Sy Richardson
- Born
- June 4, 1941 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Symon Lionel Richardson (born June 4, 1941) is an American film and television actor. He made his film debut as the Fairy Godmother, in the 1977 American erotic musical comedy Cinderella. Richardson is perhaps best known as a regular in the films of Alex Cox, having appeared in Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, Straight to Hell, Walker, The Winner and Searchers 2.0. He played "Turbo" in the 1990 film Tripwire. He recently had a recurring role as the coroner on the TV series Pushing Daisies. He is also in They Live and played a tough L.A. County Sherrif in the gang classic Colors.
Filmography · 32 credits
- 2026It Wants Blood 2 · Actor (Professor Smert)
- 20195th of July · Actor (Pops)
- 2016The Reluctant Polyglot · Actor (Harris Liepo)
- 2013The Pain Killers · Actor (Reverend Samuel)
- 2010A Numbers Game · Actor (Bernie)
- 2008South of Heaven · Actor (Pawn Daddy)
- 2007Searchers 2.0 · Actor (Fritz Frobisher)
- 2001Human Nature · Actor (Police Detective)
- 2000The Playaz Court · Actor (Louie)
- 1998Shattered Illusions · Actor (Gene)
- 1996Evil Obsession · Actor (Jim)
- 1996Killin' Me Softly · Actor (Mr. Richardson)
- 1993Posse · Writer
- 1993Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel · Actor (Ernest)
- 1993Eye of the Stranger · Actor (Jeb)
- 1990Catchfire · Actor (Capt. Walker)
- 1990Street Asylum · Actor (Sgt. 'Joker' Tatum)
- 1989Three Fugitives · Actor (Tucker)
- 1989Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects · Actor (Lavonne)
- 1989Tripwire · Actor (Turbo)
- 1988They Live · Actor (Black Revolutionary)
- 1988Colors · Actor (Bailey)
- 1988Dead Man Walking · Actor (Snake)
- 1987Walker · Actor (Captain Hornsby)
- 1987Straight to Hell · Actor (Norwood)
- 1987Cold Steel · Actor (Rashid)
- 1987Medium Rare · Actor (Marv)
- 1986Sid and Nancy · Actor (Methadone Caseworker)
- 1984Repo Man · Actor (Lite)
- 1979Nocturna · Actor (RH Factor)
- 1978Fairy Tales · Actor (Sirus)
- 1977Cinderella · Actor (Fairy Godmother)