Richard Pryor
Acting
🎂 1940-12-01
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor was an American stand-up comedian, actor, film director, social critic, satirist, writer, and MC. Pryor was known for uncompromising examinations of racism and topical contemporary issues, which employed colorful vulgarities, and profanity, as well as racial epithets. He reached a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential stand-up comedians of all time: receiving praise from notable comedians such as Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Newhart, and Bill Cosby. His body of work includes the concert movies and recordings starting in the 70s and spanning three decades. He also starred in numerous films as an actor, in both comedic and dramatic roles. He collaborated on many projects with actor Gene Wilder and actor/comedian/writer Paul Mooney. Pryor won an Emmy Award (1973), and five Grammy Awards (1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, and 1982). In 1974, he also won two American Academy of Humor awards and the Writers Guild of America Award. The first ever Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor was presented to him in 1998. Pryor is listed at Number 1 on Comedy Central's list of all-time greatest stand-up comedians.
Cast credits(100)
Self
1962
Self - Co-Host
1961
1994
1992
Self
1948
Self
1962
Stand-Up Comedian on TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
Host
1972
Self
1974
Self (archive footage)
2003
Self
1958
G.O.D. (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
Self (archive footage)
2021
Self
1970
August 'Gus' Gorman
1983
Arnie
1997
Wallace 'Wally' Karue
1989
Montgomery Brewster
1985
Harry Monroe
1980
1999
Self (Archive Footage)
2022
Self (archive footage)
2014
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Self (archive footage)
Sugar Ray
1989
Balloon Vendor
1979
Grover Muldoon
1976
Dr. Chauncey Gump
1978
Slim
1973
Self (archive footage)
2024
Daddy Rich
1976
Self (archive footage)
2020
Eddie Lenahan/Dr. Kevin Slattery
1987
Cpl. Eddie Keller / Ted Segal
1982
Self (archive footage)
2024
Jimmy the Gravedigger
1996
Jo Jo Dancer / Alter Ego
1986
Self
1971
Sam Spade
1975
The Wiz
1978
Eddie Dash
1991
Self
1979
Self (archive footage)
2022
Arlo Pear
1988
Self
1990
Self (archive footage)
2013
Self
1983
Self (archive footage)
2013
Pharaoh
1980
Sharp Eye Washington
1974
Self (archive footage)
2003
Self - Actor and Comedian (archive footage)
2019
Leroy Jones / Rufus Jones / Rev. Lenox Thomas
1977
Ezekiel 'Zeke' Brown
1978
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001
Joe Braxton
1981
Jack Brown
1982
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979
Self
1975
Self
1983
Mike Willmer
1973
G.O.D.
1980
Pvt. Jonathan Crunk
1975
Wino
1971
Jeff
1973
Richard Pryor
1970
Whittaker
1967
Host
1977
Piano Man
1972
Self (archive footage)
2021
Self
1997
Self (archive footage)
2006
Charlie Snow
1976
Richard Pryor
1984
Self / Various
1977
Self
1982
Wendell Scott
1977
Self
1973
Self (archive footage)
1994
Narrator / Wino / Bartender
1991
1970
Self
1999
Stanley X
1968
Otis Tucker
1969
Self
1985
1973
Self (archive footage)
2014
Self (archive footage)
2024
Self
1986
Himself
2020
Self (archive footage)
2007
Self (archive footage)
1997
2023
Self
1971
1969
Self
1974
Juke
1973
2008
Self
1977
1977
