Marque Richardson

Marque Richardson Jr. (born October 23, 1985) is an American actor.

Marque Richardson
Born
Marque Richardson Jr.

(1985-10-23) October 23, 1985
San Diego, California, U.S.
Other namesMarque Richardson II
OccupationActor, Producer, Humanitarian
Years active2001–present

Early life

Richardson was born in San Diego, California in the U.S., in a naval hospital. Both parents served in the United States Navy. His father hails from Detroit, Michigan in the U.S., and his mother from Newport News, Virginia in the U.S. The elder of two siblings, he began his acting career starring in commercials at the age of four. Having moved around frequently, he was primarily raised in Bellflower, California in the U.S.

Balancing school life with entertainment, Richardson was a scholar-athlete at Mayfair High School in Lakewood, California. In 2007, he graduated from the University of Southern California with degrees in Business, Public Policy, Planning & Management on full scholarship from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

After graduation Richardson interned at Overbrook Entertainment to gain insight of life behind the camera.[1]

Career

One of Richardson's first television roles was a guest appearance on The Bernie Mac Show as Tyrone, aka "Lemon-Lyme". He has also appeared in ER, 7th Heaven, Lincoln Heights and Rules of Engagement. He starred in the web series My Alibi. He had a recurring role on USA Networks' The Starter Wife.

He won a role in Joseph Kahn's horror/comedy film Detention, released by Sony in 2012. He most notably scored recurring roles as Kenneth on Seasons 5 and 6 of HBO's hit True Blood, and, in 2013, as Mark Gage in the HBO series The Newsroom.

In 2014, Richardson starred in the critically acclaimed film Dear White People, a satire that won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Prize "for the arrival of an exciting new voice in American cinema" at Sundance. The film was theatrically released by Lionsgate / Roadside Attractions. He also reprises his starring role in Dear White People, the "Netflix Original" TV show based on the film.

Personal life

Richardson is a strong advocate of community service and has been involved with various global service projects. In 2005, he traveled to Khao Lak, Thailand to provide relief after the area’s devastating tsunami in December, 2004. He also worked with Habitat for Humanity to build homes in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (post Hurricane Katrina) and Retalhuleu, Guatemala. In 2018 he partnered to form The Jordan Edwards Memorial Scholarship Fund, an endowment fund that awards scholarships to honor the legacy of Jordan Edwards, a child who was killed by a police officer in Dallas, Texas.

Filmography
Film and television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2001 Flossin' Malik Film
2006 7th Heaven Todd TV
2006 The Bernie Mac Show Tyrone TV
2007 Unfabulous Sailor TV, recurring role
2008 Superhero Movie Xavier's Older Son Film, uncredited
2008 ER Saga TV
2008 Lincoln Heights Looter TV
2008 Chocolate News Soldier #1 TV
2008 The Starter Wife Campbell TV, recurring role
2008–2009 My Alibi Justin Walker Web; Series Regular
2009 Crossing Over Disparaging Teen #1 Film
2009 Rules of Engagement Catcher TV
2010 The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It Blaqguy Film
2011 Detention Toby T. Film
2011 Community Special Agent Keenlan TV
2011 N.C.I.S. Joey Elson TV
2012 The Hustle Cameron TV, recurring role
2012 The Middle Nick TV
2012–2013 True Blood Kenneth TV, recurring role
2013 Wiener Dog Nationals Dirk Film
2013 Browsers Gabe Blackman TV, series regular
2013 Anger Management Logan TV
2013 The Newsroom Mark Gage TV, recurring role
2014 Dear White People Reggie Film
2014 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brian Jenson TV
2016 All the Way Bob Moses TV film
2017–present Dear White People Reggie Green TV, Series Regular
2018 Step Sisters Kevin
2020 Inheritance Scott Monroe [2]
2020 Antebellum Nick DeWall Post-production
TBA Trans-Me Jared Post-production
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gollark: Seems reasonable.
gollark: Now, rebuilding society will be much easier if your bunker also contains a giant manufacturing facility with everything needed to make at least late-20th-century tech. But that would need people to operate, so add those too, and also extra room and food and whatnot for them.
gollark: Ridiculous. Just make toilet paper out of trees directly.
gollark: And you need entertainment as well, so probably a few hundred terabytes of HDDs so you can store every movie you're ever likely to watch, with redundancy, and you might as well just store every scientific paper and book ever written to help rebuild society.

References
  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2544884/
  2. N'Duka, Amanda (April 17, 2019). "Marque Richardson Joins Simon Pegg & Lily Collins In 'Inheritance'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
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