Jaime Augusto Richards III (born August 28, 1973 in Washington, D.C.) is an American actor. He played the Charles Gunn on the TV series Angel which he portrayed for 91 episodes and was seen on NBC's short-lived courtroom drama, Conviction that was cancelled after 13 episodes.
Richards' parents emigrated to the United States from Panama. He grew up in Bladensburg, Maryland. Richards attended the Visual and Performing Arts program at Suitland High ...
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Jaime Augusto Richards III (born August 28, 1973 in Washington, D.C.) is an American actor. He played the Charles Gunn on the TV series Angel which he portrayed for 91 episodes and was seen on NBC's short-lived courtroom drama, Conviction that was cancelled after 13 episodes.
Richards' parents emigrated to the United States from Panama. He grew up in Bladensburg, Maryland. Richards attended the Visual and Performing Arts program at Suitland High School in Suitland, Maryland and graduated in 1991. He attended the University of Southern California on a theater scholarship.
Richards' acting career began when he was spotted by a casting director. This resulted in him getting a guest star role on The Cosby Show. Other guest appearances would come later on shows such as The Practice, Chicago Hope, Any Day Now, and Nash Bridges. Playing a rapping bike messenger who believes he is an alien abductee, it was the role of Taj Mahal in the Mark Taper Forum production of Tina Landau's play Space...
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