# Tequan Richmond

Tequan Richmond (/təˈkwɑːn/; born October 30, 1992), also known as T-Rich, is an American actor best known for playing Drew Rock on the UPN/CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris. Richmond played Ray Charles Jr. (son of singer and musician Ray Charles) in the motion picture Ray, and in the soap opera General Hospital on ABC, he portrayed TJ Ashford.

## Career

In 2001, Richmond moved to Los Angeles, California, not intending to become an actor. He appeared in magazine ads such as Sports Illustrated, Reader's Digest, Newsweek, and National Geographic, as well as a national Nestlé print ad. Richmond made his 2013 Sundance Film Festival debut with a performance as Beltway sniper Lee Boyd Malvo in Blue Caprice. The film sold to Sundance Select/IFC Films and opened New Directors/New Films Festival at MoMA in 2013. The film had a fall 2013 theater release.
Richmond also was one of six hosts for children's TV shows on Toon Disney and has had guest starring roles on CBS's Cold Case, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Private Practice, Detroit 1-8-7, Memphis Beat, Love That Girl and Numb3rs as well as Lifetime's Strong Medicine and FX's The Shield. He has co-starred on NBC's ER, Showtime's Weeds, and Fox's MADtv.
While starring on Everybody Hates Chris, in 2008, Richmond appeared on the Tide brand commercial with a voice-over by MC Lyte.
Richmond appeared in the music video "Hate It Or Love It" as young Game by rappers 50 Cent and the Game.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | ER | Boy | Episode: "Chaos Theory" |
| 2003 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Tramelle Willis-Tombs | Episode: "Lucky Strike" |
| 2003 | The Law and Mr. Lee | Andre Lee | CBS Pilot |
| 2003 | Mad TV | Tyson | Episode: "December 20, 2003" |
| 2004 | Cold Case | R.J. Holden | Episode: "The Plan" |
| 2005 | The Shield | Lionel | Episode: "Bang" |
| 2005 | Strong Medicine | Shay Williams | Episode: "Clinical Risk" |
| 2005–2009 | Everybody Hates Chris | Drew Rock | Series Regular |
| 2008 | Numbers | Bishop | Episode: "Checkmate" |
| 2009 | Weeds | Teenager | Episode: "Wonderful Wonderful" |
| 2010 | Detroit 1-8-7 | Appleman | Episode: "Home Invasion/Drive-By" |
| 2011 | Private Practice | Tyler | Episode: "A Step Too Far" |
| 2011 | Love That Girl! | Gilbert | Episode: "We Are Family, Part 2" |
| 2011 | Memphis Beat | Jesse | Episode: "Body of Evidence" |
| 2012 | Mr. Box Office | Anthony | Episode: "Pilot" Episode: "Somebody's Watching Me" |
| 2012-2018 | General Hospital | TJ Ashford | Recurring Role |
| 2016 | Ringside | TC | Television Movie |
| 2018 | All Night | Christian Fulner | Series Regular |
| 2018 | The Unsettling | Connor | Series Regular |
| 2019-2020 | Boomerang | Bryson | Series Regular |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2004 | Ray | Ray Charles Jr. |
| 2006 | The Celestine Prophecy | Basketball Player |
| 2013 | Blue Caprice | Lee Boyd Malvo |
| 2013 | House Party: Tonight's the Night | Chris Johnson |
| 2017 | Nowhere, Michigan | David |
| 2018 | Savage Youth / Thriller | Gabe As Andre Nixon |
| 2024 | Brewster's Millions: Christmas | Big TY |
| TBA | House Party 6 Let’s Get Turn Up | Chris Johnson |

## Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations for Tequan Richmond :
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2014 | Black Reel Awards | Best Breakthrough Performance, Male | Blue Caprice | Nominated |
| 2014 | Black Reel Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Blue Caprice | Nominated |
| 2014 | NAACP Image Award | Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series | General Hospital | Nominated |
| 2015 | Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series | General Hospital | Nominated |
| 2016 | Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series | General Hospital | Nominated |
| 2017 | Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series | General Hospital | Nominated |