Branscombe Richmond

Branscombe Richmond born August 8 1955 is a Native American actor stuntman and singer who is equally capable of portraying coldhearted villains on the one hand and warmhearted open good guys on the other as evidenced by his huge grin and hearty laugh The solidly built 6 3 Richmond has regularly played the bad guy onscreen Hes been on the receiving end of the fists of Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando 1985 gotten pummeled by Carl Weathers in Action Jackson 1988 and tangled with Steven Seagal in Hard to Kill 1990 Richmond is the son of movie stuntman Leo C Richmond and first broke into film and TV in the early 1970s with minor roles in shows such as The Bionic Woman 1976 The Rockford Files 1974 and Magnum PI 1980 From there he quickly picked up work in numerous madeforTV movies and was kept busy throughout the 1980s and 1990s with appearances in such Agrade productions as Licence to Kill 1989 Best Seller 1987 and Batman Returns 1992 He even found himself in the childrens film Curly Sue 1991 In early 1991 Richmond scored the key role of Bobby Six Killer in the bounty hunterthemed TV series Renegade 1992 starring alongside Lorenzo Lamas and Kathleen Kinmont The series was quite successful and ran from 1992 to 1997 turning out over 100 episodes Additionally Richmond has starred in plenty of Bmovie action films and has become quite a cult figure of the genre Since the late 1990s Richmond has remained busy on several fronts Hes continued acting in Hollywood is the official spokesman for Indian Motorcycles and is the lead singer for the band Branscombe Richmond and the Renegade Posse Hes also notched up numerous awards including being voted Native American Entertainer of the Year and Mr Showman of the year by the Las Vegas Review Journal