Biography
Sam Richardson is an American actor and comedian. He was born on 12 January 1984 in Detroit, Michigan.
He is known for playing Richard Splett in the HBO series Veep (2012–2019), co-creating and starring in the Comedy Central series Detroiters (2017–2018) alongside Tim Robinson, and for roles in The Afterparty (2022–2023) and the animated series Velma (2023–2024). He has also voiced characters in films including Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) and Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023). In 2023 he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance in Ted Lasso.
Richardson voices Conner in the Pixar film Hoppers (2026).
