Richard Edson

Acting · 1.3 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: January 1, 1954
From: New Rochelle, New York, USA

Biography

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. 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). From Wikipedia.

Works

83 films

Platoon

19867.7

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

19867.6

Starsky & Hutch

20045.8

Strange Days

19957.0

Howard the Duck

19865.5

Good Morning, Vietnam

19877.3

Do the Right Thing

19897.8

Desperately Seeking Susan

19856.1

Super Mario Bros.

19934.5

Stranger Than Paradise

19847.2

Posse

19935.4

Eight Men Out

19886.8

Thick as Thieves

19996.0

Let It Ride

19896.3

3 from Hell

20195.8

Frankenfish

20045.6

Black Dynamite

20097.1

Walker

19876.5

The Million Dollar Hotel

20005.9

The Astronaut Farmer

20076.3

Jury Duty

19954.4

Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman

19944.7

Scorpion Spring

19966.7

Double Tap

19975.1

This World, Then the Fireworks

19975.2

Purgatory

19997.2

Timecode

20005.6

Land of Plenty

20046.2

Bloodhounds of Broadway

19895.7

The Shade

19996.5

Eyes of an Angel

19917.2

Cement

20004.1

Things I Never Told You

19965.4

The Kid & I

20055.2

Motorcycle Gang

19945.2

The Winner

19964.6

An Occasional Hell

19963.6

Lulu on the Bridge

19985.9

Columbus Day

20085.0

Snide and Prejudice

19976.3

Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later

20097.0

I am Josh Polonski's Brother

20017.1

Brothers in Arms

20185.8

Destiny Turns on the Radio

19955.0

Desperate But Not Serious

20005.5

Love, Cheat & Steal

19934.5

Crossing the Bridge

19925.7

3 Holes and a Smoking Gun

20145.3

Love Is Like That

19925.5

The Smell of Success

20115.6

Burning Shadow

20186.1

Sunshine State

20026.4

The Chair

19884.0

Wedding Bell Blues

19964.4

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

19896.9

The Code

20256.8

Goodnight, Joseph Parker

20046.0

Hard Scrambled

20067.5

Stranger Than Paradise

19837.5

Joey Breaker

19934.5

Happiness Runs

20104.5

Kino '84: The Making of Jim Jarmusch

19846.5

China Lake

19897.0

To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell

20196.0

Space Cadet

2013

Fourth Story

19915.4

Jack of Hearts

20002.9

Dark Hearts

20143.6

Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game

20145.1

Murder in High Places

19914.7

Tougher Than Leather

19885.5

Momma's Man

20086.2

Where is Rocky II?

20165.0

Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician

20014.8

Apartment #5C

20026.5

Some Days in January, 1984

2001

Dutch Book

20156.0

Marco Polo: Haperek Ha'aharon

19976.5

Shannon's Deal

19899.0

Dream Murder Machine

2018

The Greims

200910.0

What About Me

19934.7

Intimate Betrayal

19967.0