Sam Richardson (born January 12, 1984) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Richard Splett in the HBO political comedy series Veep (2012–19), co-creating and co-starring in the Comedy Central comedy series Detroiters (2017–18) alongside Tim Robinson, and for playing various characters in the Netflix sketch show I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (2019–present), Aniq Adjaye in the Apple TV+ series The Afterparty (2022–23), and Norville Rogers in the Max series Velma (2023–24). In 2022 and 2023, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance as Edwin Akufo in Ted Lasso, winning the 2023 award in this category. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Richardson (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2026Bad Day
• 2026Homebodies — Vic (voice)
• 2026Hoppers — Conner (voice)
• 2026Into the Sky
• 2026Let's Have Kids! — Ben
• 2026Matchbox the Movie — Crosby
• President Curtis — (voice), Booger (voice)
• 2026Sacrifice — Oliver
• 2026The Angry Birds Movie 3 — (voice)
• 2025Crash Site — Ben
• 2025Star Trek: Section 31 — Quasi
• Everybody Still Hates Chris — (voice)
• It's Florida, Man. — Phil
• Ren & Stimpy — Cockroach Father (voice), Log Announcer / Chipper Bro-Dude (voice), Satan (voice), Announcer (voice)
• Sausage Party: Foodtopia — Julius (voice)
• St. Denis Medical — Michael
• 2024The 4:30 Movie — Major Murder
• Clone High — Wesley (voice)
• History of the World: Part II — Thomas Watson
• Krapopolis — Hades (voice)
• Mulligan — Simon Prioleau (voice)
• Poker Face — Kendall Hines
• 2023Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken — Uncle Brill (voice)
• 2023Somebody I Used to Know — Dar
• Velma — Norville (voice)
• 2022Family Squares — Alex
• 2022Haunted — Father Brian
• 2022Hocus Pocus 2 — Gilbert
• 2022Senior Year — Seth Novacelik
• The Afterparty — Aniq
• HouseBroken — Chico (voice)
• Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. — Gary Garoldson (voice)
• 2021The Tomorrow War — Charlie
• 2021Werewolves Within — Finn Wheeler, Producer
• 2020Hooking Up — Bailey
• Hoops — Marcus (voice)
• 2020Promising Young Woman — Paul
• Star Trek: Lower Decks — Vendome (voice)
• 2020Superintelligence — John Donahue
• Ted Lasso — Edwin Akufo
• Woke — Toast (voice)
• A Black Lady Sketch Show — Joe
• 2019Good Boys — Officer Sacks
• Harley Quinn — Swamp Thing (voice)
• Human Discoveries — Bog (voice)
• I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson — Pacific Proposal Parks Owner, Dan, Baby of the Year Host
• Relics and Rarities — Ionis Leatherfoot
• Champaign Ill — Alf
• 2018Game Over, Man! — Donald
• 2018Ralph Breaks the Internet — Lee the Office Nerd (voice)
• Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — Muninn (voice)
• 2018The Night Is Young — Sam
• Detroiters — Sam Duvet, Executive Producer, Creator
• Room 104 — Greg
• 2017The House — Marty
• Dream Corp LLC — Patient 44
• 2016Ghostbusters — Basement Cop
• 2016Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates — Eric
• 2016Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising — Eric Baiers
• 2016Office Christmas Party — Joel
• Teachers — Mr. Jackson
• 2015Spy — John
• 2014All-Stars — Ramel Johnson
• BoJack Horseman — Doctor Champ (voice)
• 2014Horrible Bosses 2 — Producer
• Drunk History — Jim Brown
• 2013We're the Millers — TSA Agent
• Veep — Richard Splett
• Bob's Burgers — Dave (voice)
• New Girl — Dunston
• Archer — Bort (voice)
• The Office — Colin
• Arrested Development — TSA Agent
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Will Cooper
• A Hundred Percent
• Detroiters — Sam Duvet
• Monkey Quest — (voice)

Appearances as themselves (14)

• 2026The History of Concrete — Self (uncredited)
• Dinner Time Live with David Chang — Self
• Celebrity Wheel of Fortune — Self - Contestant
• 2018A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy — Self
• Nailed It! — Self - Judge
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series — Self
• Drop the Mic — Self
• Match Game — Self - Panelist
• Lip Sync Battle — Self
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars — Self - Guest Judge
• Conan — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• The View — Self - Guest