Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sy Richardson is an American film and television actor.Richardson made his film debut as the Fairy Godmother, in the 1977 American erotic musical comedy Cinderella. He is perhaps best known as a regular in the films of Alex Cox, having appeared in Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, Straight to Hell, Walker, The Winner and Searchers 2.0. He played "Turbo" in the 1990 film Tripwire. He recently had a recurring role as the coroner on the TV series Pushing Daisies. H...
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Complete Filmography
It Wants Blood 2
2023
as Professor Smert
Two giant monsters are forced to battle head to head on the political circuit as they run against each other for a seat in the Senate.
5th of July
2019
as Pops
All he wanted to do was spread his father's ashes in the national park - mayhem ensues.
Message From a Mistress
2017
as Mr. Hall
Longtime best friends Renee, Aria, Jaime and Jessa have shared just about everything. All hell breaks loose when Jessa sends them a message via DVD wi...
Faith of Our Fathers
2015
as Dan
With the Vietnam War raging in 1969, two young fathers report for duty. A man of great faith and a doubtful cynic. A quarter-century later, their sons...
Larry Crowne
2011
as Avery
When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes p...
A Numbers Game
2010
as Bernie
Neil Black is a good looking schmoozer who can sell anything to anyone, literally. The beautiful Catherine (Madison Walls) doesn’t seem to close deals...
Our Family Wedding
2010
as Sonny
The weeks leading up to a young couple's wedding is comic and stressful, especially as their respective fathers try to lay to rest their feud.
Hip-Hop Headstrong
2010
as The Bishop
A glimpse inside the head of the world's greatest living Hip-Hop fan. This comedy short shares the exploits of HEAVEN "HIP-HOP" HEADSTRONG who is cons...
South of Heaven
2008
as Pawn Daddy
A man returning from a tour of duty is mistaken for his brother by debt-collecting gangsters, while the brother goes on a killing and kidnapping spree...
All About Us
2007
as Willie Earl
Two Hollywood filmmakers attempt to find Morgan Freeman in Mississippi and convince him to star in their next movie. When life gets in their way they ...
Searchers 2.0
2007
as Fritz Frobisher
Two actors who owe their entire careers to the Western genre seek revenge against a legendary screenwriter who once mistreated them on the set of an e...
Lord Help Us
2007
as Church Member
Comedy about faith and family directed by Shavar Ross. When a recently widowed Baptist preacher (Bill Toliver) loses the respect of his congregation o...
Surviving Christmas
2004
as Doo-Dah Understudy
A wealthy executive, Drew Latham (Ben Affleck) has no close relationships and becomes nostalgic for his childhood home as Christmas approaches. When h...
L.A. County 187
2003
as Leotis Brown
It's another night in L.A. County 187 for policeman Walter Drazin and his team, but when they find the corpses of an Asian family in a burned down clu...
Human Nature
2001
as Police Detective
Obsessive scientist Nathan and his lover, the naturalist Lila, discover Puff: a man born and raised in the wild. As Nathan trains the wild man in the ...
Extreme Honor
2001
as Schultz
A highly decorated Navy Seal is forced out of retirement in order to save his son's life and bring justice to the man who destroyed his career.
After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped
2000
as Mr. Coleman
You've read the stories, you've seen the documentaries. Now see the movie that brings it all to life.
The Playaz Court
2000
as Louie
The courts of Englewood are as far removed from the hollowed halls of justice as a street ball player can imagine, but when a pickup game ends in deat...
Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar
1999
as Harry
A film about a small sushi counter in the lobby of a hotel in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, for Japanese commercial employees sent to the United States.
Heat Vision and Jack
1999
as Doctor
As the result of a NASA miscalculation, Astronaut Jack Austin flew too close to the sun, the rays expanding his mind and making him the smartest man o...
Erasable You
1998
as Miliatant
A man hires an assassin to kill his money-grabbing first wife.
Shattered Illusions
1998
as Gene
A Psycho stalks a talk radio personality and her mentally challenged sister.
Evil Obsession
1996
as Jim
As models show up on calendars and magazine covers, someone is making bodies show up at the morgue. Is it the obsessed fan?
The Winner
1996
as Bartender
A long lucky streak makes a nice guy the target of opportunists like his brother, his girlfriend, and some guys from New Jersey.
Floundering
1994
as Commander K
John Boyz lives close to where they film "Baywatch", but you'd never know it. His life is full of bizarre friends, sweaty sex, pistol wielding gangste...
The Glass Shield
1994
as Mr. Taylor
J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s...
Posse
1993
as Shepherd
A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches for...
Posse
1993
Writer
A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches for...
Eye of the Stranger
1993
as Jeb
A stranger comes into town and causes a stir when he stands up for the townfolk, in the face of the intimidation tactics from Mayor Howard Baines. The...
Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel
1993
as Ernest
Johnny Woo and Julie play an enduring couple who survive all sorts of interference from rival kick-box gangs in their effort to put a little romance i...
To Sleep with Anger
1990
as Marsh
An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.
Men at Work
1990
as Walt Richardson
Two garbage men find the body of a city councilman in a trash can on their route. With help from a supervisor, the duo must solve the case and find th...
The Grifters
1990
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own a...
Street Asylum
1990
as Sgt. 'Joker' Tatum
In the bleak near future Los Angeles has become a dangerous war zone with cops pitted against assorted law-breaking lowlifes. Sergeant Arliss Ryder (w...
Catchfire
1990
as Capt. Walker
A witness to a mob assassination flees for her life from town to town, switching identities, but cannot seem to elude Milo, the chief killer out to ge...
Tripwire
1989
as Turbo
A band of ruthless international terrorists led by Josef Szabo hijack a speeding railroad train loaded with a full arsenal of powerful military weapon...
Mystery Train
1989
as Newsvendor
In Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric night clerk and a clueless bellboy, is visited by a yo...
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
1989
as Lavonne
A brutal Los Angeles police lieutenant is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution.
Three Fugitives
1989
as Tucker
On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery. Perry has decide...
They Live
1988
as Black Revolutionary
A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans ...
Tapeheads
1988
as Bartender
The story of Ivan and Josh, two dimwitted ex-security guards who love music videos. Out of work, with no job prospects, they form a music video produc...
Dead Man Walking
1988
as Snake
After Leila, his boss's daughter, is kidnapped by psychopathic plague victim Decker, chauffeur Chazz teams up with plague-infected mercenary Luger to ...
Colors
1988
as Bailey
A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enfor...
Bad Dreams
1988
as Detective Wasserman
Unity Field, a "free love" cult from the '70s, is mostly remembered for its notorious mass suicide led by Harris, its charismatic leader. While all me...
Cold Steel
1987
as Rashid
On Christmas Eve, Johnny Modine's father is murdered by a psycho cut-throat. The cop swears bloody revenge, though he's taken off the case. He doesn't...
Walker
1987
as Captain Hornsby
William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.
Straight to Hell
1987
as Norwood
A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot, they find their way to a surreal town full ...
Medium Rare
1987
as Marv
Death of his wife's pet poodle and a threatening movie producer create a world of trouble for a middle-aged B-movie mogul. He hires two psychopathic g...
Sid and Nancy
1986
as Methadone Caseworker
January 1978. After their success in England, the punk rock band Sex Pistols venture out on their tour of the southern United States. Temperamental ba...
Repo Man
1984
as Lite
A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revo...
My Brother's Wedding
1983
as Mr. Dubois
A young African-American man, living in Los Angeles without direction in his life, reluctantly agrees to be the best man for his brother, an upwardly ...
Nocturna
1979
as RH Factor
Hard times have fallen on the Transylvanian House of Dracula. To help pay the taxes, Castle Dracula has been converted into the Hotel Transylvania. Dr...
Fairy Tales
1978
as Sirus
On his twenty-first birthday, the Prince goes on a quest that takes him across the land searching for the one woman that gets him sexually excited, Pr...
Petey Wheatstraw
1977
as Petey's Father
Petey Wheatstraw is a candidate to become the devil's son-in-law. The storyline is a scaffolding on which Rudy Ray Moore's standup humor can be unfold...
Cinderella
1977
as Fairy Godmother
Cinderella, with the help of her "fairy" godmother, is granted heightened sexual prowess to win over Prince Charming. After a blindfolded orgy at the ...
Young & Naive
N/A
as Self
Young & Na!ve is a poetic apology to everyone ever sexually molested and a film that needs to be seen by everyone ever born.
Dead Souls
N/A
A western version of Nikolai Gogol's "Dead Souls".