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Sam Richardson
Actor

Sam Richardson

Born January 12, 1984 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

12 films

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. C-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography 12

Hoppers (2026) movie poster
Hoppers2026
Star Trek: Section 31 (2025) movie poster
Star Trek: Section 312025
The 4:30 Movie (2024) movie poster
The 4:30 Movie2024
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023) movie poster
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken2023
Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) movie poster
Hocus Pocus 22022
Senior Year (2022) movie poster
Senior Year2022
The Tomorrow War (2021) movie poster
The Tomorrow War2021
Werewolves Within (2021) movie poster
Werewolves Within2021
Hooking Up (2020) movie poster
Hooking Up2020
Superintelligence (2020) movie poster
Superintelligence2020
Game Over, Man! (2018) movie poster
Game Over, Man!2018
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016) movie poster
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates2016