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Sam Richardson

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Sam Richardson

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  • He was nominated for the 2011 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor or Actress in a Nomination in a Revue for "South Side of Heaven" at the Second City Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
  • His mother is Ghanaian.
  • Mother is the daughter of a Ghanaian chief.
  • Attended a private Jesuit high school in Detroit.
  • Studied theater at Wayne State University.
  • Took classes at Second City Detroit.
  • Edgar Blackman, Billy Bungeroth, Holly Laurent, Timothy Edward Mason, Katie Rich, Tim Robinson and his revue, "South Side of Heaven," at The Second City Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for the 2011 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for New Work-Musical or Revue.
  • Has appeared in one film nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards: Promising Young Woman (2020).
  • He was nominated for a 2010 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Revue for "Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies" at the Second City Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
  • His father was a restaurateur.
  • Spent two years in a Ghanaian elementary school.
  • Has 3 half-siblings from his father.
  • Brother of Sunny Richardson, Laura Richardson, and Darrell Richardson.

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