Richard Speight Jr.
Richard Speight Jr. played the Archangel Gabriel, who was hiding on Earth as a demi-god called The Trickster.
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Biography
Born: September 4, 1970 is Nashville, Tennessee.
Parents: Barbara and Richard Speight.
Siblings: Two older sisters, Barby and Lindy.
Spouse: Jaci Kathryn Hays, a dot-com executive in California, married since June 28, 2003.
Children: Three sons; Steve, Fletcher and Frank.
He started taking tap lessons when he was about five, then started dancing as an extra in ballets and dance groups.
First he played in local commercials and local plays and films, later he got minor roles in Disney Channel shows and movies. While he started his acting career rather early it was not his only activity in these years. He attended an academic all-boys prep school, so studying second year Latin and doing all the prep school academic requirements, but he was also playing football, and ran track.
After High School He attended Montgomery Bell Academy and the University of Southern California's School of Theater, graduating cum laude.
Richard plays the guitar and bass, played in the band Fugitive Pope.
Filmography
He played Sgt. Warren "Skip" Muck in the Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning World War II miniseries Band of Brothers, had a recurring role as Deputy Bill Kohler on Jericho, and he also previously starred on The Agency, and appeared in ER, JAG, Party Of Five and Running the Halls. In 2000 he starred in the short-film In God We Trust. He was in Memphis Beat, a few episodes of Look and he has a recurring role on Justified (2011-2012). He appeared in indie films such as AppleBox (2011) and Crave (2011). He was the lead actor in the comedy movie Three Blind Saints (2011).
He was seen in several commercials for e.g. Capital One Credit Card, IBM, Disney, Diet Pepsi (2003) and Pepsi Max (2010-2012, see alsoPepsi Angel).
Upcoming roles:
- noobz (2012) post-production
- To Appomattox (2013) (IMDb page) pre-production
Episodes
Richard in Fandom
- Richard on Twitter as @dicksp8jr
- Richard's Facebook Page
- Richard on TheGermane
Convention Appearances
- Salute to Supernatural Chicago 2008
- Salute to Supernatural New Jersey 2009
- Salute to Supernatural L.A. 2009
- Asylum 2009
- Salute to Supernatural Vancouver 2009
- Salute to Supernatural Chicago 2009
- Salute to Supernatural L.A. 2010
- Jus In Bello Italy 2010
- Salute to Supernatural Vancouver 2010
- Salute to Supernatural Chicago 2010
- Salute to Supernatural San Francisco 2011
- Salute to Supernatural L.A. 2011
- Jus In Bello Italy 2011
- Asylum 6 2011
- Asylum Europe 2 2011
- Salute to Supernatural Nashville 2011
- Salute to Supernatural New Jersey 2011
- Salute to Supernatural Boston 2011
- Salute to Supernatural Vancouver 2011
- Salute To Supernatural Toronto 2011
- Salute to Supernatural Chicago 2011
- Salute to Supernatural Nashville 2012
- Salute to Supernatural L.A. 2012
- Jus In Bello Italy 2012
- Roadhouse Con Brasil 2012
- All Hell Breaks Loose 3 Sydney/Melbourne 2012
- Supernatural: The Apocalypse
- Salute to Supernatural New Jersey 2012 Confirmed
- Salute to Supernatural Vancouver 2012 Confirmed
- Salute to Supernatural Dallas 2012 Confirmed
- Salute to Supernatural Toronto 2012 Confirmed
- Salute To Supernatural Chicago 2012 Confirmed
- Asylum 9 2012 Confirmed
- Salute to Supernatural Las Vegas 2013 Confirmed
External links
Fugitive Pope
- Fugitive Pope - Snow Video Clip (Alternate Link)
- Download the album Dumb and Uncomfortable from Mediafire with Richard's permission.
Clips, Articles and Interviews
- Interview with Eclipse Magazine - November 2009
- Richard Speight Jr. talks about Gabriel and his favorite trickster moment 2009
- Richard on Gabriel's Death April 2010
- Examiner.com Interviews Richard Speight Jr. April 2010
- Richard interview with Fangasm
- The Winchester Family Business: Sablegreen's Exclusive Interview with Richard Speight Jr. August 2011
- Winchesterbros interview with Richard Speight, Jr. on Three Blind Saints and Supernatural December 2011
- Watch the short-film In God We Trust
