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Cast & Character Biographies
Biographies of the cast & characters from Angel.
------------------- J.August Richards/Charles Gunn
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 Jaime
Augusto Richards III
Born on the 28th of August 1973 in Washington DC, and raised in the Maryland suburb of Bladensburg, Richards discovered his love for acting at an early age, enrolling in a performing arts high school and appearing in several plays a year. Academically confident and determined to move out to Los Angeles to pursue his acting aspirations, Richards applied to only one college. Not only was he accepted into the University of Southern California, he also won numerous scholarships and grants to study theater. Upon graduation, Richards began working steadily in film, television and theater. Playing a rapping bike messenger who believes he is an alien
abductee, it was the role of Taj Mahal in the Mark Taper Forum's production of Space that first brought recognition and rave reviews to the young actor.
On the big screen, Richards has appeared in the feature films Why Do Fools Fall in Love? and Good Burger. He starred in the television movies Ground Zero, The Temptations and Mutiny. Richards has also guest-starred on The West Wing, The Practice, Chicago Hope, The Cosby Show and Any Day Now.
In his free time, Richards enjoys painting and has developed an interest in astronomy since working on Space. He traveled throughout the United States while on tour with the production and enjoys visiting his parents' native country of Panama as well as other regions of Central America.
Richards currently lives in Los Angeles, California with actress Tangi
Miller. |
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 Charles Gunn
Gunn, as he is most commonly known, grew up on the streets
looking after his little sister and protecting other homeless teenagers
from vampires and creating his own vampire hunting team in the process.
At the age of 17, he didn't think that much of his life and didn't think
he would live that much longer, he promised his soul to a demon in
exchange for his truck. Years later this promise reared it's head, but
he was allowed to keep his soul on account of the fact that Angel killed
the demon. While living on the streets a vampire group captured his
sister and turned her. She was then sent out to turn him, and he did the
hardest think possible, he killed her. Angel called on Gunn a few times
to help him out with a few bits here and there, soon he was on the pay
roll at Angel Investigations. Gunn grew close to another member of the
team, Fred, and they bonded together and are currently still together.
However since Gunn killed an old professor of Fred's, and Fred shared a
kiss with Wesley, the relationship was on the rocks and they broke it
off. Since then Gunn has been helping Angel and co with the demons. On
his latest visit to their new offices at Wolfram & Hart, something
strange happened when he went into the white room. In the white room he
got in contact with the senior partners somehow. They chose him to
become the lawyer in the Angel gang. He was given an
"injection" of lawyer know how courtesy of Wolfram & Hart. |
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------------------- J.August Richards' Filmography -------------------
- Paved with Good Intentions (2006) - Travis Balden
- Critical Assembly (2003) - Allan
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Running Mates (2000) - Randall's Aide
- Undressed (1999) - Bryce (Season 2: 2000)
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Mutiny (1999) (TV) - Reece Johnson
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Temptations, The (1998) - Richard Street
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Why Do Fools Fall In Love (1998) - Sherman
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Good Burger (1997) - Griffen
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OP Center (1995) - FBI Van Tech
------------------- J.August Richards' TV Appearances -------------------
- CSI: Miami playing S.A. Bob Villa in episode: Hell Night (episode #
3.6) 25 October 2004
- On-Air with Ryan Seacrest playing Himself 4 February 2004
- The Big Breakfast playing Himself 18 June 2001
- Any Day Now playing Billy in episode: It's a Good Thing I'm Not Black
(episode # 3.2) 30 July 2000
- Moesha in episode: Family Affair (episode # 5.16) 21 February 2000
- Nash Bridges playing Ernie Vesper in episode: Rip Off (episode # 5.11)
17 December 1999
- The West Wing playing Bill in episode: Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
(episode # 1.2) 29 September 1999
- The Practice playing Former Boyfriend in episode: Do Unto Others
(episode # 3.22) 2 May 1999
- Sliders playing Damon in episode: Just Say Yes (episode # 4.7) 13 July
1998
- Clueless playing Stewey in episode: Friends (episode # 2.20) 8 May
1998
- Chicago Hope playing Eric Lane in episode: Bridge over Troubled
Watters (episode # 4.21) 8 April 1998
- Players playing Sam Bodie in episode: Contact Sport (episode # 1.5) 14
November 1997
- The Good News playing John Braxton in episode: Try a Little Tenderness
(episode # 1.7) 13 October 1997
- JAG playing Seaman Bernard in episode: Rendezvous (episode # 2.15) 18
April 1997
- Diagnosis Murder playing Troy Sommers in episode: The Pressure to
Murder (episode # 3.9) 9 February 1996
- Space: Above and Beyond playing Lt. Thomas in episode: The River of
Stars (episode # 1.11) 17 December 1995
- Family Matters playing Guy at Mall #2 in episode: Scenes from a Mall
(episode # 5.12) 17 December 1993
- The Cosby Show playing Roy in episode: Out of Brooklyn (episode # 5.5)
3 November 1988
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