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Richard Tyson

Richard Tyson

28 movies on Netflix

Biography

Richard Tyson is an actor who was born in Mobile, Alabama and went to Hollywood to pursue acting. An early part on the television series Moonlighting helped launch his career, and he became best known for three film roles: Buddy Revell in Three O'Clock High (1987), Cullen Crisp in Kindergarten Cop (1990) and Perry in Two Moon Junction (1988). He headlined his own short-lived series, Hardball, in 1989, and later turned up in other shows such as CSI: New York. His movie credits range from There's Something About Mary (1998) and Kingpin (1996) to Black Hawk Down and Genghis Khan, and he has acted alongside performers including Ben Stiller, John Travolta and Orlando Bloom. Trained at Cornell University, where he earned a graduate degree in fine arts and taught acting, he also performs Shakespeare on stage. Later credits include The Visitation (2006) and Big Bad Wolf (2006), a horror film.

65years old

Turns 66 on February 13in 122 days

  • Born Mobile
  • Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
  • Also credited as Richard Martin Tyson

Movie Career

Films
28
Career span
38 years1987 to 2025

Genres

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Richard Tyson movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Kindergarten Cop1990 Action, Comedy, Crimeas Cullen Crisp, Sr.

    IMDb rating 6.3178K votes

  2. Kingpin1996 Comedy, Sportas Owner Of Stiffy's

    IMDb rating 6.998K votes

  3. Battlefield Earth2000as Robert the Fox

    IMDb rating 2.585K votes

  4. Three O'Clock High1987as Buddy Revell

    IMDb rating 7.115K votes

  5. There's Something About Mary1998as Detective Krevoy

    IMDb rating 7.1351K votes

  6. Flight of the Living Dead2007as Paul Judd

    IMDb rating 5.110K votes

  7. Two Moon Junction1988as Perry

    IMDb rating 5.17.3K votes

  8. Bound to Vengeance2015as Phil

    IMDb rating 5.66.8K votes

Most often with

Harley Wallen directed three of these films, Rene Perez three and Bobby Farrelly two. Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Richard Tyson's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$650 million

8 of the 28 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 28 films: 8 worldwide figure; 8 never in cinemas; 12 figure not found.

  • 8Worldwide figure
  • 8Never in cinemas
  • 12Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    There's Something About Mary1998as Detective Krevoy
    $370M56.9% of the total
  2. 2
    Kindergarten Cop1990as Cullen Crisp, Sr.
    $202M31.1% of the total
  3. 3
    Battlefield Earth2000as Robert the Fox
    $30M4.6% of the total
  4. 4
    Kingpin1996as Owner Of Stiffy's
    $25M3.9% of the total
  5. 5
    The Babe1992as Guy Bush
    $18M2.7% of the total
  6. 6
    Three O'Clock High1987as Buddy Revell
    $3.7M0.6% of the total
  7. 7
    Two Moon Junction1988as Perry
    $1.5M0.2% of the total
  8. 8
    $344K0.1% of the total