Richard Pryor
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1940-12-01
Deathday 2005-12-10 (65 years old)
Place of Birth Peoria, Illinois, USA
Also Known As Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor, Ρίτσαρντ Πραιορ, Річард Прайор
Richard Pryor
Biography
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.
Known For
Actor
as Arlo Pear (Moving)
as Arlo Pear (Blue Collar)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (Archive Footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Himself
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Actor and Comedian (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as G.O.D. (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Arnie
as Jimmy the Gravedigger
as Self (archive footage)
as Narrator / Wino / Bartender
as Eddie Dash
as Sugar Ray
as Wallace 'Wally' Karue
as Arlo Pear
as Eddie Lenahan/Dr. Kevin Slattery
as Jo Jo Dancer / Alter Ego
as Self
as Montgomery Brewster
as Richard Pryor
as Self
as August 'Gus' Gorman
as Self - Host
as Jack Brown
as Cpl. Eddie Keller / Ted Segal
as Joe Braxton
as Harry Monroe
as G.O.D.
as Pharaoh
as Balloon Vendor
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self
as Dr. Chauncey Gump
as The Wiz
as Ezekiel 'Zeke' Brown
as Leroy Jones / Rufus Jones / Rev. Lenox Thomas
as Self
as Wendell Scott
as Self / Various
as Host
as Grover Muldoon
as Daddy Rich
as Charlie Snow
as Sam Spade
as Pvt. Jonathan Crunk
as Self
as Self
as Sharp Eye Washington
as Self
as Juke
as Jeff
as Mike Willmer
as Slim
as Self
as Piano Man
as Host
as Self
as Self
as Richard Pryor
as Self
as Otis Tucker
as Stanley X
as Whittaker
as Self
as Self - Co-Host
as Self
as Self
Writer
as Original Film Writer
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Writer
as Story
as Writer
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
Director
as Director
as Director
Creator
as Creator
as Creator