Richard Edson

Known for ActingBorn 1954-01-01 (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. 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Greims

Shannon's Deal

Homicide: Life on the Street

Rebel Highway

Crime Story

Cold Case

ER

CSI: Miami

Do the Right Thing

Platoon

Shannon's Deal

Hard Scrambled

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Franklin & Bash

Stranger Than Paradise

American Gothic

Miami Vice

Perception

Chicago Hope

Black Dynamite

Purgatory

Good Morning, Vietnam

I am Josh Polonski's Brother

Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later

The Code

Numb3rs

Happy Endings

Monsters

Stranger Than Paradise

Strange Days

Intimate Betrayal

L.A. Law

Eyes of an Angel

China Lake

Eight Men Out

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

Scorpion Spring

Nash Bridges

Apartment #5C

The Shade

Marco Polo: Haperek Ha'aharon

Sunshine State

Kino '84: The Making of Jim Jarmusch

The Astronaut Farmer

Walker

Snide and Prejudice

Burning Shadow

Momma's Man