Jeff Richards

Jeffrey Hanson Richards (born October 21, 1974) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He was the first person to be a cast member on both FOX's MADtv and its rival sketch show, NBC's Saturday Night Live, appearing on the former in 2000, and the latter from 2001 to 2004. He is perhaps best known for his frequent SNL character "Drunk Girl".

As a standup comedian, Richards has opened for Chris Kattan, Andrew Dice Clay, Rob Schneider, David Spade, Louie Anderson, and Andy Dick. He has appeared as a guest on Marc Maron's WTF podcast, and Kill Tony, as well as on Aqua Teen Hunger Force and NBC's Late Night. In October 2020, Richards launched The Jeff Richards Show, a new podcast - guests have included Alec Baldwin, Bob Saget, Brad Garrett, Tommy Chong and more.

Early years Richards was born in Walnut Creek, California, and attended Las Lomas High School. At age 17, he created and hosted a public access sketch comedy show called Hanson Live. He then attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) and, in his senior year, he joined the improvisational comedy team CHiPs Improv.

In 2004 Richards appeared in the Comedy Central year-end retrospective special Last Laugh '04 as Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly. In 2006 he again portrayed O'Reilly in episode of Mind of Mencia titled "Carlos Smoov".

Richards has also done voice work which includes characters in the 2004 video game EverQuest II, a character in the 2006 MTV animated series Where My Dogs At? and in 2010 he played the voice of Brad Pitt in an episode titled "The Wedding" of the FOX sitcom 'Til Death. a portion of the proceeds from the album's sales was used to fight world hunger. This episode became one of the most viewed episodes of the podcast. As reported in Entertainment Weekly, Richards recently launched his own podcast, featuring one of his impressions interviewing celebrity guests. Moviemaker magazine described it as a "very funny, mindbending show where [Richards] uses deepfakes to mimic celebrities interviewing other celebrities".

Over his career Richards has also appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn.

Celebrity impersonations featured on Saturday Night Live

Filmography The Hand Job (2005) Projectorhead (short film) (2006) Sheep Man (short film) (2006) Bad Mofos (short film) (2011)