Rick Schroder

Not to be confused with Richard Schröder or Richard Schroeder.

Rick Schroder
Schroder in November 2008
Born	Richard Bartlett Schroder April 13, 1970 (1970-04-13) Staten Island, New York, United States
Other names	Ricky Schroder
Occupation	Actor and director
Years active	1979–present
Spouse	Andrea Bernard (1992-present), 4 children

Richard Bartlett "Rick" Schroder, Jr. (born April 13, 1970) is an American actor and film director.

He debuted in the 1979 hit film The Champ, going on to become a child star on the sitcom Silver Spoons. He has continued acting as an adult, notably on the western Lonesome Dove and the television crime drama NYPD Blue.

Early life and career

Schroder was born in Staten Island, New York, the son of Diane, a telephone company employee, and Richard Bartlett Schroder, Sr., a telephone company district manager. He has a sister, Dawn. His great, great, grandmother came from Oslo, Norway and his paternal grandparents from Hamburg, Germany, which makes him both, of Norwegian and of German descent. Schroder debuted in the 1979 remake of the movie The Champ, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best New Male Star of the Year in a Motion Picture at the age of nine for his role as T.J. Flynn in the movie.

In the following year, he made a Walt Disney feature film called The Last Flight of Noah's Ark with Elliott Gould. The film bombed at the box office. He also starred as the title character in the film Little Lord Fauntleroy alongside Alec Guinness in 1980.

He became well known as the star of the television series Silver Spoons, when he played the lead character Ricky Stratton. After Silver Spoons ended, he attended Calabasas High School for his senior year. As he grew older, he struggled to become known as a serious actor. He changed his name credit from Ricky to Rick and preferred to take roles which helped him to stretch as an actor. He made an appearance as the guest timekeeper in Wrestlemania 2 for The Main Event steel cage match between Hulk Hogan and King Kong Bundy.

Schroder was ranked #18 in VH1’s list of the 100 Greatest Kid Stars and #33 in VH1’s list of the 100 Greatest Teen Stars.

Adult career

Schroder's co-starring role in the Western mini-series Lonesome Dove and its sequel, Return to Lonesome Dove, helped in his attempt to be recognized in more mature roles. His roles as Danny Sorenson on three seasons of NYPD Blue, nurse Paul Flowers in Scrubs, Dr. Dylan West on Strong Medicine, and Mike Doyle on the 2007 season of 24 worked to cement that perception with the viewing audience.

In 2004, Rick Schroder wrote and directed the feature film Black Cloud, a drama about a Navajo boxer. The same year he directed and starred in the music video for "Whiskey Lullaby", a song by Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss. Schroeder's son and daughter also appeared in the video. In 2005 CMT Music Awards, the video won the "Collaborative Video of the Year" award, while director of the video Schroder won "Director of the Year" award.

In 2007, Schroder announced that he was changing his credit back to "Ricky" beginning with his role on 24. In an interview, he admitted that changing his name from "Ricky" to "Rick" at 18, upon prompting by his agent, was a mistake. "'Rick' never really fit,” he said. “I tried for 18 years to make it work, and no one wanted to call me 'Rick'. It should always have been 'Ricky'. That’s what it always should have been, so I’m going back to it.”

In 2009, he directed the adventure horror film Hellhounds.

Schroder guest-starred in a January 2011 episode of ABC's No Ordinary Family.

He currently has a reality show project for the US Army.

Personal life

Schroder married Andrea Bernard on September 26, 1992. Together, they have four children: Holden Richard Schroder (born January 8, 1992), Luke William Schroder (born August 1, 1993), Cambrie Schroder (born September 14, 1997), and Faith Anne Schroder (born August 8, 2001). Andrea Bernard Schroder is an interior designer and was a contestant on Season Two of Top Design on Bravo.

Politically, Schroder is a Life Member of the National Rifle Association and a Republican who supported George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, and John McCain in 2008. He also spoke at the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia.

He is a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In April 2000, he was baptized into the Church by his father-in-law.

Schroder is an active celebrity ambassador for the child abuse prevention and treatment non-profit organization Childhelp.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Champ, TheThe Champ	T.J.	Credited as Ricky Schroder
1980	Last Flight of Noah's Ark, TheThe Last Flight of Noah's Ark	Bobby	Credited as Ricky Schroder
1980	Earthling, TheThe Earthling	Shawn Daley	Credited as Ricky Schroder
1980	Little Lord Fauntleroy	Ceddie Errol (Little Lord Fauntleroy)	Credited as Ricky Schroder
1982	Something So Right	Joey Bosnick	Television film; credited as Ricky Schroder
1983	Two Kinds of Love	Robbie Farley	Television film
1985	Reason to Live, AA Reason to Live	Alex Stewart	Television film
1988	Too Young the Hero	Calvin Graham	Television film
1989	Terror on Highway 91	Clay Nelson	Television film
1989	Out on the Edge	Danny Evetts	Television film
1990	Son's Promise, AA Son's Promise	Terry O'Kelly	Television film
1990	The Stranger Within	Mark	Television film
1991	Across the Tracks	Billy Maloney	Television film
1991	Blood River	Jimmy Pearls ("The Kid")	Television film
1991	My Son Johnny	Johnny	Television film
1992	Miles from Nowhere	Frank Reilly	Television film
1993	Call of the Wild	John Thornton	Television film
1994	Texas	Otto MacNab	Television film
1994	To My Daughter with Love	Joey Cutter	Television film
1994	There Goes My Baby	Stick
1995	Crimson Tide	Lt. Paul Hellerman
1996	Innocent Victims	Billy Richardson	Television film
1997	Ebenezer	Samuel Benson	Television film
1997	Too Close to Home	Nick Donahue	Television film
1997	Detention: The Siege at Johnson High	Jason Copeland	Television film
1997	Heart Full of Rain	Isaiah Dockett	Television film
1998	I Woke Up Early the Day I Died	Cruiser Cop #2	Cameo performance
1999	What We Did That Night	Henry	Television film
2001	Lost Battalion, TheThe Lost Battalion	Major Charles White Whittlesey	Television film
2002	Poolhall Junkies	Brad
2003	Face of Terror	Nick Harper
2003	Consequence	John Wolfe
2004	Black Cloud	Eddie	Directorial debut
2005	14 Hours	Dr. Foster	Television film
2008	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Jonathan Brock	Television film
2009	Locker 13	Tommy Novak
2009	Blood Done Sign My Name	Vernon Tyson
2010	Get Him to the Greek	Himself

Television series

• 2011

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Television appearances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982–87	Silver Spoons	Ricky Stratton	Seasons 1-5
1998–2001	NYPD Blue	Det. Danny Sorenson	Seasons 6-8
2005–06	Strong Medicine	Dr. Dylan West	Season 6
2007	24	Mike Doyle	Season 6; credited as Ricky Schroder
2008	Andromeda Strain, TheThe Andromeda Strain	Major Bill Keane MD	Television miniseries
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Faerie Tale Theatre	Hansel	Credited as Ricky Schroder; Episode: "Hansel and Gretel"
2003	Scrubs	Nurse Paul Flowers	Episodes: "His Story", "My Karma", "My T.C.W." & "My Kingdom"
2006	Robot Chicken	Cloudkeeper	Episode: "Password: Swordfish"
2010	No Ordinary Family	Dave Cotten	Episode: "No Ordinary Friends"

Director

• Locker 13 (2009)
• Hellhounds (2009)
• Black Cloud (2004)

External links

• Official website
• Rick Schroder at the Internet Movie Database
• Rick Schroder's Television Schedule