J. August Richards
J. August Richards
Jaime Augusto Richards III commonly known as J. August Richards is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of vampire hunter Charles Gunn on the WB television series Angel and Mike Peterson/Deathlok in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth28 August 1973
CountryUnited States of America
michael
The interesting thing for me is, if I met Michael Peterson in person, I'd want him to let himself off the hook just a little bit.
coming crew sounds time trash wonderful worked
Their crew for 'Arrow' is just one of the most wonderful crews that I've worked with. I know that actors say that all the time, and it sounds like trash coming out of my own mouth, but it's so true.
marvel
I went right to the 'Guide to the Marvel Universe,' which has every Marvel character from A-Z, and fortunately, I had every issue. I found 'Deathlok,' read about him there.
believe black color cool fiction genre people science shows
The cool thing for me is, I go to a lot of conventions - a lot of science fiction conventions like Comic-Con - and there are always a lot of attendants of color. And I think some people believe that black people or people of color are not into science fiction or hero shows or genre shows.
against parts pilots white written
The pilots I did test for, I was the only black actor testing against white actors for parts that were written white.
great looks maybe realize watch
I thought, 'Oh, this is great,' because maybe someone who does look like me will watch 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' and realize that they can be an actor if they want to be, or they can be a superhero. They can have a hero that looks like them as well.
believe saw
I believe that I'm an actor to this day because of 'Star Wars.' I saw 'Star Wars' as a child, and I was completely enamored by it.
best example supposed thrive
I always say that I'm at my best when there's no example of what the character is supposed to be. I thrive when there's not much and I have to create it.
best definitely gonna job wrapped
When we wrapped 'Angel,' I definitely had a moment where I thought, 'Wow, that was the best job I'm ever gonna have.'
I was in fittings for the first costume even before I knew I was even going to be 'Deathlok.'
bad obviously steal term
To steal a term from one of my Twitter followers, 'Deathlok' is the 'anti-villain.' He's on the side of the bad guys, but he obviously doesn't want to be there.