RICHARD JAMES PORTER
- AEA,
- SAG-AFTRA

- Acting Reel (Performance Video)
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Clips from "Billions," "The Knick," "Boardwalk Empire" "The Daily Show" and scenes in which I had principal roles.
- Billions, Season 5, Episode 7 (Performance Video)
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Playing a Cabinet Secretary in a confrontation with Secretary Krakow, played by Daniel William Strong
- The Knick, Season 2, Episode 2 (Performance Video)
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Confronting Dr. Thackery (Clive Owen) in my recurring role as Monsignor Lawlor.
- Boardwalk Empire (US Senator) (Performance Video)
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Senator interviewing Andrew Mellon, played by James Cromwell.
- The Daily Show (Homeless Millionaire) (Performance Video)
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One-on-one skit with Jon Stewart, who is looking for a good home for a "homeless" millionaire.
- Headmaster Kessler (Brilliant Mistakes) (Performance Video)
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Independent feature film. Playing a concerned headmaster of a prep school.
- Obnoxious Boor (Commercial) (Performance Video)
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spec Dorritos Ad. Man wants to be buried with a bag of Dorritos.
- Judge Dempsey (Strictly Dishonorable) (Performance Video)
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Curmudgeonly judge in a speakeasy, major supporting role in a New York revival of a play by Preston Sturges.
- Nerdy, Inept Accountant (Bernie Waldoff, IOU) (Performance Video)
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Inept SEC examiner sent to check the books of a fraudulent investment banker. (Independent film)
- Identity Guard Commercial (Performance Video)
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Comedic TV ad (professional Demo Clip produced by Jeremy Russell)
- Crazy Inventor (Affordable Apartments) (Performance Video)
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Crazy inventor greets a young couple coming to see his rental apartment. Film was a 2010 Sundance selection.
- Voice Over Commercial Reel (Performance Video) Quicktime
- Voice Over Narration Reel (Performance Video) Quicktime
- Promo Reel (Performance Video) Quicktime
- Voice Over Character Reel (Performance Video)
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Dark comedy. The actor does all the voices as the doomed Titanic steams toward the iceberg
- Song Clip - Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Performance Video)
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Performed at The Duplex, NYC
- Song Clip 2 - I Got the World on a String (Performance Video)
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Performed at The Duplex, NYC
Résumé Print Résumé
Film/TV | ||
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Billions |
1st Cabinet Member (guest star) |
Showtime |
The Knick Season 1 |
Msgr. Lawlor (recurring) |
Cinemax |
The Knick Season 2 |
Msgr. Lawlor (recurring) |
Cinemax |
Boardwalk Empire |
US Senator (guest star) |
HBO |
The Daily Show |
Distressed Millionaire (skit w/ Stewart |
Comedy Central |
Brilliant Mistakes |
Headmaster Kessler |
Salisbury Films |
Bernie Waldoff, IOU |
SEC Examiner |
Cognetti Films |
Celebrity Ghost Stories |
Headmaster |
Biography Channel |
Affordable Apartments |
Dr. Trellos (mad scientist) |
Maximum Exposure Films |
History of Everyday Things |
Undertaker |
History Channel |
Theatre / Off Broadway / Off-Off Broadway / Regional | ||
Twelfth Night |
Malvolio |
Frog&Peach Shakespeare |
Midsummer Night's Dream |
Peter Quince |
Frog & Peach Shakespeare |
Macbeth |
Porter |
Oxford Shakespeare, Scotland |
Annie |
Oliver Warbucks |
HFCC Performing Arts Co., MI |
Finishing Touches |
Howard Steinman (lead) |
Stan Hart, Writer/Director |
Until Death Do Us Part |
George (lead) |
Thespis Festival, NYC |
The Letter |
Howard Joyce (lead) |
LR Wilhelm, Director |
Strictly Dishonorable |
Judge Dempsey (curmudgeon) |
Yoshino Theatre Co., NYC |
The Importance of Being Earnest |
Dr, Chasuble |
Gene Frankel Theater, NYC |
The Crucible |
Thomas Putnam |
Sink or Swim Rep, NYC |
Hotel Paradiso |
M. Martin (stuttering lawyer) |
LCP Productions, NYC |
Measure for Measure |
Escalus |
Foolish Mortals Prod., NYC |
When Joey Married Bobby |
Henry (genteel homeless) |
Theatre 80, NYC |
As You Like It |
Adam |
Gene Frankel Theater, NYC |
Self-Portrait |
William Hunter (art dealer) |
Midtown Int'l. Festival |
Joy of Broken Dreams |
Featured Singer |
LCP Prod., NYC |
All's Well That Ends Well |
Lord LaFeu |
Foolish Mortals Prod., NYC |
The Fantasticks |
Old Actor |
Boal Barn Playhouse |
HMS Pinafore |
Sir Joseph |
Bellefonte Light Opera |
Trial by Jury |
Learned Judge |
Bellefonte Light Opera |
Pirates of Penzance |
Major General |
Bellefonte Light Opera |
website | ||
www.richardjamesporter.com |
Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'10" |
Weight: 168 lbs |
Eyes: Blue |
Hair Color: Bald |
Hair Length: Bald on Top |
Ball Room Dance, Business Wardrobe, Cabaret, Current Passport, Formal Wardrobe, Full Kilt Oufit, Improv, Own Car, Patter Singer, Wall Paper Hanger, Bowling, Golf, Ice Skating, Roller Skating, Swimming - ability - general, Cello, Dance Ballroom, Dance Swing, Dancer, Improvisation, Licensed Driver, Singer, Teleprompter, Vocal Range: Bari-Tenor, Vocal Range: Baritone, Vocal Range: Tenor, Vocal Style: Legit, Voiceover, British - BBC English Accent, British - Cockney Accent, German Accent, Irish Accent, Italian Accent, New England Accent, New York Accent, Scandinavian Accent, Scottish Accent, Southern Accent