Richard Tyson is an American actor. He is best known as Kaz in ''
Hardball
Hardball, in English, more specifically American English, generally refers to baseball (as opposed to its variant softball), especially when played very competitively. Metaphorically, it refers to uncompromising and ruthless methods or dealings, ...
'' (1989–1990) as well as his film roles in ''
Three O'Clock High
''Three O'Clock High'' is a 1987 American teen comedy film directed by Phil Joanou. The script, about a meek high schooler who is forced into a fight with a volatile new transfer student, is based on the high school experiences of screenwriters R ...
'' (1987), ''
Two Moon Junction
''Two Moon Junction'' is a 1988 American erotic thriller romance film written and directed by Zalman King and starring Sherilyn Fenn and Richard Tyson. The original music score is composed by Jonathan Elias.
The film is noted for the final film ...
'' (1988), ''
Kindergarten Cop
''Kindergarten Cop'' is a 1990 American action comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and distributed by Universal Pictures. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as John Kimble, a tough police detective working undercover as a kindergarten teacher to apprehe ...
'' (1990), ''
Bound to Vengeance
''Bound to Vengeance'' is a 2015 American horror- thriller film about a woman who escapes her confinement in a basement by a sexual predator. The film had its world premiere on January 23, 2015 at the Sundance Film Festival.
Plot
The film begin ...
'' (2015), and ''
Playing with Dolls
''Playing with Dolls'' is a 2015 American slasher film directed by Rene Perez, co-written by Perez and Barry Massoni. It starred Natasha Blasick, Richard Tyson, Charlie Glackin, Alanna Forte, David A. Lockhart.
Plot
Cindy Tremaine is penniless a ...
'' (2015).
Biography
Tyson was born in Mobile, Alabama. His brother John was the
district attorney of
Mobile County
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, and was later the
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nominee for attorney general of Alabama in 2006.
Tyson starred in ''
Three O'Clock High
''Three O'Clock High'' is a 1987 American teen comedy film directed by Phil Joanou. The script, about a meek high schooler who is forced into a fight with a volatile new transfer student, is based on the high school experiences of screenwriters R ...
'', ''
Kindergarten Cop
''Kindergarten Cop'' is a 1990 American action comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and distributed by Universal Pictures. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as John Kimble, a tough police detective working undercover as a kindergarten teacher to apprehe ...
'' and three films directed by the
Farrelly brothers
Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly, collectively referred to as the Farrelly brothers, are American screenwriters and directors. They have made eleven films together, including ''Dumb and Dumber'', '' Outside Providence'', and '' There's Somethin ...
. He starred in the television series ''
Hardball
Hardball, in English, more specifically American English, generally refers to baseball (as opposed to its variant softball), especially when played very competitively. Metaphorically, it refers to uncompromising and ruthless methods or dealings, ...
''. His roles in the 2000s included ''The Fear Chamber'', ''
Richard III'', ''
Flight of the Living Dead'', ''No Bad Days'' and the western ''Shoot First and Pray You Live''. He starred in the horror film ''
Big Bad Wolf
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'' in which he is accused by his stepson of being a cruel and vicious
werewolf
In folklore, a werewolf (), or occasionally lycanthrope (; ; uk, Вовкулака, Vovkulaka), is an individual that can shapeshift into a wolf (or, especially in modern film, a therianthropic hybrid wolf-like creature), either purposely ...
.
Tyson played a former football star who owned the eponymous town in ''
Jake's Corner''. He guest-starred in ''
CSI: NY
''CSI: NY'' (''Crime Scene Investigation: New York'', stylized as ''CSI: NY/Crime Scene Investigation'') is an American police procedural television series that ran on CBS from September 22, 2004, to February 22, 2013, for a total of nine seaso ...
'', ''
Boomtown
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'' and ''
Martial Law
Martial law is the imposition of direct military control of normal civil functions or suspension of civil law by a government, especially in response to an emergency where civil forces are overwhelmed, or in an occupied territory.
Use
Marti ...
''. His other film appearances include ''
The Visitation'', ''
Liar's Poker
''Liar's Poker'' is a non-fiction, semi-autobiographical book by Michael Lewis (author), Michael Lewis describing the author's experiences as a Bond (finance), bond salesman on Wall Street during the late 1980s. First published in 1989, it is co ...
'' and ''
Black Hawk Down''. Tyson played
Genghis Khan in an unfinished film of the same name, which was originally scheduled for release in 1992.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
Actors from Mobile, Alabama
American male film actors
American male television actors
Cornell University alumni
Living people
United States Naval Academy alumni
University of Alabama alumni
1950s births