Tequan Richmond
Tequan Richmond | |
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Born | Tequan Richmond October 30, 1992 |
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Years active | 2002–present |
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Tequan Richmond (Tuh-kwon; born October 30, 1992), also known in his music career as T-Rich, is an American actor and rapper. Tequan is best known for his character, Drew Rock, on the UPN/CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris. Richmond played Ray Charles, Jr. (son of singer/musician Ray Charles) in the motion picture Ray. Since 2012, he has portrayed TJ Ashford on the ABC soap opera General Hospital.[1]
Richmond has been performing musically as T-Rich.[2]
Career
Richmond moved to Los Angeles, California in 2001, not intending to become an actor. He appeared in magazine ads such as Sports Illustrated, Reader's Digest, Newsweek, and National Geographic, as well as a national Nestlé print ad. Richmond made his 2013 Sundance Film Festival debut with a performance as Beltway sniper Lee Boyd Malvo in "Blue Caprice." The film sold to Sundance Select/IFC Films and opened New Directors/New Films Festival at MoMA in 2013. The film has a fall 2013 theater release.
Richmond also was one of six l hosts for kids' TV shows on Toon Disney and has had guest-starring roles on CBS's Cold Case, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Private Practice, Detroit 1-8-7, Memphis Beat, Love That Girl and Numb3rs as well as Lifetime's Strong Medicine and FX's The Shield. He has co-starred on NBC's ER, Showtime's Weeds, and Fox's MadTV.
Richmond appears in the hip hop music video "Hate It Or Love It" by 50 Cent and The Game as young Game.
Filmography
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | ER | Boy in hospital | Episode: "Chaos Theory" |
2003 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Tramelle Willis-Tombs | Episode: "Lucky Strike" |
2003 | The Law and Mr. Lee | Andre Lee | Television film |
2003 | Mad TV | Tyson | Episode: "December 20, 2003" |
2004 | Cold Case | R.J. Holden | Episode: "The Plan" |
2005 | The Shield | Lionel | Episode: "Bang" |
2005 | Strong Medicine | Shay Williams | Episode: "Clinical Risk" |
2005–2009 | Everybody Hates Chris | Drew Rock | Main role |
2006 | All of Us | Mike | Episode: "Don't It Make My Brownies Blue" |
2008 | Numbers | Bishop | Episode: "Checkmate" |
2009 | Weeds | Teenager | Episode: "Wonderful Wonderful" |
2010 | Detroit 1-8-7 | Appleman | Episode: "Home Invasion/Drive-By" |
2011 | Private Practice | Tyler | Episode: "A Step Too Far" |
2011 | Love That Girl! | Gilbert | Episode: "We Are Family, Part 2" |
2011 | Memphis Beat | Jesse | Episode: "Body of Evidence" |
2012 | Mr. Box Office | Anthony | Episode: "Pilot" Episode: "Somebody's Watching Me" |
2012–present | General Hospital | TJ Ashford | Recurring role |
2016 | Ringside | TC | Television film |
2018–present | All Night | Christian | Main role |
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Ray | Ray Charles Jr. | |
2006 | The Celestine Prophecy | Basketball Player | |
2013 | Blue Caprice | Lee | |
2013 | House Party: Tonight's the Night | Chris | |
2017 | Nowhere, Michigan | David | |
2018 | Savage Youth | Gabe | Lead role |
2018 | House Party 6 | Chris | In production |
2018 | Vengeance | Andre Dixon |
Music videos
Year | Song | Artist(s) | Role |
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2005 | "Hate It or Love It" | The Game, 50 Cent | Young The Game |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Result | Work |
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2014 | Black Reel Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor, Motion Picture | Won | Blue Caprice |
Pan African Film Festival | Rising Star | |||
2015 | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated | General Hospital |
2016 | ||||
2017 |
Notes
- ^ Simms, Richard M. (2012-07-30). "GH's New TJ!". ABC Soaps In Depth. ABC.Soapsindepth.com. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
- ^ T-Rich bio at last.fm
References
This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (April 2013) |
- "Everybody Loves Tequan", Listen Magazine
- "Everybody Hates Chris: CW Sitcom Cancelled, No Season Five", TV Series Finale.com, 21 May 2009
- "T-Rich (Actor From TV Show Everybody Hates Chris)", WorldStarHipHop.com, 17 December 2009
- Tequan Richmond at Fandango: All Movie Guide
- Tequan Richmond at Online Video Guide
- Lopez, Robert. "Everybody Loves Tequan", Greensboro News & Record, 24 October 2008
- Sneider, Jeff. Sundance: Tequan Richmond Shifts Gears in "Blue Caprice", "Variety", 19 January 2013
- Blue Caprice: Official Selection 2013 Sundance Film Festival, SimonSays Entertainment, Inc. 25 February 2013