J. August Richards

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J. August Richards (2012)
Richards and colleague Amy Acker at a charity event

Jaime Augusto Richards III (born August 28, 1973 in Washington, DC ) is an American actor who was best known in Germany for his role as Charles Gunn in Angel .

Life

J. August Richards was born in Washington, DC but grew up in the suburbs of Bladensburg , Maryland . He discovered his love for acting at a young age and attended a high school for the performing arts, where he could appear in various plays.

Richards' acting career began after he was discovered by a casting director. He made his first guest appearance on the Bill Cosby Show .

Richards took part in a program for Visual and Performing Arts ( Visual and Performing Arts ) at the Suitland High School in Suitland , Maryland part where he made 1991 its conclusion. After graduation, he decided to start an acting career and only go to one college in Los Angeles . He was not only at the University of Southern California adopted, but also got some theater scholarships and grants available.

In his spare time, Richards enjoys painting and has developed an interest in astronomy since working on the play Space . During various production jobs, he traveled through the United States and enjoys visiting his parents' homeland, Panama, as well as other countries in Central America . Richards also supports the Make-A-Wish Foundation . Richards currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

In interviews, Richards said that his stage name is only “J”, because his first name Jáimé has two accents and is pronounced “Hai-mai” instead of “Hai-me”.

Filmography

Guest appearances

Quotes

"It is kind of grandiose, isn't it? I changed my name at 14 because no one outside of my family could pronounce my first name correctly. My parents are from Panama, and so there's a primary AND a secondary stress on my first name, Jaime, so it sounds like HIGH-MAY. And my middle name is actually Augusto [Ah-GOOS-toe], so that's tough too. The funny thing is, I have so many nicknames that no one calls me by my given name anyway. Still, I have thought about changing it just to Jay Richards. "

- in an interview with EW about his "stage name"

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personal data
SURNAME Richards, J. August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Richards, Jaime Augusto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC , USA