Richard Grieco
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Richard Grieco, 2006
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Richard John Grieco, Jr. March 23, 1965 Watertown, New York, US |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | Actor, former fashion model |
| Years active | 1986-present |
| Website | www |
Richard John Grieco, Jr. (born March 23, 1965) is an American actor and former fashion model.
Richard Grieco was born in Watertown, New York, the son of Carolyn (née O'Reilly) and Richard Grieco. He is of Italian and Irish descent. Grieco played football, hockey and lacrosse in high school. Grieco was "All-State in all three sports." Grieco also played football for Central Connecticut State University.
Grieco worked as a model for Armani, Calvin Klein and Chanel. He played Rick Gardner on One Life to Live from 1985 to 1987. In 1988, Grieco began appearing as Detective Dennis Booker on the shows 21 Jump Street and its spinoff Booker. Grieco's feature film debut was as Michael Corben in If Looks Could Kill (1991) and has appeared in numerous films since then. Later in 1991, he played the young Jewish bootlegger and mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel in the movie Mobsters. He also appeared in the TV series Marker in 1995. He played himself in the 1998 film A Night at the Roxbury.
Grieco began a singing career in 1994 with the Dunmore Band. He signed to a German label and released a CD, Waiting for the Sky to Fall, in 1995. Later on he teamed up with music manager Cheryl Bogart and formed the band Wasteland Park in 2004.
In 2009, several years after being encouraged by Dennis Hopper, Grieco publicly revealed that he has been painting since 1991. He calls his work "Abstract Emotionalism".
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