Richard Tyson (born ) is an American actor. He is best known as Kaz in '' Hardball'' (1989–1990) as well as his film roles in ''

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'' (1987), ''

Two Moon Junction ''Two Moon Junction'' is a 1988 American erotic romantic drama film written and directed by Zalman King, and starring Sherilyn Fenn and Richard Tyson. The original music score is composed by Jonathan Elias. Burl Ives and Hervé Villechaize app ...

'' (1988), ''

Kindergarten Cop ''Kindergarten Cop'' is a 1990 American action comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and distributed by Universal Pictures. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as John Kimble, a tough Los Angeles police detective working undercover as a kindergarten teac ...

'' (1990), '' Bound to Vengeance'' (2015), and '' Playing with Dolls'' (2015).

Biography

Tyson was born in

Mobile, Alabama Mobile ( , ) is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population was 187,041 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. After a successful vote to annex areas west of the city limits in July 2023, Mobil ...

. His brother John was the

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Mobile County Mobile County ( ) is a county located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the third-most populous county in the state after Jefferson and Madison counties. As of the 2020 census, its population was 414,809. Its co ...

, and was later the Democratic Party nominee for attorney general of Alabama in 2006. Tyson starred in ''

'', ''

'' and three films directed by the

Farrelly brothers Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly, collectively referred to as the Farrelly brothers, are American screenwriters and directors. They have made eleven films together, mostly comedies, including '' Dumb and Dumber'' and ''There's Something About Ma ...

. He starred in the television series '' Hardball''. His roles in the 2000s included ''The Fear Chamber'', ''

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'', '' Flight of the Living Dead'', ''No Bad Days'' and the western ''Shoot First and Pray You Live''. He starred in the horror film ''

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'' in which he is accused by his stepson of being a cruel and vicious

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. Tyson played a former football star who owned the eponymous town in '' Jake's Corner''. He guest-starred in '' CSI: NY'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. His other film appearances include '' The Visitation'', ''

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'' and '' Black Hawk Down''. Tyson played

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in an unfinished film of the same name, which was originally scheduled for release in 1992.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tyson, Richard 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors Actors from Mobile, Alabama American male film actors American male television actors Cornell University alumni Living people United States Naval Academy alumni University of Alabama alumni 1950s births Year of birth missing (living people)