Acting credits
85
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Sam Richardson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.0
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Movies: 35Series: 50Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 1429453
IMDb ID: nm3931538
Known for: Acting
Born: January 12, 1984
Age: 42
Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1997 - 2026
Years active: 30
Average TMDB rating: 6.61
Wikidata: Q24050468
Also known as
Samuel Richardson • 샘 리차드슨 • サム・リチャードソン
Other jobs
Producer (1)
Biography
Sam Richardson (born January 12, 1984) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Richard Splett in the HBO political comedy series Veep (2012–19), co-creating and co-starring in the Comedy Central comedy series Detroiters (2017–18) alongside Tim Robinson, and for playing various characters in the Netflix sketch show I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (2019–present), Aniq Adjaye in the Apple TV+series The Afterparty (2022–23), and Norville Rogers in the Max series Velma (2023–24). In 2022 and 2023, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance as Edwin Akufo in Ted Lasso, winning the 2023 award in this category.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Sam Richardson.
Dec 23
The Angry Birds Movie 3
as (voice)
2026 Movie
Oct 8
Matchbox
as Crosby
2026 Movie
Aug 20
Sacrifice
as Oliver
2026 Movie
In 3 weeks
Hoppers
as Conner (voice)
2026 Movie
6.7
Crash Site
as Ben
2025 Movie
4.7
Star Trek: Section 31
as Quasi
2025 Movie
5.7
The 4:30 Movie
as Major Murder
2024 Movie
7.2
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
as Uncle Brill (voice)
2023 Movie
5.8
Somebody I Used to Know
as Dar
2023 Movie
Haunted
as Father Brian
2022 Movie
7.2
Hocus Pocus 2
as Gilbert
2022 Movie
5.9
Senior Year
as Seth Novacelik
2022 Movie
4.3
Family Squares
as Alex
2022 Movie
7.5
The Tomorrow War
as Charlie
2021 Movie
6.0
Werewolves Within
as Finn Wheeler
2021 Movie
7.4
Promising Young Woman
as Paul
2020 Movie
6.0
Superintelligence
as John Donahue
2020 Movie
6.3
Hooking Up
as Bailey
2020 Movie
6.8
Good Boys
as Officer Sacks
2019 Movie
Veep
as Richard Splett
2019 Movie
7.3
A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy
as Self
2018 Movie
7.2
Ralph Breaks the Internet
as Lee the Office Nerd (voice)
2018 Movie
5.5
Game Over, Man!
as Donald
2018 Movie
6.9
The Night Is Young
as Sam
2018 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Sam Richardson.
6.9
St. Denis Medical
as Michael • 1 eps
2024 Series
6.2
It's Florida, Man.
as Phil • 1 eps
2024 Series
7.7
Everybody Still Hates Chris
as (voice) • 2 eps
2024 Series
9.0
Ren & Stimpy
as Cockroach Father (voice) • 1 eps
2024 Series
6.8
Sausage Party: Foodtopia
as Julius (voice) • 8 eps
2024 Series
6.8
Dinner Time Live with David Chang
as Self • 1 eps
2024 Series
7.2
Krapopolis
as Hades (voice) • 2 eps
2023 Series
6.6
Clone High
as Wesley (voice) • 1 eps
2023 Series
5.5
Mulligan
as Simon Prioleau (voice) • 20 eps
2023 Series
5.6
History of the World: Part II
as Thomas Watson • 1 eps
2023 Series
7.5
Poker Face
as Kendall Hines • 1 eps
2023 Series
3.4
Velma
as Norville (voice) • 21 eps
2023 Series
7.2
The Afterparty
as Aniq • 18 eps
2022 Series
5.7
HouseBroken
as Chico (voice) • 30 eps
2021 Series
6.6
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.
as Gary Garoldson (voice) • 10 eps
2021 Series
7.0
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
2021 Series
5.2
Woke
as Toast (voice) • 3 eps
2020 Series
6.8
Hoops
as Marcus (voice) • 10 eps
2020 Series
8.3
Ted Lasso
as Edwin Akufo • 3 eps
2020 Series
7.6
Star Trek: Lower Decks
as Vendome (voice) • 2 eps
2020 Series
8.3
Harley Quinn
as Swamp Thing (voice) • 2 eps
2019 Series
7.0
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Joe • 1 eps
2019 Series
5.3
Human Discoveries
as Bog (voice) • 10 eps
2019 Series
7.0
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
as Pacific Proposal Parks Owner • 1 eps
2019 Series