Richard Speight Jr.

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Richard Speight Jr. played the Archangel Gabriel, who was hiding on Earth as the demi-god called The Trickster, but also known as the god Loki.


Biography

Born: September 4, 1970 is Nashville, Tennessee.

Siblings: Two older sisters, Barby and Lindy.

Wife: Jaci Kathryn Hays, a dot-com executive in California, married since June 28, 2003.

Children: Two sons, Steve and Fletcher.


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 recently in Memphis Beat and in a few episodes of Look.

He was seen in several commercials for e.g. Capital One Credit Card, IBM, Disney and Pepsi (Diet Pepsi 2003, Pepsi Max 2010-2011).

Upcoming roles:

See also Pepsi Angel

Episodes

Richard as The Trickster

Richard in Fandom

Convention Appearances

Links

Clips, Articles and Interviews

Fugitive Pope

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The cover and cd of Dumb and Uncomfortable