Richard Edson

Acting · Born 1954-01-01 in New Rochelle, New York, USA

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Do the Right Thing as Vito
• Stranger Than Paradise as Eddie
• Good Morning, Vietnam as Pvt. Abersold
• Black Dynamite as Dino
• Strange Days as Tick
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Garage Attendant
• Platoon as Sal
• Land of Plenty as Jimmy
• Purgatory as Euripides
• Snide and Prejudice as Rudolph Hess

TV

• Cold Case as Seth Lundgren (2008)
• Homicide: Life on the Street as Danny Newton
• ER as Vinnie La Fontaine
• CSI: Miami as Quentin Haid
• Nash Bridges as Jared Love
• L.A. Law as Carver Bowles
• American Gothic
• Chicago Hope as Anthony Tedesco
• Shannon's Deal as Wilmer Slade
• Perception as Keith Trevoy