Richard Speight Jr.

Biography

Richard Speight Jr. is an actor and director from the United States. Born in Nashville in 1970, he had early screen work in Ernest Goes to Camp (1987) and a regular part on the NBC sitcom Running the Halls. He appeared in Speed 2: Cruise Control, Thank You for Smoking and The Last Big Attraction, and played Sgt. Warren Muck in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, which won Golden Globe and Emmy awards. Other television work includes Jericho, The Agency, ER, Party of Five and JAG. On Supernatural he played the Trickster, later the archangel Gabriel, a recurring role he returned to in 2018, while directing the episode. He directed eleven episodes of Supernatural, then Lucifer, Kung Fu and Walker. His film credits include Old Henry (2021), as Dugan, and a lead in Driven (2019).

56years old

Turns 57 on September 4in 298 days

Born September 4, 1970Nashville
Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Also credited as Richard Speight

Movie Career

Films: 10
Career span: 37 years1984 to 2021

Genres

Comedy70%, 7 films
Horror40%, 4 films
Drama30%, 3 films
Action20%, 2 films
Adventure20%, 2 films

First and latest

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A first
Speight made his television directing debut on Supernatural's season 11 episode "Just My Imagination," which became the first episode in the show's 15-year history to be nominated for a Hugo Award.
Behind the camera
In 2013, Speight wrote and directed America 101, a 10-minute satirical social comedy that won awards and was a festival favorite. Rick Gomez stars in it, with Amy Gumenick, Jayden Lund and Jim Hanna.
Behind the camera
With Rob Benedict, Speight made the comedy web series Kings of Con in 2016, drawing on their time at Supernatural conventions. Speight was co-writer, producer, director and actor, playing a heightened version of himself named Richard Slate.
Behind the camera
For Louden Swain's rock song Bandaged Hand, Speight made his first music video as a director, shooting it with just an iPhone in a few spare hours while on his convention tours.
A change of course
Speight was in several bands, including a high school cover band called The Distortion Hawgs in 1986 where he performed lead vocals and bass, and later played guitar for Fugitive Pope in 1993.