# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-richardson-q24050468
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:37:26.514Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-richardson-q24050468"
name: "Sam Richardson"
slug: "sam-richardson-q24050468"
description: "Sam Richardson is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for co-starring in the Comedy Central comedy series Detroiters (2017–2018) alongside Tim Robinson, playing Richard Splett in the HBO political comedy series Veep (2012–2019), and for playing various characters in the Netflix sketch show I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (2019–2023), Aniq Adjaye in the Apple TV+ series The Afterparty (2022–2023), and Norville Rogers in the Max animated series Velma (2023–2024). In 2022 and 2023, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance as Edwin Akufo in Ted Lasso, winning in 2023."
tagline: "American actor, comedian, writer, and producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_Richardson_-_Jan_2019_(46909537042)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1984-01-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.94
  momentum:             4.741195934767195
  historical:           17.10505733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/SamRichardson"
    handle:    "SamRichardson"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3931538/"
    handle:    "nm3931538"
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    title: "Sam Richardson (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sam Richardson (onye na-eme ihe nkiri)"
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    title: "샘 리차드슨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sam Richardson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سیم رچرڈسن (اداکار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Sam Richardson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump