Doom).
[edit] Selected films
- If Looks Could Kill (titled Teen Agent for its UK release.) - 1991 - Michael Corben
- Mobsters - 1991 - Bugsy Siegel
- Tomcat: Dangerous Desires - 1992 - Tom
- Born to Run - 1993 - Nicky Donatello
- Suspicious Agenda - 1994 - Tony Castagne
- Sin and Redemption - 1994 - Jim McDaniels
- A Vow to Kill - 1994 - Eric
- Rebel Run - 1994 - Bolt
- The Demolitionist - 1995 - Mad Dog Burne
- It Was Him or Us - 1995 - Gene Shepard
- Circuit Breaker - 1996 - Adam
- Mutual Needs - 1997 - Brandon Collier
- When Time Expires - 1997 - Travis Beck
- Against the Law - 1997 - Rex
- The Journey: Absolution - 1998 - Sgt. Bradley
- Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights - 1998 - Sinbad
- Ultimate Deception - 1998 - Bobby Woodkin
- Captive - 1998 - Joe Goodis
- Blackheart - Quest Of A Serial Killer - 1998 - Ray
- The Apostate - 1998 - Michael Killan
- Garden of Evil - 1998 - Dean
- A Night at the Roxbury - 1998 - himself
- Heaven or Vegas - 1999 - Navy
- Final Payback - 2000 - Joey Randall
- Point Doom - 2000 - Rick Hansen
- Harold Robbins' Body Parts - 2000 - Ty Kinnick
- Manhattan Midnight - 2001 - Midnight
- Sexual Predator - 2001 - J.C. Gale
- Death, Deceit & Destiny Aboard the Orient Express - 2001 - Jack Chase
- Sweet Revenge - 2001 - Frank
- Fish Don't Blink - 2002 - Pete
- Wounded - 2003 - Braeden Karrow
- Book Of Days - 2003 - Mr. Finch
- Webs - 2003 - Dean
- Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain - 2003 - Mark
- Phantom Force - 2004 - Mark Dupree
- Dead Easy - 2004 - Simon Storm
- Raiders of the Damned - 2005 - Dr. Lewis
- Forget About It - 2006 - Anthony Amato
- The Ghost Rider - 2007 - One Eye Jack
[edit] Selected television work
- One Life to Live (1985 to 1987) - Rick Gardner
- 21 Jump Street (1988 to 1989) - Detective Dennis Booker
- Booker (1989 to 1990) - Detective Dennis Booker
- Marker (1995) - Richard DeMorra
- Veronica Mars as Steve Botando
- "President Evil" (2006)
- "There's Got to be a Morning After Pill" (2007)
- "Mars, Bars" (2007)
- Gone Country 3 on CMT. (2009)
