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Deon Richmond

Deon Richmond (born April 2, 1978)[1] is an American actor from New York City who is best known for his recurring roles as Rudy Huxtable's friend Kenny (nicknamed "Bud") on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show and Jordan Bennett on the ABC/The WB sitcom Sister, Sister.[2] He has been nominated for two Young Artist Awards, winning one in 1989.

Deon Richmond
Born (1978-04-02) April 2, 1978 (age 46)
Washington Heights, New York, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1986–present
Known forKenny ("Bud") –The Cosby Show
Jordan Bennett – Sister, Sister
Darren Dixon – Getting By

Career

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He is the son of Shirley Richmond.[3] His earliest roles include an appearance in the music video for the 1985 Kool & the Gang song "Cherish" and commercials for fast food chains Burger King and McDonald's.[3]

In 1986, Richmond made his debut as Kenny, also known by the alias Bud, on sitcom The Cosby Show.[4] He made his first appearance in the episode "Theo's Flight", and after appearing occasionally during season 3 Richmond was promoted to a recurring role the following season.[5] Alongside the other child actors on the series, he won the Young Artist Award for Best Young Ensemble Performance in 1989.[6] Richmond would go on to appear in 32 episodes of the show until it ended in 1992.[7]

Richmond played a young Eddie Murphy in the beginning scenes of the film Eddie Murphy Raw (1987),[3] appeared in the film Enemy Territory as Chet[8] and had a small role in the Spike Lee film Mo' Better Blues.[9] He portrayed a young drug dealer in the 1988 TV movie The Child Saver co-starring Alfre Woodard,[10][11] and appeared in the Kris Kross music video "Warm It Up" in 1992.

He played Darren Dixon in the 1993–94 sitcom Getting By with Merlin Santana as his brother Marcus; they had previously appeared together on The Cosby Show.[12][13] In 1997, Richmond began his role as Tamera Campbell's boyfriend Jordan Bennett on the fifth season of the hit series Sister, Sister, and became a regular cast member during its sixth and final season.[14] While acting on Sister, Sister, he earned his second Young Artist Award nomination in 1999.[15]

Richmond starred in Trippin' (1999) as Gregory Reed, a high school senior who tends to daydream instead of focusing on his life.[16] One reviewer claimed Richmond was "great" in the role.[17] In an otherwise negative review, another critic viewed Richmond as "appealing" and that he "worked well" with co-star Maia Campbell.[18]

During the 2000s, Richmond appeared in several films throughout the decade. In Scream 3 (2000), he played Tyson, who is later slain in the film.[19] The following year, Richmond portrayed Malik, a character meant to satirize tokenism,[20] in Not Another Teen Movie.[21] Richmond was Mini Cochran in the 2002 film National Lampoon's Van Wilder,[22] and appeared as Marcus in the independent horror film Hatchet (2007).[23] Richmond portrayed teacher Calvin Babbitt in the short-lived 2006 sitcom Teachers.[24][25]

Richmond acted less frequently in the 2010s. He guest starred in the series finale of Psych in 2014, portraying the boss of Gus.[26] Richmond also appeared in the comedy film FDR: American Badass! (2012) as George.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role
1987 Eddie Murphy Raw Young Eddie Murphy
Enemy Territory Chet
1990 Mo' Better Blues Tyrone
1998 High Freakquency Coffee Boy
1999 Trippin' Gregory Reed
2000 Scream 3 Tyson Fox
2001 Not Another Teen Movie Malik
2002 National Lampoon's Van Wilder Mini Cochran
2003 The Blues Shorty
2005 One More Round Celebrity Audience Member 1
2006 Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas Red
Hatchet Marcus
2011 Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury Jimmy Fontaine
The Legend of Awesomest Maximus Jamal
2012 FDR: American Badass! George
2018 What Matters Black
TBA Cloudy with a Chance of Christmas Eddie Lawson

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1986–92 The Cosby Show Kenny (also nicknamed "Bud") 32 episodes, (NBC)
1988 The Child Saver Jackie Watson TV movie, (TCM)
1989 Desperado: The Outlaw Wars Thomas Jefferson III TV movie, (TCM)[27]
1990 Moe's World Moe TV movie[28]
1993 American Playhouse Nat Crawford Season 11 Episode 5, Hallelujah (PBS)[29]
1993–94 Getting By Darren Dixon 31 episodes, (ABC/NBC)
1994 Me and the Boys T.C. Season 1 episodes 9, Bad Influence (ABC)
1995 The Parent 'Hood Troy Season 1 Episode 2, The Rake, the fake and Gopher Snake (WB)
On Our Own Kevin Two Episodes, (ABC)
Hangin' With Mr. Cooper Lewis Season 4 Episode 3, R.O.T.C. (ABC)
1996 Hangin' With Mr. Cooper Louis Season 4 Episode 14, Coach Counselor (ABC)
1997-99 Sister, Sister Jordan Bennett 34 episodes, (WB)
2006 Teachers Calvin Babbitt Five Episodes, (NBC)
2007 It's a Mall World Evan TV mini-series, (MTV)
2014 Psych Gus's New Boss Season 8 Episode 10, "The Breakup" (USA)
One Love Chris Benson 2 episodes
2019 That Show Called Arif Deon Richmond Episode: "The Incident"

References

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  1. ^ "Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 29-June 4". The San Diego Union Tribune. May 23, 2022. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  2. ^ "This Bud's For You!". TMZ. 7 November 2008. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  3. ^ a b c McKinney, Rhoda E. (June 1989). "New Child Stars". Ebony. Vol. 44, no. 8. Johnson Publishing Company. p. 92. ISSN 0012-9011.
  4. ^ "'The Cosby Show' Starts 4th Season With Surprises And Changes". Jet. Vol. 72, no. 26. Johnson Publishing Company. September 21, 1987. ISSN 0021-5996.
  5. ^ "TV Tidbits". Toledo Blade. August 21, 1987. p. 9.
  6. ^ "10th Annual Awards". Young Artist Awards. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  7. ^ Fearn-Banks, Kathleen (July 16, 2009). The A to Z of African-American Television. Scarecrow Press. p. 360. ISBN 9780810863484.
  8. ^ Nowlan, Robert A.; Wright Nowlan, Gwendolyn (1991). The Films of the Eighties. McFarland & Company. p. 169.
  9. ^ Thompson, Bryan (December 18, 1993). "Deon Richmond stars in Hallelujah". Indianapolis Recorder. pp. B1–2.
  10. ^ Bobbin, Jay (January 15, 1988). "'Hill Street' star in new show". Rome News-Tribune. p. 30.
  11. ^ Gertel, Elliot B. (March 23, 1988). "The Child Saver". The Jewish Post. p. 13.
  12. ^ Gardella, Kay (March 31, 1993). "TV's 'nice girl' happy in role". Gainesville Sun. p. 6.
  13. ^ Bean, Bruce (April 30, 1992). "'Cosby Show' Kids See Life After Last Episode". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  14. ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (June 24, 2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 1247. ISBN 9780307483201.
  15. ^ "20th Annual Awards". Young Artist Awards. Archived from the original on November 28, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  16. ^ Ebert, Roger (May 14, 1999). "'Trippin' has promise, but lacks courage of originality". Ocala Star-Banner. p. 9.
  17. ^ Sheppard, Matt (May 14, 1999). "Trippin a Humoristic Light-hearted Movie". The South Seattle Sentinel. p. 10.
  18. ^ Vice, Jeff (May 12, 1999). "Cheap humor and bad gags trip up this film". The Deseret News. p. C3.
  19. ^ Goldman, Eric (April 11, 2011). "Scream: The Story So Far". IGN. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  20. ^ Gateward, Frances K.; Pomerance, Murray (2005). Where the Boys are: Cinemas of Masculinity and Youth. Wayne State University Press. p. 158. ISBN 9780814331156.
  21. ^ Ebert, Roger (December 2, 2002). Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2003. Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 435. ISBN 9780740726910.
  22. ^ Willis, John; Monush, Barry (February 2004). Screen World 2003. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 179. ISBN 9781557835284.
  23. ^ Savlov, Marc (September 7, 2007). "Hatchet". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  24. ^ Muir, John Kenneth (2007). TV Year: The Prime Time 2005-2006 Season. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. p. 133. ISBN 9781557836847.
  25. ^ Kelly, Mike (March 28, 2006). "Sitcom goes to school". Toledo Blade. p. D-3.
  26. ^ Bierly, Mandi (March 27, 2014). "'Psych' series finale: James Roday on landing dream guest star, ending". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  27. ^ Lentz, Harris M. (1997). Television Westerns Episode Guide: All United States Series, 1949-1996. McFarland & Company. p. 134. ISBN 9780786403776.
  28. ^ "TV". The Item. July 19, 1992. p. 7C.
  29. ^ Burlingame, Jon (December 22, 1993). "Strange days and weird scenes of past". Ocala Star-Banner. p. 14C.
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