Richard Edson
Actor
- Born
- January 1, 1954 (age 72) · New Rochelle, New York, USA
Richard Edson (born January 1, 1954) is an American actor and musician. He was born in New Rochelle, New York to a Jewish family.
In 1979, Edson was a founding member of the San Francisco art rock band The Alterboys with Snuky Tate, Tono Rondone, Richard Kelly and JC Garrett, playing both drums and trumpet. From 1981 to 1982, he was Sonic Youth's original drummer and played drums for Konk at the same time. After the release of Sonic Youth's self-titled debut EP, Edson left the band to play with Konk full-time. Edson also played trumpet with San Francisco band The Offs on the group's eponymous 1984 album.
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He started his acting career on screen in the feature film, Stranger Than Paradise (1984). Since then, he has been known for his roles in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Do The Right Thing (1989), Super Mario Bros. (1993) and Strange Days (1995).
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Known for
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
June 11, 1986
Platoon
December 19, 1986
Good Morning, Vietnam
December 23, 1987
Starsky & Hutch
March 5, 2004
Do the Right Thing
June 14, 1989
Strange Days
October 13, 1995
Super Mario Bros.
May 28, 1993
Howard the Duck
August 1, 1986
Black Dynamite
October 16, 2009
Stranger Than Paradise
October 1, 1984
3 from Hell
September 16, 2019
Desperately Seeking Susan
March 29, 1985
Acting83
- 2025The Code as Jay's Dad
- 20193 from Hell as Carlos Perro
- 2019To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell as Self
- 2018Brothers in Arms as Self
- 2018Burning Shadow as Ronald
- 2018Dream Murder Machine
- 2016Where is Rocky II? as Ted Simmons (segment: "Monument One")
- 2015Dutch Book
- 2014Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game as Self - Spike
- 20143 Holes and a Smoking Gun as Sam Dunkim