Rich Ceraulo Ko
Acting · Directing
Born March 27, 1977, New York City, New York, USA
Rich Ceraulo Ko was born on a US Air Force base in Bitburg, Germany. His father, Richard Loreto Ceraulo, was an Air Force Master Sergeant and his mother, Yang Cha Ko, a housekeeper, and homemaker. Growing up, his family hopped from base to base, eventually settling on Long Island, New York. Rich studied biology/pre-medicine at New York University before transferring to the Tisch School of the Arts his junior year where he studied with Doug Moston of the Actors Studio. After graduating, Rich appeared in the Broadway musical Flower Drum Song then quickly made his way out to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film and television. He made his feature film debut opposite Kevin Bacon in James Wan's Death Sentence and followed that up with a string of independent film and television roles. He is best known for his wide-ranging character work, guest starring in such critically acclaimed shows as The Walking Dead, Halt and Catch Fire, and Supergirl. He credits teachers Shari Shaw and Stuart Rogers as his two most significant acting mentors. He has been married to writer/actress Alissa Dean since June 27, 2009.
Filmography
- On Call — Officer Matthew Rolland
- 2024The Fall Out — Jason
- 2021Along Came Wanda — Daiku
- CSI: Vegas — Mark
- 2021Girl Trip — John
- NCIS: Hawaiʻi — Commander Jack Spence
- 2020Heel — Marky
- Star Trek: Picard — Handsome Deltan
- 2020Tenet — SWAT / Target
- 2020The Boy Behind the Door — Officer 2
- 2019Adopt a Highway — Officer Marshall
- 2019Fanboy — CAA Valet
- L.A.'s Finest — Chief John Dunn
- Pearson — Josh Rubin
- 9-1-1 — Officer Reyes
- Magnum P.I. — Charley Franks
- S.W.A.T. — Tom Russell
- 2017Yoshua — Officer Burton
- Supergirl — Agent Hartmann
- Halt and Catch Fire — Millennium Lead
- 2014Shockwave Darkside — Corporal Kim
- Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. — Soldier #1
- 2013The Bling Ring — Police Officer #2 (Nicki's)
- 2012The Debt Collector — Director
- Better With You — Rory
- Hawaii Five-0 — Detective Kauai
- Parenthood — Dr. Bartlett
- The Walking Dead — Jiro
- 2009Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet — Corey
- Glee — Reverend
- 2009Political Disasters — Rich
- Sonny with a Chance — Santiago Geraldo
- 2008Extreme Movie — Angus
- 2007Death Sentence — Owen
- Bones — Ted Norman
- Grey's Anatomy — Brian
- 2005Jellysmoke — Robbie
- Jack & Bobby — Bryce
- Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide — Speech
- NCIS — Muncie Tyson
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Officer Elliot Woo
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Uniform Officer
- Biter — Austin
- Love Loaded — Bill Smith