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'' and ''

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'', and for starring as young Harry Dunne in the film '' Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd''.

Early life

Richardson was born in

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, the eldest of the five children of Ellen and Dr. Derek Richardson, a dermatologist.

Career

Richardson's first screen work was in New York in 2000, appearing in one episode each of ''

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'' and ''

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''. He moved to Los Angeles in 2002, to pursue his career. His first role was that year, in a two episode run as

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's love interest of the week, late in the final season of '' Felicity''. He subsequently co-starred in the prequel to the ''

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'' franchise '' Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd'' as a younger version of

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' character, Harry Dunne. Richardson starred as one of the leads in the

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'', earning a 2006

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nomination for " Best Frightened Performance". In 2006, he began starring as Patrick Bachelor in the series ''

''. From 2012–14, he played Nolan Johnson on all 100 episodes of ''

'', and portrayed

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's speechwriter (and later congressman)

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in the 2024 biopic ''

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''.

Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Richardson, Derek 1976 births 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American male television actors Colorado College alumni Living people Male actors from New York (state) People from Queensbury, New York American expatriate actors in Germany