Sam Richardson

Acting

Sam Richardson

12 January 1984 (age 42)Detroit, Michigan, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Richardson (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Matchbox the Movie

Matchbox the Movie

2026

Hoppers

Hoppers

2026

Sacrifice

Sacrifice

2026

The Angry Birds Movie 3

The Angry Birds Movie 3

2026

The Tomorrow War

The Tomorrow War

2021

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Ralph Breaks the Internet

2018

We're the Millers

We're the Millers

2013

Spy

Spy

2015

The History of Concrete

The History of Concrete

2026

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

2016

Hocus Pocus 2

Hocus Pocus 2

2022

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

2023