J. August Richards

Jaime Augusto Richards III (born August 28, 1973), He grew up in Bladensburg, Maryland.

Richards has so far been featured in four series as an attorney: Beginning in the first episode of season five of Angel, "Conviction", Gunn becomes a lawyer after having his brain upgraded with a comprehensive knowledge of the law (both human and dæmonic) by the international and interdimensional law firm Wolfram & Hart. In 2006, Richards joined the cast of NBC's Law & Order spin-off Conviction as Billy Desmond, an undefeated New York City Assistant District Attorney with political aspirations.

Richards portrayed a young Richard Webber in two Grey's Anatomy episodes: "The Time Warp" in season six, and "Only Mama Knows" in season eleven. He also appeared in an episode of The Mentalist. Richards had played the part of Damon in "Just Say Yes", a 1998 episode of the science fiction television series Sliders. Richards also guest-starred in an episode of Syfy's Warehouse 13.

On April 5, 2013, TVLine confirmed that Richards had been given an unspecified role in ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The character was later revealed to be a character named Mike Peterson, a human being with implants for injections of super-serum (similar to those of Captain America) known as Deathlok.

Also in 2013, Richards created his own sci-fi web series called The Hypnotist.

Personal life Richards publicly came out as gay in April 2020. On September 1, 2023, Richards married his partner, model Joshua Gbor.

Filmography

Film Year Film Role Notes 1995 Higher Learning Partygoer 1997 Good Burger Griffen 1998 Why Do Fools Fall in Love Sherman 2006 Paved with Good Intentions Travis Balden 2016 If Congress Was Your Co-Worker Steve Short 2020 Pearl Isaac Robbins

Television Year Show Role Notes 1988 The Cosby Show Roy Episode: "Out of Brooklyn" 1993 Family Matters Guy at Mall #2 Episode: "Scenes From a Mall" 1995 OP Center FBI Van Tech Miniseries Space: Above and Beyond Lt. Thomas Episode: "The River of Stars" 1996 Diagnosis Murder Troy Sommers Episode: "The Pressure to Murder" 1997 JAG Seaman Bernard Episode: "Rendezvous" Good News John Braxton Episode: "Try a Little Tenderness" Players Sam Bodie Episode: "Contact Sport" 1998 Awesome Adventures Himself/host Documentary series Chicago Hope Eric Lane Episode: "Bridge over Troubled Waters" Clueless Stewey Episode: "Friends" Sliders Damon Episode: "Just Say Yes" The Temptations Richard Street 2 episodes 1999 Mutiny Reece Johnson TV movie The Practice Michael Anderson Episode: "Do Unto Others" The West Wing Bill Episode: "Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc" Nash Bridges Ernie Vesper Episode: "Rip Off" 2000 Moesha Sean Episode: "Family Affair" Undressed Bryce Recurring cast (season 2) Any Day Now Billy Episode: "It's a Good Thing I'm Not Black" Running Mates Randall's Aide TV movie 2000–04 Angel Charles Gunn Recurring cast (season 1), main cast (season 2-5) 2002 Critical Assembly Allan Marshall TV movie 2004 CSI: Miami S.A. Bob Villa Episode: "Hell Night" 2006 Conviction A.D.A. Billy Desmond Main cast The 4400 John Shaffner Episode: "The Starzl Mutation" 2008–09 Raising the Bar Marcus McGrath Main cast 2010 Grey's Anatomy Young Richard Webber Episode: "The Time Warp" The Defenders ADA Bracken Episode: "Nevada v. Carter" & "Nevada v. Killa Diz" 2011 The Mentalist Dr. Vernon Watson Episode: "Bloodstream" Warehouse 13 Zach Adanto Episode: "Past Imperfect" 2013 Emily Owens, M.D. George Morgan Episode: "Emily... and the Leap" Arrow Mr. Blank Episode: "Home Invasion" 2013–18 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Mike Peterson / Deathlok Recurring cast (season 1-2), guest (season 5) 2014 The Lottery Deputy Secretary of State Nathan Mitchell Recurring cast Grey's Anatomy Young Richard Webber Episode: "Only Mama Knows" 2014–16 Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce Ford Recurring cast (season 1-2) 2016 Notorious Bradley Gregorian Main cast 2017–18 Kevin (Probably) Saves the World Deputy Nathan Purcell Main cast 2018 Giants Andrew Episode: "What Kind of Man Are You?" 2020 Council of Dads Dr. Oliver Post Main cast 2021 Generation Joe Recurring cast 2022 Vampire Academy Victor Dashkov Recurring cast2022The RookieLindEpisode: "The Reckoning"2023The Rookie FedsLindEpisode "payback"2025Fire CountryBruce3 episode