Richard Tyson
Richard Tyson | |
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| Born | Richard Martin Tyson Mobile, Alabama, U.S. |
| Education | United States Naval Academy University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (BA) Cornell University (MFA) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Spouse(s) | Tracy Kristofferson (?-2017) |
| Children | 1 |
Richard Martin Tyson is an American actor.
Biography
Tyson was born in Mobile, Alabama.[1] He is a member of Shriners.[2] His brother, John, is the former District Attorney of Mobile County and was the Democratic Party nominee for Attorney General of Alabama in 2006.
Tyson starred in Three O'Clock High, Kindergarten Cop, and three films directed by Farrelly brothers. He starred in the television series Hardball. His roles in the 2000s include The Fear Chamber, Richard III, Flight of the Living Dead, No Bad Days and the western Shoot First and Pray You Live. He starred in the horror film Big Bad Wolf, as a stepfather accused by his stepson of being a cruel and vicious werewolf. In Jake's Corner, he played ex-football star owning the eponymous town. He guest-starred in each television series, including CSI: NY, Boomtown and Martial Law. Other films including The Visitation, Liar's Poker and Black Hawk Down. He played Genghis Khan in the unfinished film of the same name.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Three O'Clock High | Buddy Revell | Film debut |
| 1988 | Two Moon Junction | Perry Tyson | |
| 1990 | Kindergarten Cop | Cullen Crisp Sr. | |
| 1992 | Lakota Moon | Smoke | Television film |
| 1992 | The Babe | Guy Bush | |
| 1992 | Genghis Khan | Genghis Khan | Unfinished |
| 1993 | Dark Tide | Dak | |
| 1995 | Pharaoh's Army | Rodie | |
| 1996 | Time Under Fire | Koda | |
| 1996 | Kingpin | Strip Club Bouncer | |
| 1996 | The Glass Cage | Paul Yaeger | |
| 1998 | Implicated | Carl | |
| 1998 | There's Something About Mary | Detective Krevoy | |
| 1998 | The Pandora Project | Captain William Stenwick | |
| 1999 | Desert Thunder | Ralph Streets | |
| 1999 | Liar's Poker | Jack | |
| 2000 | Operation Sandman | Gunnery Sergeant Riggins | Television film |
| 2000 | Battlefield Earth | Robert the Fox | |
| 2000 | Me, Myself & Irene | ||
| 2001 | Dying on the Edge | ||
| 2001 | Firetrap | Paul Brody | |
| 2001 | Monsoon | ||
| 2001 | Black Hawk Down | Busch | |
| 2002 | Psychic Murders | David | |
| 2002 | Cottonmouth | Thomas Carruth | |
| 2004 | Crusader | ||
| 2004 | The Trail to Hope Rose | Gerald Ruthledge | |
| 2004 | Moscow Heat | Nikolay Klimov | |
| 2005 | Yesterday's Dreams | Jake | |
| 2005 | Lonesome Matador | ||
| 2005 | Billy Graham Presents - Last Flight Out | Dan | |
| 2006 | Naked Run | Lancer Higgins | |
| 2006 | The Visitation | Sheriff Brett Henchle | |
| 2006 | When I Find the Ocean | Dean | |
| 2006 | Big Bad Wolf | Mitchell Toblat | |
| 2007 | Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane | Paul Judd | |
| 2007 | The Dukes | Ralph | |
| 2007 | Stripper Academy | Mr. VIP | |
| 2007 | Becoming | ||
| 2008 | Richard III | Duke of Clarence | |
| 2008 | Jake's Corner | Johhny Dunn | |
| 2008 | 3 Days Gone | Agent Markowitz | |
| 2008 | No Bad Days | Robert | |
| 2008 | Shoot First and Pray You Live (Because Luck Has Nothing to Do with It) | Black Gandil Morgan | |
| 2009 | The Moonlighters | Tubbs | |
| 2009 | The Fear Chamber | Teddy | |
| 2009 | Bigfoot | David Caldwell | |
| 2009 | The Black Waters of Echo's Pond | Nicholas | |
| 2009 | Magic Man | Detective Rogers | |
| 2009 | Dark Room Theater | Officer Carlson | |
| 2009 | Inner City Snow | Captain Hankie | |
| 2010 | Once Fallen | Keys | |
| 2010 | Creative Differences | ||
| 2010 | Double Tap | Captain Spears | |
| 2010 | Sin-Jin Smyth | Unreleased | |
| 2011 | You! | Charles Martin | |
| 2011 | The Story of Bonnie and Clyde | ||
| 2011 | Not Another Not Another Movie | ||
| 2012 | Hayride[3] | Morgan | |
| 2015 | Bound to Vengeance | Phil | |
| 2015 | Another Turn in the Sun | Sergeant Wade | |
| 2015 | Hayride 2[4] | Morgan | |
| 2016 | Boonville Redemption | Maddox | |
| 2016 | The Perfect Weapon | Controller |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Moonlighting | Daniel | 1 episode |
| 1988 | Disneyland | Lute Newhouser | |
| 1989 | China Beach | Cpl. Whitlow | 1 episode |
| 1989-1990 | Hardball | Joe 'Kaz' Kaczierowski | 18 episodes |
| 1992 | Red Shoe Diaries | Bud | 1 episode |
| 1994 | Winnetka Road | Dwayne Serlin | 5 episodes |
| 1994 | Dead at 21 | Cali | 1 episode |
| 1994 | Christy | Billy Long | 1 episode |
| 1997 | The Sentinel | Frank Rafferty | 1 episode |
| 1998 | Buddy Faro | 1 episode | |
| 2000 | Martial Law | ||
| 2003 | Black Sash | Arnold Brady | |
| 2003 | Boomtown | Frank Needham | 1 episode |
| 2006 | CSI: NY | Frank Russo | 1 episode |
| 2009 | The Closer | Ted | 1 episode |
References
- "Mobile native actor Richard Tyson says he'd like to make more movies in Alabama". AL.com. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- "Be a Shriner Now" [Famous Shriners]. Tampa, Florida,USA: Shriners International. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
- "Hayride 2 - Exclusive First Clip - Dread Central". Dread Central. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- "Exclusive clip: Hospital horror in "HAYRIDE 2"". FANGORIA®. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
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