Mini-Biography
Tequan Richmond was born on the 30th of October 1992, Burlington, North Carolina, Young and full of energy, Tequan (Tuh-kwon) Richmond has big plans going into a television and film career. It has been only been a few years since Tequan arrived in Los Angeles and he has already begun taking Hollywood by storm. He has appeared in a national Spalding basketball commercial with Boston Celtic's Paul Pierce, a national Batman commercial, and a national Toys "R" Us commercial for The Incredibles. He has also appeared in several fashion shows in Los Angeles.
He also became one of six hosts for kids' TV shows on the Toon Disney Channel and has had guest-starring roles on CBS's Cold Case and NBC's ER and co-starring roles on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Madtv. Currently, Tequan has a recurring role on The Shield on the FX network.
In March 2003, Tequan landed his first pilot, this being an accomplishment most actors' dream of their entire careers. Tequan would have starred in an Aaron Spelling Production entitled The Law and Mr. Lee playing the grandson (Andre Lee) to Danny Glover (Henry Lee). In 2004, he appeared as "Ray Charles, Jr. (9-10 yrs.)" in Ray, the much-anticipated musical biographical drama of American legend Ray Charles.
Tequan became a series regular on the most talked about sitcom of the 2005 year, Everybody Hates Chris, as in Rock. Chris Rock narrated and produced this hilarious half-hour show which ran till 2009. With the show run complete Tequan (T-Rich) has big plans of taking over the music industry. Determined to complete the almost impossible task of being a respectable actor and rapper, Tequan works 10 times as hard as a regular artist.
