Acting credits
89
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Sam Richardson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.1
Moderate attention
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Movies: 38Series: 51Crew credits: 2
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: 6.6
Wikidata: Q24050468
Also known as
Samuel Richardson
Other jobs
Executive Producer (1)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
Dec 11
Bad Day
2026 Movie
In 2 weeks
Let's Have Kids!
as Ben
2026 Movie
In 5 days
Matchbox the Movie
as Crosby
2026 Movie
The History of Concrete
as Self (uncredited)
2026 Movie
Into the Sky
2026 Movie
Sacrifice
as Oliver
2026 Movie
Homebodies
as Vic (voice)
2026 Movie
Hoppers
as Conner (voice)
2026 Movie
Crash Site
as Ben
2025 Movie
Star Trek: Section 31
as Quasi
2025 Movie
The 4:30 Movie
as Major Murder
2024 Movie
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
as Uncle Brill (voice)
2023 Movie
Somebody I Used to Know
as Dar
2023 Movie
Haunted
as Father Brian
2022 Movie
Hocus Pocus 2
as Gilbert
2022 Movie
Senior Year
as Seth Novacelik
2022 Movie
Family Squares
as Alex
2022 Movie
The Tomorrow War
as Charlie
2021 Movie
Werewolves Within
as Finn Wheeler
2021 Movie
Promising Young Woman
as Paul
2020 Movie
Superintelligence
as John Donahue
2020 Movie
Hooking Up
as Bailey
2020 Movie
Good Boys
as Officer Sacks
2019 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Sam Richardson.
President Curtis
as (voice) • 1 eps
2026 Series
St. Denis Medical
as Michael • 1 eps
2024 Series
It's Florida, Man.
as Phil • 1 eps
2024 Series
Everybody Still Hates Chris
as (voice) • 2 eps
2024 Series
Ren & Stimpy
as Cockroach Father (voice) • 1 eps
2024 Series
Sausage Party: Foodtopia
as Julius (voice) • 8 eps
2024 Series
Dinner Time Live with David Chang
as Self • 1 eps
2024 Series
Krapopolis
as Hades (voice) • 2 eps
2023 Series
Clone High
as Wesley (voice) • 1 eps
2023 Series
Mulligan
as Simon Prioleau (voice) • 20 eps
2023 Series
History of the World: Part II
as Thomas Watson • 1 eps
2023 Series
Poker Face
as Kendall Hines • 1 eps
2023 Series
Velma
as Norville (voice) • 21 eps
2023 Series
The Afterparty
as Aniq • 18 eps
2022 Series
HouseBroken
as Chico (voice) • 30 eps
2021 Series
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.
as Gary Garoldson (voice) • 10 eps
2021 Series
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
2021 Series
Woke
as Toast (voice) • 3 eps
2020 Series
Hoops
as Marcus (voice) • 10 eps
2020 Series
Ted Lasso
as Edwin Akufo • 3 eps
2020 Series
Star Trek: Lower Decks
as Vendome (voice) • 2 eps
2020 Series
Harley Quinn
as Swamp Thing (voice) • 2 eps
2019 Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Joe • 1 eps
2019 Series
Human Discoveries
as Bog (voice) • 10 eps
2019 Series