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Ri'chard at the Inaugural Dignity Gala on October 18, 2013
Born
Robert Andrew Ri'chard

(1983-01-07) January 7, 1983 (age 42)
Occupation Actor
Years active 1993–present

Robert Andrew Ri'chard (born January 7, 1983) is an American actor. He is well-known for his roles in popular TV shows. These include Bobby Walker on the Nickelodeon show Cousin Skeeter and Arnaz Ballard on the UPN show One on One.

Robert Ri'chard has won awards for his acting. He received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming for his role in the TV movie In His Father's Shoes in 1998. He was also nominated for an NAACP Image Award for his part in the 1999 film Light It Up. He also appeared in the sports drama Coach Carter and the horror film House of Wax in 2005.

Robert Ri'chard's Early Life

Robert Ri'chard was born in Los Angeles, California. His family background is Louisiana Creole. He went to Palms Middle School in Los Angeles.

Robert Ri'chard's Acting Career

Robert Ri'chard started acting professionally when he was 13 years old. In 1997, he starred in a TV special called In His Father's Shoes. This role earned him a Daytime Emmy Award in 1998 for being an outstanding performer in a children's special.

TV Shows and Early Roles

After his Emmy win, Ri'chard joined the cast of the Nickelodeon sitcom Cousin Skeeter. He also appeared as himself on the Nickelodeon game show Figure It Out. He played Samuel in an episode of Touched by an Angel. In 2000, he starred in the Disney Channel TV movie Alley Cats Strike.

His big break came in 2001 when he got the role of Arnaz Ballard on the UPN sitcom One on One. He starred alongside Flex Alexander and Kyla Pratt. This role was very important for his TV career. He continued playing Arnaz until the show ended in 2006.

Ri'chard has also made guest appearances on many other popular shows. These include Boston Public, NCIS, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, My Wife and Kids, and The Jamie Foxx Show.

Film Roles and Later TV Work

In 2005, Ri'chard appeared in two movies: Coach Carter and House of Wax. From 2006 to 2007, he had a recurring role in the CW series Veronica Mars. He also appeared in the TBS sitcom Meet the Browns from 2009 to 2010. In this show, he played Derek Porter.

On November 16, 2011, it was announced that Robert Ri'chard was cast as Jamie in the CW series The Vampire Diaries.

More recently, Ri'chard has continued to act in films and TV. He appeared in Bolden (2019), Alone (2020), and Sweetwater (2023). On television, he has been seen in Lucifer and iZombie. He also had recurring roles in the final season of the Fox show Empire and the Amazon comedy series Harlem. In Harlem, he worked again with his Cousin Skeeter co-star, Meagan Good.

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Ri'chard in 2019

Robert Ri'chard's Filmography

Movies

Year Title Role Notes
1997 In His Father's Shoes Clay Crosby TV movie
Won Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming
1999 Our Friend, Martin Miles (voice) Video
Light It Up Zacharias 'Ziggy' Malone Nominated for NAACP Image Award
2000 Alley Cats Strike Todd McLemore TV movie
New Kids on the Planet Bobby Walker Cousin Skeeter TV movie
2001 The Feast of All Saints Marcel TV movie
2002 Who's Your Daddy? Murphy Video
2005 Coach Carter Damien Carter
House of Wax Blake
P.N.O.K. Pvt. Battle Short film
2007 The Comebacks Aseel Tare
Eight Days a Week Daniel 'Sarge' Sargent TV movie
2010 Louis Baquet
2011 5th & Alameda Troy
2012 A Beautiful Soul Christ Scott
2013 Pastor Shirley Jason
2014 Sweat Harder Athlete 7 Short film
2015 ... City Michael McCoy
The Man in 3B Benny
2016 Bad Dad Rehab Tristan TV movie
2017 Secondhand Love - Short film
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip Michael McCoy
Vagabonds Skeeter Johnson Short film
2018 ... Darrin Bernard
Throwback Holiday Aaron Tucker
2019 Bolden George Baquet
The Naughty List Zane TV movie
2020 My Brother's Keeper Donnie
Alone Brandon
2021 Real Talk Robert Allen
The Fight That Never Ends John 'Jay' Hunter TV movie
2023 Sweetwater Pop
Big Boss TJ
Queen of Hearts Justin Tubi movie
Vicious Affair Kenneth Hastings Tubi movie
2024 RSVP Maurice Wright BET+ Original
2025 A Demon's Revenge TBA Post-production
TBA Paradies 3 TBA Post-production

TKO Tubi movie

Television Shows

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Where I Live Brian Episode: "Married... with Children"
1996 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Gary Episode: "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"
Nash Bridges Leo Episode: "Leo's Big Score"
Touched by an Angel Samuel Dixon Episode: "Sins of the Father"
1996–98 Nickelodeon Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal Luke Williams / Troy Davis Episodes: "4 Points" & "First Time"
1997 Crisis Center Dwayne Episode: "Shots"
Promised Land Hank Episodes: "Stealing Home: Part 1 & 2"
1998 The Jamie Foxx Show Bruce Episodes: "The Afterschool Special" & "We Got No Game"
1999 All That Himself Episode: "All That Live! (100th episode)"
1998–2001 Cousin Skeeter Bobby Walker Main cast
2000 Once and Again Jared Recurring cast: Season 1
2001 Boston Public Student Episode: "Chapter Fourteen"
My Wife and Kids Tommy Episode: "Grassy Knoll"
Touched by an Angel Alex Wilson Episode: "Band of Angels"
2001–06 One on One Arnaz Ballard Main cast
2005 CSI: Miami Tobey Hollins Episode: "48 Hours to Life"
2006–07 Veronica Mars Mason Recurring cast: Season 3
2009 NCIS Seaman Richard Zell Episode: "South by Southwest"
2009–10 Meet the Browns Derek Porter Recurring cast: Season 3-4
2012 The Vampire Diaries Jamie Recurring cast: Season 3
King Bachelor's Pad Howard Episode: "Last Wish"
The Client List Alex Episode: "Acting Up"
2013 CSI: NY Ray Griffin Episode: "Today Is Life"
2014 Hungry Jayson Episode: "How to Marry a Millionaire"
2015 427 Dion Episode: "Pilot"
2016 Lucifer Josh Bryant Episode: "Lucifer, Stay. Good Devil."
2017 iZombie Finn Vincible Episode: "Eat a Knievel"
2017–21 The Rich and the Ruthless Max Barringer Main cast
2020 Empire Julian Recurring cast: Season 6
2021 Harlem Shawn Recurring cast
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