Early life

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.

Career

Modeling, TV and film

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.

Music

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.

Art

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".

Personal life

Grieco resides in Los Angeles, California.

In popular culture

In the WB sitcom Off Centre, Grieco is idolized by Chau Presley, a character played by John Cho. In the show, Chau met Grieco at a Department of Motor Vehicles and traded him an Oingo Boingo shirt for the one he was wearing. Several references are made to Grieco and his movies (especially Point Doom).

In A Night at the Roxbury, Grieco is idolized by the main characters. His lifestyle ("Clothes, Cars, Women") was what Doug and Steve Butabi were trying to achieve.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	If Looks Could Kill	Michael Corben	UK version entitled Teen Agent
	Mobsters	Bugsy Siegel
1993	Born to Run	Nicky Donatello
	Tomcat: Dangerous Desires	Tom
1994	Suspicious Agenda	Tony Castagne
	Sin and Redemption	Jim McDaniels
	A Vow to Kill	Eric
	Bolt	Bolt	DVD version entitled Rebel Run
1995	The Demolitionist	Mad Dog Burne
	It Was Him or Us	Gene Shepard
1996	Circuit Breaker	Adam
1997	Mutual Needs	Brandon Collier
	When Time Expires	Travis Beck
	Against the Law	Rex
1998	The Journey: Absolution	Sgt. Bradley
	Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights	Sinbad
	Ultimate Deception	Bobby Woodkin
	Captive	Joe Goodis
	Blackheart - Quest of a Serial Killer	Ray
	The Apostate	Michael Killan
	Garden of Evil	Dean
	A Night at the Roxbury	Himself
1999	Heaven or Vegas	Navy
2000	Final Payback	Joey Randall
	Point Doom	Rick Hansen
	Harold Robbins' Body Parts	Ty Kinnick
2001	Manhattan Midnight	Midnight
	Sexual Predator	J. C. Gale
	Death, Deceit and Destiny Aboard the Orient Express	Jack Chase
	Sweet Revenge	Frank
2002	Fish Don't Blink	Pete
	Book of Days	Mr. Finch
	Webs	Dean
	Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain	Mark
2004	Phantom Force	Mark Dupree
	Dead Easy	Simon Storm
2005	Raiders of the Damned	Dr. Lewis
2006	Forget About It	Anthony Amato
2011	Almighty Thor	Loki
	Cats Dancing on Jupiter	Derek Stockton
2013	AE Apocalypse Earth	Capt. Sam Crowe
2014	22 Jump Street	Dennis Booker	Cameo

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985-1987	One Life to Live	Rick Gardner
1987	Rags to Riches	Billy Gallento
1988	Who's The Boss?	Mauritzio
1988-1989	21 Jump Street	Detective Dennis Booker
1989-1990	Booker	Detective Dennis Booker
1994-1996	Gargoyles	Anthony "Tony" Dracon
1995	Marker	Richard DeMorra
	The Marvel Action Hour: The Fantastic Four	Ghost Rider	1 Episode
1996	The Incredible Hulk	Dan Ketch/Ghost Rider	1 Episode
2006-2007	Veronica Mars	Steve Botando	3 Episodes
2009	Gone Country 3	himself	Celebreality game show contestant
2010	Gigolos	Creator & Executive Producer
2016	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	himself	1 episode

Video Games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3	Ghost Rider

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Viral Video	Fishykiller	Short film on Trisha Paytas' YouTube channel
2015	Viral Video 2	Fishykiller	Short film on Trisha Paytas' YouTube channel

[ Source: Wikipedia ]