Biography


Born in Watertown, New York, as eldest child of Richard Grieco sr. & Carolyn Grieco, Richard Grieco grew up in a large close-knit family with two sisters and one brother. Richard's interest in performing began in highschool where he was also active in sports and was a gifted athlete. He attended parochial schools and excelled in Hockey, LaCrosse and Football. He went to college at Central Connecticut where he majored in Political Science. When the school entered him in a modelling competition, Richard Grieco emerged as a clear cut winner as one of the 'Best faces of the 80's'.

After Elite Modelling Agency in New York signed him, Richard relocated to Manhattan and began to model for designers as Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein and Chanel. After six successful month's, he stopped modelling and spent two years studying acting under such notables as Wally Strauss, Alice Spieack & the Warren Robertsen theater Workshop.

His first audition was an instant success, leading to a year long stint on 'ONE LIFE TO LIVE' as Rick Gardener, a character he jokingly refers to as 'a rebel ski bum'. Dedicated to improve his craft, he continued to study acting in the evenings.
In 1987 Richard moved to Los Angeles, CA. In rapid succession he appeared in a singing role on 'RAGS TO RICHES'. With the main stars of the show he sang a version of the song 'What becomes of the Broken hearted'.

After Rags to Riches, Richard got a comedic role as Tony Danza's long lost Italian cousin on 'WHO IS THE BOSS', a role on 'FACTS OF LIFE' and a dramatic role on 'THE BRONX ZOO'. In 1988, when '21 JUMP STREET' tempted him to join the cast on a semi- regular basis, Richard jumped at the chance. His role on the show was a great success and Richard was offered to play in more episodes of the series than was originally planned.

After a while, due to that succes on '21 JUMP STREET', Richard Grieco was given his own show called 'BOOKER'. In which he got a chance to show the viewers more of his great talents. In Spring of 1990 Richard began production on his first feature film titled 'IF LOOKS COULD KILL'.

Later that same year, 1990, Richard made his second feature film titled 'MOBSTERS', in which he stars as gangster 'BENNY SIEGEL' with names as Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Costas Mandylor and the legendary Anthony Quinn. In February 1991, Richard was the recipient of Nato/Showest's prestigious award naming him 1991's Male Star of Tomorrow.

He appeared in over 36 movies. Some of the movies we know as;
A NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY, MICHAEL ANGEL, HAROLD ROBBINS 'BODY PARTS, WEBS & FORGET ABOUT IT with Burt Reynolds.

Mid 90's Richard appeared again as main star in a tv- Series titled 'Marker'. While shooting the series, Richard lived in 'HAWAII' for 6 month's.

IN 2006 Richard appeared as Steve Botando in the third season of the series "Veronica Mars".

Aside from his acting career, Richard has been very active with music for many years. In 1994 his long held dream became reality when he signed a record deal with Edel Record Company and he released his first single CD in Germany called 'VOICE WITH NO NAME', which was soon followed by an album called 'WAITING FOR THE SKY TO FALL'.
For the past five years Richard has been mainly concentrating on his music career.

He is also working on a novel and finds great joy in creating paintings. Check out the art gallery on this website
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In January 2009, he appeared in CMT's Gone Country season 3 (music reality show).


Facts


Birth day: March 23

Birth place: Watertown, New York

Country: USA

Star Sign: Aries

Length: 6 feet tall (183 cm)

Ancestry: Irish/Italian


Did you know...


• Richard participated in several musical productions when he was young.
• He was a member of chorus groups during his
junior high and high school years
• Richard was a middle linebacker and fullback during the two years he spent at C.C.U
• He performed in Connecticut Rep. Theater in such works as Orphans, Man and the Mass and Golden Boy
• He is an avid golfer & boxer and loves everything that has to do with sports
• His hobbies include: riding motorcycles, car racing, painting, making music, writing (poetry, novel) , collecting art.