BRIAN RICHARDSON was born in Belize and raised in Trinidad and Tobago. He began acting in Trinidad in 1981. He is now based in New York. In addition to W.E.B. Du Bois, he has appeared with the Harlem Summer Shakespeare as Macbeth, Prospero, The Tempest, Malvolio, Twelfth Night, Jaques, As You Like It. Other NYC productions include Night Must Fall, The Lower Depths, and Race. He has also performed with Bristol Riverside Theatre, Barter Theatre, The Metropolitan Playhouse, The Bushnell Theatre, J City Theatre, and others. TV credits include: Atlanta, The Politician, Law and Order and Baz Luhrmann’s The Get Down. Movie credits: Time out of Mind, Coming to America, Hunger and Sid’s New Glasses. SAG-Aftra, AEA