Biography for
Rick Schroder More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

13 April 1970, Staten Island, New York, USA

Birth Name

Richard Bartlett Schroder

Nickname

The Ricker (in the 80's)
Ricky

Height

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Spouse

Andrea Schroder

(26 September 1992 - present) 4 children

Trivia

In 1987 he was cast to play Todd Bowden in Apt Pupil (1998). This first attempt to film this story ran over budget and stopped production. It was to co-star Nicol Williamson, and it was to be directed by Alan Bridges.

Listed (as Ricky Schroder) as one of twelve Promising New Actors of 1979 in "John Willis's Screen World," Vol. 31.

Spoke at the Republican National Convention in honor of George W. Bush, 2000.

Member of the National Rifle Association.

He was absent from "NYPD Blue" (1993)'s May 2001 season finale and later announced he would not return to the show because he wanted to devote time to his growing family. His fourth child was due that August.

Son Holden is named after actor William Holden with whom Rick co-starred in The Earthling (1980).

Children with Andrea Schroder: Holden Richard Schroder (born January 8, 1992), Luke William Schroder (born August 1, 1993), Cambrie Schroder (born September 14, 1997) and Faith Anne Schroder (born August 8, 2001).

He and his wife built and designed their Colorado ranch in the summer of 1998.

Older sister, Dawn Schroder, has done some modeling and acting.

Played Jon Voight's son twice: the first time in The Champ (1979) and the second time in "Return to Lonesome Dove" (1993).

Ranked #20 in TV Guide's list of TV's 25 Greatest Teen Idols (23 January 2005 issue).

Award: Won Director of the Year at the 2005 CMT Video awards for "Whisky Lullaby".

Shares birthday with Ron Perlman (they co-starred in I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)).

Ranked #18 in VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Kid Stars.

Award: Won the Best Music Video award at the Nashville Film Festival in 2005 for "Whiskey Lullaby".

Is of Norwegian descent. His great grandmother (whose name was Larsen) came to America from Oslo, Norway.

Personal Quotes

[on his '80s sitcom "Silver Spoons" (1982)]: I was never really comfortable doing comedy. Though it was good the first couple of years, there were problems, and it became a stifling experience. I was happy it ended.