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Ricky Watson(I)

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Ricky Watson is an African American European stage, television, and film actor.

He was raised on the Delmarva Peninsula in North America. Upon relocating to Europe, he began to work initially in theatre, leading to the role of Thrash in the original cast for the Tony award-winning stage production "Rocky the Musical".

Ricky's introduction to feature films was for the role of Smitty in the Starz! production hit "Joe & Max," followed by "Speed Racer", "Race" and in the award-winning film "I'll Find You". Ricky shot his first starring film role in the independent Western cult classic "Snowblind", which won Best International Film at the Yellow Fever Independent Film Festival.

He also starred in RTL's TV hit series "All What Counts" as Dan Holbroke, Moritz' heartfelt African American father in search of forgiveness for past failures and longing for a new beginning. This character role in turn is followed by Ben, a brash New York busker in the award-winning film "I'll Find You," encouraging Rachel to re-awake her artistic passion. Then, most recently Ricky's role as Paul Tix in the Primetime Emmy-award winning "The Queen's Gambit", giving into Beth's subduing habituation.
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins total

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    Known for

    The Surge (2017)
    The Surge
    6.2
    Video Game
    • Don Hackett(voice)
    • 2017
    Reparation Day
    Reparation Day
    • President Lukumba
      Stick to It (2012)
      Stick to It
      Short
      • Bruno
      • 2012
      Bark (2023)
      Bark
      5.5
      • Holt N. Ford
      • 2023

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      • Bride of Pedro
        • Ricky the Boom Guy
        • Released
        • TV Series
        • 2017
      • Reparation Day
        • President Lukumba
        • Completed



      • Bark (2023)
        Bark
        5.5
        • Holt N. Ford
        • 2023
      • What If...? (2022)
        What If...?
        TV Series
        • Narrator
        • 2022
      • Mark O'Halloran in Masquerades of Research: Part II (2022)
        Masquerades of Research: Part II
        Video
        • Marvin
        • 2022
      • Intersection (2021)
        Intersection
        Short
        • Professor Douglas Collins
        • 2021
      • Masquerades of Research: Part I (2021)
        Masquerades of Research: Part I
        Short
        • Marvin
        • 2021
      • Günther Maria Halmer and Emilia Schüle in Die Vergesslichkeit der Eichhörnchen (2021)
        Die Vergesslichkeit der Eichhörnchen
        6.3
        • Fred Jobelo
        • Paramedic
        • 2021
      • Anya Taylor-Joy in The Queen's Gambit (2020)
        The Queen's Gambit
        8.5
        TV Mini Series
        • Paul Tix
        • Waiter
        • 2020
      • Dünnes Blut (2020)
        Dünnes Blut
        4.4
        • Konsul Musato
        • 2020
      • Stephen Dorff, Connie Nielsen, Stellan Skarsgård, Martha Coolidge, Jacek Braciak, Richard Chew, Marek Dobrowolski, Alexander Gruszynski, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Adam Levy, Fred Roos, David S. Ward, Marcin Czarnik, Karolina Porcari, Adelaide Clemens, Bozenna 'Bo' Intrator, Ursula Parker, Toby Sebastian, Leo Suter, Sebastian Croft, and Zbigniew John Raczynski in I'll Find You (2019)
        I'll Find You
        6.6
        • Ben - NY violinist
        • 2019
      • Alles was zählt (2006)
        Alles was zählt
        3.7
        TV Series
        • Dan Holbroke
        • 2019
      • Udo Kier, Vladimir Burlakov, Tom Green, Julia Dietze, Lara Rossi, and Kit Dale in Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019)
        Iron Sky: The Coming Race
        5.0
        • Steve Petersen
        • 2019
      • Charisma (2018)
        Charisma
        TV Series
        • Echo
        • 2018
      • Cannibal Cop (2017)
        Cannibal Cop
        Short
        • Briggs (voice)
        • 2017
      • A Message from the Future (2017)
        A Message from the Future
        8.1
        Short
        • Luap
        • 2017
      • Xgen Enterprise (2017)
        Xgen Enterprise
        Short
        • Lt. Commander Edwin McLoofin
        • 2017

      Writer



      • What If...? (2022)
        What If...?
        TV Series
        • Writer
        • 2022
      • Before Your Eyes (2009)
        Before Your Eyes
        7.3
        • translation
        • 2009
      • Arm Aber Sexy (2008)
        Arm Aber Sexy
        Short
        • Writer
        • 2008

      Producer



      • What If...? (2022)
        What If...?
        TV Series
        • producer
        • 2022
      • Arm Aber Sexy (2008)
        Arm Aber Sexy
        Short
        • executive producer
        • 2008

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      • Height
        • 5′ 11¾″ (1.82 m)
      • Other works
        ''Wundersame Wandlung'' (Miraculous Transformation) at the Spoken Arts Festival, Germany
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        • 1 Article

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      • Trivia
        Tapdancer.
      • Quotes
        [about the role in Queen's Gambit]: "To coin the words of the late, great Hattie McDaniel, I'd rather play a garçon than be one."
      • Trademarks
          Sonorous, chasmic voice

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