Richard Gant
- Highest Rated: The Freshman (1990)
- Lowest Rated: Cover (2007)
- Birthday: Mar 10, 1944
- Birthplace: San Francisco, CA, USA
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Salt-and-pepper-haired, frequently mustachioed African-American character player Richard Gant tackled supporting roles in a plethora of Hollywood A-list features during the 1980s and '90s. Among other efforts, his resumé from that period includes Suspect (1987), Rocky V (1990), Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993), and CB4: The Movie (1993). Gant continued his big-screen roles through the tail end of that decade and well into the 2000s, but also achieved substantial recognition and audience identification on the small screen, with a regular role as Sgt. Bill Dornan on Steven Bochco's hit cop drama NYPD Blue. Gant later appeared memorably as the livery stable owner Hostetler on the HBO Western drama Deadwood, and joined the cast of long-running soap opera General Hospital as Dr. Russell Ford in 2007.
Highest Rated Movies
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The Freshman
93% -
The Big Lebowski
83% -
Ezra
71% -
Suspect
69%
Filmography
Movies
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Box
|
Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You Can't Fight Christmas | J.J. James | — | 2017 | |
| Miss Me This Christmas | J.J. James | — | 2017 | |
| The Fright Night Files | Actor | — | 2014 | |
| 5% | Waiting for Forever | Albert | $16.8K | 2011 |
| Mama & Me | Actor | — | 2011 | |
| Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story | Actor | — | 2010 | |
| Ashes | Actor | — | 2010 | |
| 71% | Ezra | Mac Mondale | — | 2008 |
| 0% | Cover | Robert Maas | — | 2007 |
| 1% | Daddy Day Camp | Col. Buck Hinton | $13.2M | 2007 |
| Young Cesar | Actor | — | 2007 | |
| 11% | Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror | Jackson | — | 2007 |
| 9% | Norbit | Preacher | $95.4M | 2007 |
| Wifey | Actor | — | 2005 | |
| 28% | Kingdom Come | Clyde | $22.6M | 2001 |
| 26% | Nutty Professor II: The Klumps | Mr. Gaines | $122.4M | 2000 |
| Johnny B. | Actor | — | 2000 | |
| Divorcing Jack | Charles Parker | — | 1998 | |
| 16% | Godzilla | Admiral Phelps | — | 1998 |
| 21% | Sour Grapes | Det. Crouch | — | 1998 |
| 83% | The Big Lebowski | Older Cop | — | 1998 |
| Johnny B. | Actor | — | 1998 | |
| 41% | Bean | Det. Brutus | — | 1997 |
| Raven | Russ Carlson | — | 1997 | |
| 12% | The Glimmer Man | Detective Roden | — | 1996 |
| 0% | Ed | Umpire at Sharks Game | — | 1996 |
| 56% | City Hall | Deputy Commissioner Samuels | — | 1996 |
| 24% | Jason Goes to Hell - The Final Friday | Coroner | — | 1993 |
| 29% | Posse | Doubletree | — | 1993 |
| Men Don't Tell | Pope | — | 1993 | |
| 55% | CB4 | Baa Baa Ack | — | 1993 |
| The Tower | Wilson | — | 1993 | |
| 25% | Stone Cold | Cunningham | — | 1991 |
| False Arrest | Det. John Volland | — | 1991 | |
| 29% | Rocky V | George Washington Duke | — | 1990 |
| 93% | The Freshman | Lloyd Simpson | — | 1990 |
| Love Or Money | Zoo | — | 1990 | |
| Collision Course | Jarryd Guard #2 | — | 1989 | |
| 69% | Suspect | Everett Bennett | — | 1987 |
| 43% | Krush Groove | Jay B | — | 1985 |
| Night of the Juggler | Hospital Cop | — | 1980 |
TV
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 88% |
Mr. Iglesias
2019
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| 86% |
The Mindy Project
2012-2017
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The Game
2006-2015
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The Middle
2009-2018
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Pastor Watkins |
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American Dad (target for inaccurate feed data)
2005
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Voice |
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| 95% |
Deadwood
2004-2006
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Hostetler |
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| 7% |
The Deep End
2010
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Judge Cole |
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| 94% |
Men of a Certain Age
2009-2011
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Owen Thoreau Sr. |
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Cold Case
2003-2010
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George Watson |
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| 90% |
Bones
2005-2017
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Arthur Lang |
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| 86% |
Boston Legal
2004-2008
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Judge Vincent Kimball |
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General Hospital: Night Shift
2007-2008
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Russell Ford |
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Comment je l'ai rencontrée
2005-2011
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Judge |
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| 83% |
How I Met Your Mother
2005-2014
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Judge |
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Eve
2003-2006
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Andrew Hunter |
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Yes, Dear
2000-2006
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Officer |
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Charmed
1998-2006
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Elder Witch Doctor |
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The District
2000-2004
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Holland Isaacs |
|
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| 92% |
Smallville
2001-2011
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Principal Reynolds |
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Moesha
1996-2001
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Rev. Lovechild |
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The Drew Carey Show
1995-2004
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Rev. Holloway |
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For Your Love
1998-2002
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Mr. Talbot Talbot |
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| 84% |
NYPD Blue
1993-2005
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8th Precinct Desk Sergeant Sgt. Bill Dornan Leroy Glover Dornan |
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ER
1994-2009
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Mr. Lipson |
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Touched by an Angel
1994-2003
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Johnson |
|
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| 100% |
Bonnie
1995-1996
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Joe Briggs |
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Living Single
1993-1998
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Evans |
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| 86% |
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993-1997
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Judge |
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Martin
1992-1997
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Rev. Barnes |
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| 82% |
Picket Fences
1992-1996
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Randall |
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Empty Nest
1988-1995
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Sgt. Fletcher |
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Wings
1990-1997
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Jack |
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Beverly Hills, 90210
1990-2000
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Inspector |
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Murphy Brown
1988
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Judge |
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Roc
1991-1994
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MacGyver
1985-1992
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Denmark |
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Babylon 5
1993-1998
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Capt. Edward MacDougan |
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QUOTES FROM Richard Gant CHARACTERS
- George Washington Duke
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Touch me and I'll sue. Come on punk, touch me and I'll sue. (Rocky punches Duke)
- George Washington Duke
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Touch me and I'll sue. Come on punk, touch me and I'll sue. [Rocky punches Duke]
- Rocky Balboa
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Sue me for what?
- Det. Brutus
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Mr. Bean, are you presently on any kind of medication?
- Mr. Bean
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Not that I know of.
- Det. Brutus
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Well you could certainly use some.
- Preacher
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Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today--
- Norbit Albert Rice
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I OBJECT!
- Preacher
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[Agitated] Oh, for Christ's sake!
- Mr. Wong
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[Glad] Norbit.
- Pope Sweet Jesus
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[Overjoyed] Norbit!
- Kate
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[Astonished] Norbit!
- Choir Member
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[Singing] NORBIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!
- George Washington Duke
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In the ring, in the ring. Tommy Gunn only fights in the ring
- George Washington Duke
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In the ring, in the ring. Tommy Gunn only fights in the ring.
- Rocky Balboa
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My ring's outside
- Rocky Balboa
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My ring's outside.
- Coroner
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(about Jason, into the tape recorder) - My professional opinion: this guy's deader than sh*t. Ha-ha-ha-ha. Um, strike that last comment from the record.