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Sy Richardson

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Sy Richardson
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A Numbers Game (2010)
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Sy Richardson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and raised in Chicago Illinois. He attended fourteen elementary schools, five high schools and three colleges before he figured it out. An artist is a free spirit and boredom is a breath away from than death. He is married to a former Blue Satin model. Sy has one step daughter and two granddaughters.

He started singing at twelve and recorded his first record with Lil June and the Januarys at sixteen. Served two years on active duty with the United States Navy. Richardson graduated from UC Boulder with a BS in Journalism specializing in advertising. After a short stint with several Colorado newspapers, he opted to act and joined the Heritage Square Opera House. He performed in vaudeville shows and Olios for two years and moved to Hollywood. His career has taken him to film locations from the US to Europe, South America and Australia.

Sy Richardson has traveled around the country doing lectures on How to Live in Work in Hollywood. He co-produced and directed the Symposium 98, a documentary, for the SAG/AFTRA EEOC department. He directed "TREE" for the Los Angeles Opera Foundation. His direction of "South Of Where We Live" won one out of three nominations for the NAACP Image Awards in 1988. Summers In Suffolk was nominated for three NAACP Image Awards in 1996. Passing won two out ten NAACP nominations in 1997. Sy's (someone stole your fries) McDonald's spot, received the 3 star positions for Advertising Age Magazine in 1998. Mr. Richardson teaches a Bible Study class for adult entertainers. Sy is a member of the Desi International Film Festival, Fisk University International Black Film Festival board, the Biola University Studio Task Force, Board of Directors for the Towne Street Theater, He chaired the SAG Casting Committee for three years and taught a cold reading class for the SAG Conservatory and a former member on the Board of Directors for the Screen Actors Guild. Sy teaches his own Acting Workshop in No Ho California, a Children's Musical Theater Camp and a beginning acting workshop for the Towne Street Theater. He is also a member of the International Society for Excellence in Christian Film and Television. He is the artistic director for the Drama Ministry at Heart of the Canyons Church in Newhall, California.
BornJune 4, 1941
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Sy Richardson in Nocturna (1979)
Yvonne De Carlo, Nai Bonet, Adam Keefe, Sy Richardson, Monica Tidwell, and Shelley Wyant in Nocturna (1979)
Emilio Estevez and Sy Richardson in Repo Man (1984)
Sy Richardson in Fairy Tales (1978)
Robert Duvall and Sy Richardson in Colors (1988)
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Sy Richardson in Walker (1987)
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Known for

Repo Man (1984)
Repo Man
6.9
  • Lite
  • 1984
Robert Duvall and Sean Penn in Colors (1988)
Colors
6.7
  • Bailey
  • 1988
Straight to Hell Returns (1987)
Straight to Hell Returns
5.5
  • Norwood
  • 1987
Anna Friel and Lee Pace in Pushing Daisies (2007)
Pushing Daisies
8.4
TV Series
  • Coroner

Credits

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  • It Wants Blood 2
    • In Production
  • Chocolate
    • Completed
  • Pauley Perrette in Broke (2020)
    Broke
  • Loretta Devine, Tia Mowry-Hardrict, Richard Roundtree, Anthony Alabi, Talia Jackson, Jordyn Raya James, Isaiah Russell-Bailey, and Cameron J. Wright in Family Reunion (2019)
    Family Reunion
  • Lila Garrett, Sy Richardson, and Matt Walsh in Little Victories (2019)
    Little Victories
  • 5th of July (2019)
    5th of July
  • Mari Morrow, Andrea Drea Kelly, and Reggie Gaskins in Child Support (2019)
    Child Support
  • Vagabond (2018)
    Vagabond
  • Lee Oskar in Ellen Bond Secret Agent (2018)
    Ellen Bond Secret Agent
  • Like Family (2017)
    Like Family
  • Eric Dearborn, Sy Richardson, Joe Ventress, Jasmine Mencias, Michelle Phelps, R.R. Baker, Reggie Baker, Tatiane Amnuar, Justin Marshall Elias, James J. Mercado, J'Antonio Baguez, Alfredo De Jesus, Tom Burbank, Kelvin Washington, Will Brown, and Chris Gillis in The God of Death (2017)
    The God of Death
  • Message from a Mistress (2017)
    Message from a Mistress
  • Can I Get a Witness Protection? (2016)
    Can I Get a Witness Protection?
  • The Reluctant Polyglot (2016)
    The Reluctant Polyglot
  • Fred Armisen and Bill Hader in Documentary Now! (2015)
    Documentary Now!
  • Faith of Our Fathers: a story of fatherhood, a journey of brotherhood. Starring Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Downes, David A.R. White, Rebecca St. James with Si Robertson and Candace Cameron Bure.
    Faith of Our Fathers
  • Sweethearts

Director

  • Wounded But Not Broken
    • Post-production
  • Us Against Them (1997)
    Us Against Them

Writer

  • Us Against Them (1997)
    Us Against Them
  • Posse (1993)
    Posse

Videos15

SWEETHEARTS
Demo Reel 4:27
SWEETHEARTS
Restoration
Demo Reel 2:00
Restoration
The Life & Death of a Janitor
Demo Reel 2:41
The Life & Death of a Janitor
A Good Day
Demo Reel 0:54
A Good Day
Sid And Nancy
Clip 1:51
Sid And Nancy
Sid And Nancy
Clip 1:58
Sid And Nancy
Trailer
Trailer 1:33
Trailer
Sid and Nancy: 30th Anniversary
Trailer 1:16
Sid and Nancy: 30th Anniversary
Repo Man: The Criterion Collection
Trailer 1:39
Repo Man: The Criterion Collection
Repo Man
Trailer 1:43
Repo Man
Straight To Hell Returns
Trailer 1:12
Straight To Hell Returns
Searchers 2.0
Trailer 2:28
Searchers 2.0

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    • June 4, 1941
    • Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
  • Other works
    TV commercial: Citi Card
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    • 1 Interview
    • 1 Pictorial
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    Taught a Sunday School Class called PEP "Prayer, Education, and Persistence" for Christians in the Entertainment Industry at West Angeles Church of God in Christ in Los Angeles, California.
  • Quotes
    You have no competition. You only get the job that is meant for you.

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