Tequan Richmond

Tequan Richmond (/təˈkwɑːn/; born October 30, 1992), also known in his music career as T-Rich,[1] is an American actor and rapper best known for playing Drew Rock on the UPN/CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris. Richmond played Ray Charles Jr. (son of singer/musician Ray Charles) in the motion picture Ray, and in the soap opera General Hospital on the ABC, he portrayed TJ Ashford.[2]

Tequan Richmond
Born (1992-10-30) October 30, 1992
Burlington, North Carolina, United States
Other namesT-Rich
Occupation
  • Actor
  • rapper
Years active2002–present
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentsVocals
LabelsUniversal Motown Records (2007-2009)
Universal Republic Records (2009-2012)
Republic Records (2013-)

Career

In 2001, Richmond moved to Los Angeles, California, not intending to become an actor. He appeared in magazine ads such as Sports Illustrated, Reader's Digest, Newsweek, and National Geographic, as well as a national Nestlé print ad. Richmond made his 2013 Sundance Film Festival debut with a performance as Beltway sniper Lee Boyd Malvo in "Blue Caprice." The film sold to Sundance Select/IFC Films and opened New Directors/New Films Festival at MoMA in 2013. The film had a fall 2013 theater release.

Richmond also was one of six hosts for kids' TV shows on Toon Disney and has had guest-starring roles on CBS's Cold Case, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Private Practice, Detroit 1-8-7, Memphis Beat, Love That Girl and Numb3rs as well as Lifetime's Strong Medicine and FX's The Shield. He has co-starred on NBC's ER, Showtime's Weeds, and Fox's MadTV.

While starring on Everybody Hates Chris, in 2008, Richmond appeared on the Tide brand commercial with a voice-over by MC Lyte.

Richmond appeared in the hip hop music video "Hate It Or Love It" by 50 Cent and The Game as young Game.

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2002 ER Boy Episode: "Chaos Theory"
2003 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Tramelle Willis-Tombs Episode: "Lucky Strike"
2003 The Law and Mr. Lee Andre Lee CBS Pilot
2003 Mad TV Tyson Episode: "December 20, 2003"
2004 Cold Case R.J. Holden Episode: "The Plan"
2005 The Shield Lionel Episode: "Bang"
2005 Strong Medicine Shay Williams Episode: "Clinical Risk"
2005–2009 Everybody Hates Chris Drew Rock Series Regular
2008 Numbers Bishop Episode: "Checkmate"
2009 Weeds Teenager Episode: "Wonderful Wonderful"
2010 Detroit 1-8-7 Appleman Episode: "Home Invasion/Drive-By"
2011 Private Practice Tyler Episode: "A Step Too Far"
2011 Love That Girl! Gilbert Episode: "We Are Family, Part 2"
2011 Memphis Beat Jesse Episode: "Body of Evidence"
2012 Mr. Box Office Anthony Episode: "Pilot"
Episode: "Somebody's Watching Me"
2012-2018 General Hospital TJ Ashford Recurring Role
2016 Ringside TC Television Movie
2018 All Night Christian Fulner Series Regular
2018 The Unsettling Connor Series Regular
2019-present Boomerang Bryson Series Regular

Film
Year Title Role
2004 Ray Ray Charles Jr.
2006 The Celestine Prophecy Basketball Player
2013 Blue Caprice Lee Boyd Malvo
2013 House Party: Tonight's the Night Chris Johnson
2017 Nowhere, Michigan David
2018 Savage Youth / Thriller Gabe As Andre Nixon
2020 House Party 6 Let’s Get Turn Up Chris

Awards and nominations
List of awards and nominations for Tequan Richmond
Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2014
Black Reel Awards Best Breakthrough Performance, Male Blue Caprice Nominated
2014
Black Reel Awards Best Supporting Actor Blue Caprice Nominated
2014 NAACP Image Award Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series General Hospital Nominated
2015 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series General Hospital Nominated
[3]
2016
Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series General Hospital Nominated
[4]
2017
Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series General Hospital Nominated
[5]

Notes
  1. T-Rich bio at last.fm
  2. Simms, Richard M. (2012-07-30). "GH's New TJ!". ABC Soaps In Depth. ABC.Soapsindepth.com. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  3. "The 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations" (PDF). New York City: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. March 31, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 31, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  4. "The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations" (PDF). New York City: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. March 24, 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
  5. "The 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations" (PDF). New York City: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. March 22, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2017.

References
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