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Richard Edson

Richard Edson (born January 1, 1954) is an American actor and musician. He was born in New Rochelle, New York to a Jewish family. In 1979, Edson was a founding member of the San Francisco art rock band The Alterboys with Snuky Tate, Tono Rondone, Richard Kelly and JC Garrett, playing both drums and trumpet. From 1981 to 1982, he was Sonic Youth's original drummer and played drums for Konk at the same time. After the release of Sonic Youth's self-titled debut EP, Edson left the band to play with Konk full-time. Edson also played trumpet with San Francisco band The Offs on the group's eponymous 1984 album. He started his acting career on screen in the feature film, Stranger Than Paradise (1984). Since then, he has been known for his roles in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Do The Right Thing (1989), Super Mario Bros. (1993) and Strange Days (1995). From Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: New Rochelle, New York, USA, 1954-01-01

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1983	Stranger Than Paradise	Eddie	74
2	1984	Kino '84: The Making of Jim Jarmusch	Interviewee	65
3	1984	Stranger Than Paradise	Eddie	72
4	1985	Desperately Seeking Susan	Man With Newspapers	61
5	1986	Ferris Bueller's Day Off	Garage Attendant	76
6	1986	Howard the Duck	Ritchie	54
7	1986	Platoon	Sal	77
8	1987	Walker	Turley	64
9	1987	Good Morning, Vietnam	Pvt. Abersold	73
10	1988	Eight Men Out	Billy Maharg	69
11	1988	Tougher Than Leather	Bernie Carteez	53
12	1988	The Chair	Riot Leader	28
13	1989	China Lake	Connie Veesk	0
14	1989	Shannon's Deal	Wilmer Slade	0
15	1989	Do the Right Thing	Vito	78
16	1989	Let It Ride	Johnny Casino	63
17	1989	Bloodhounds of Broadway	Johnny Crackow	56
18	1989	Making 'Do the Right Thing'	Self	67
19	1991	Fourth Story	Mechanic	56
20	1991	Murder in High Places	Noogie	30
21	1991	Eyes of an Angel	Goon	69
22	1992	Love Is Like That	Bubba-Lilly	46
23	1992	Crossing the Bridge	Mitchell	58
24	1993	What About Me	Nick	43
25	1993	Joey Breaker	Joey Breaker	36
26	1993	Posse	Deputy Tom	53
27	1993	Super Mario Bros.	Spike	45
28	1993	Love, Cheat & Steal	Billy Quayle	44
29	1994	Motorcycle Gang	Volker	37
30	1994	Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman	Tony	48
31	1995	Jury Duty	Skeets	44
32	1995	Destiny Turns on the Radio	Gage	51
33	1995	Strange Days	Tick	70
34	1996	Intimate Betrayal	Charlie Dunn	0
35	1996	Things I Never Told You	Steve	54
36	1996	The Winner	Frankie	42
37	1996	Scorpion Spring	Lem Wells	66
38	1996	Wedding Bell Blues	Tom	42
39	1996	An Occasional Hell	Rodney Gillen	35
40	1997	Marco Polo: Haperek Ha'aharon	Bergman	50
41	1997	Snide and Prejudice	Rudolph Hess	45
42	1997	This World, Then the Fireworks	Joe	51
43	1997	Double Tap	Fischer	53
44	1998	Lulu on the Bridge	Dave Reilly	58
45	1999	Purgatory	Euripides	72
46	1999	The Shade	Simon	57
47	1999	Thick as Thieves	Danny	59
48	2000	The Million Dollar Hotel	Joe	59
49	2000	Cement	Robbo	41
50	2000	Timecode	Lester Moore	56
51	2000	Desperate But Not Serious	Screenwriter	49
52	2000	Jack of Hearts	Henry	15
53	2001	I am Josh Polonski's Brother	Abe Polonski	66
54	2001	Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician	Thomas	40
55	2001	Some Days in January, 1984		0
56	2002	Apartment #5C	Harold	50
57	2002	Sunshine State	Steve Tregaskis	64
58	2004	Starsky & Hutch	Monix	58
59	2004	Land of Plenty	Jimmy	62
60	2004	Goodnight, Joseph Parker	Frankie	55
61	2004	Frankenfish	Roland	57
62	2005	The Kid & I	Guy Prince	53
63	2006	Hard Scrambled	Joe	50
64	2007	The Astronaut Farmer	Chopper Miller	62
65	2008	Momma's Man	Tom	60
66	2008	Columbus Day	Manny	49
67	2009	Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later	Self	70
68	2009	Black Dynamite	Dino	71
69	2009	The Greims	Larry	0
70	2010	Happiness Runs	Pete	40
71	2011	The Smell of Success	Nelly the Nose	56
72	2013	Space Cadet	Nick Agnello	0
73	2014	Dark Hearts	Ravetti	38
74	2014	Three Holes, Two Brads, and a Smoking Gun	Sam Dunkim	56
75	2014	Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game	Self - Spike	51
76	2015	Dutch Book		60
77	2016	Where is Rocky II?	Ted Simmons (segment: "Monument One")	50
78	2018	Dream Murder Machine		0
79	2018	Burning Shadow	Ronald	64
80	2019	3 from Hell	Carlos Perro	58
81	2019	To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell	Self	60
82	2025	The Code	Jay's Dad	68

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	Miami Vice	Wavey Davey	75
2	1986	L.A. Law	Carver Bowles	71
3	1986	Crime Story	Jake Rennick	79
4	1990	Shannon's Deal	Wilmer Slade	80
5	1993	Homicide: Life on the Street	Danny Newton	80
6	1994	Chicago Hope		72
7	1994	ER	Vinnie La Fontaine	78
8	1995	American Gothic		73
9	1996	Nash Bridges		67
10	2002	CSI: Miami	Quentin Haid	77
11	2003	Cold Case	Seth Lundgren (2008)	78
12	2011	Happy Endings	Valet Guy	69
13	2012	Perception	Keith Trevoy	72