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(98)
Self
1962
Self
1962
Self
1958
Self
1948
Self - Co-Host
1961
1992
Self
1970
Host
1972
1999
G.O.D. (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
1994
Self (Archive Footage)
2022
Self (archive footage)
2021
1970
Self
1974
Richard Pryor
1984
Stand-Up Comedian on TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
Self (archive footage)
2020
Arnie
1997
Wallace 'Wally' Karue
1989
August 'Gus' Gorman
1983
Balloon Vendor
1979
The Wiz
1978
Montgomery Brewster
1985
Self (archive footage)
2024
Daddy Rich
1976
Harry Monroe
1980
Grover Muldoon
1976
Self (archive footage)
2022
Host
1977
Sugar Ray
1989
Dr. Chauncey Gump
1978
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Arlo Pear
1988
Jack Brown
1982
Self (archive footage)
2014
Pvt. Jonathan Crunk
1975
Piano Man
1972
Ezekiel 'Zeke' Brown
1978
Mike Willmer
1973
Jo Jo Dancer / Alter Ego
1986
Eddie Lenahan/Dr. Kevin Slattery
1987
Jimmy the Gravedigger
1996
Self - Actor and Comedian (archive footage)
2019
Leroy Jones / Rufus Jones / Rev. Lenox Thomas
1977
Joe Braxton
1981
Pharaoh
1980
Sharp Eye Washington
1974
Eddie Dash
1991
Cpl. Eddie Keller / Ted Segal
1982
Stanley X
1968
Self (archive footage)
2006
Self (archive footage)
2024
Whittaker
1967
Wendell Scott
1977
1973
Self (archive footage)
1997
Sam Spade
1975
Charlie Snow
1976
G.O.D.
1980
Self
1982
Self (archive footage)
2024
Self (archive footage)
2007
Self
1973
Self
1975
Self (archive footage)
2013
Self
1983
Self (archive footage)
2013
Self
1999
Self
1983
Narrator / Wino / Bartender
1991
Self
1979
Self
1990
Slim
1973
Self
1985
Self (archive footage)
2021
Otis Tucker
1969
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979
Self
1971
Self
1971
Self (archive footage)
1994
Self
1986
Self (archive footage)
2003
Jeff
1973
Himself
2020
Self
1997
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001
Self (archive footage)
2014
Richard Pryor
1970
Self / Various
1977
Wino
1971
1977
Juke
1973
Self
1974
2008
Self
1977
2023
1969
