Tequan (Tuh-kwon) Richmond arrived in Los Angeles from his hometown of Burlington, North Carolina nearly two decades ago and he certainly hasn’t sat idle since planting his feet in Los Angeles soil.
He has appeared in a national Spalding basketball commercial with then Boston Celtic’s Paul Pierce, as well as other national commercials for McDonald’s, Pepsi, Verizon Wireless, Nintendo DS, Brand Jordan, Sears, Tide and many more.
Tequan has had guest-starring roles on shows such as Cold Case, ER, CSI, Memphis Beat, Private Practice, Detroit 1-8-7, Numb3rs, and The Shield to name a few. Tequan also appeared as Ray Charles, Jr. in “Ray,” the much-anticipated musical biographical drama of American legend Ray Charles.
Tequan landed his first pilot for CBS a very short time after arriving in Los Angeles. He starred in an Aaron Spelling Production entitled “The Law and Mr. Lee” playing the grandson to Danny Glover (Henry Lee). Tequan had the opportunity to showcase his comedic chops playing the role of “Drew Rock” as a series regular in the hit television comedy “Everybody Hates Chris.” Chris Rock narrated and produced this hilarious half-hour show on the CW Network. The show also starred Tichina Arnold and Terry Crews and is currently syndicated.
With no plans of slowing down, as Sundance 2013 rolled out their list of must-see films of the year, you could find Tequan starring alongside Isaiah Washington in a chilling performance playing one of the two Beltway snipers that terrorized the Washington, D.C. area in the thriller “Blue Caprice.”
Richmond has also starred in the film “Nowhere, Michigan,” in which he was a first-time producer.
While it appears there will be many more projects on the horizon for this talented act, Tequan has earned three Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of TJ Ashford in the long-running, daytime television show, General Hospital on ABC.
