Richard Cotovsky
Date of birth: 1954-01-13
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known for: Acting
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Biography
Richard Cotovsky (born January 13, 1954) is an American character actor of film, stage, and television. He is also a director of stage. Richard Cotovsky was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Southern Illinois University. He transferred to the University of Illinois at the Medical Center in Chicago to earn a degree in pharmacy. In his senior year, he took introduction to the theater which made him interested in acting. In 1999, Cotovsky directed Brian Friel's play, "Freedom of the City," at the Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois. He received a Joseph Jefferson Citation for directing this play which also received best ensemble and production. In 2000, he directed at Chicago, Illinois's Live Bait Theater's the world premiere of the John Susman play "Nelson & Simone". In 2006, he acted in the Sam Shepard play, "Buried Child," at the Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company.
Movie Credits
Broadcast Signal Intrusion
2021-10-22
In the late 90s, a video archivist unearths a series of sinister pirate broadcasts and becomes obses
Start Without Me
Adam, a newly sober former musician, and Marissa, a flight attendant whose marriage is in crisis, wi
Not Welcome
2018-10-14
A couple suspects that their McMansion might be haunted. In actuality, the ghost is a 30 year-old fa
Little Fockers
2010-12-21
It has taken 10 years, two little Fockers with wife Pam and countless hurdles for Greg to finally ge
Design
2002-01-10
The sad and sometimes darkly funny lives of various denizens of Chicago's social and economic unders
Chat
2015-05-03
A father afflicted by photophobia searches for his daughter lost in the world of cybersex chat.
Stir of Echoes
1999-09-10
After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's g
The Ride
1997-10-01
Three men steal a car.
Lionel on a Sun Day
1997-11-16
Lionel tries to get into a building through the stairwell, but are on each floor upheld by strange p
Office Christmas Party
2016-11-25
When Carol Vanstone, CEO of the technology company Zenotek, expresses her intention to close the Chi
A Place to Be
2017-09-22
Set against the background of a broken U.S. immigration system, A Place to Be is a love story betwee
Monuments
2021-06-04
A young widower sidesteps grief, loss, and familial dysfunction when he steals his wife's ashes and
Pictures of Baby Jane Doe
1999-09-07
When down-on-his-luck photographer Horace meets Jane, a young streetwalker with a sordid lifestyle,
The Origins of Wit and Humor
2015-04-23
A comedy writer's need for approval leads him to a wonder elixir that bends his world into a surreal
Bulls
2026-01-09
Two down-on-their-luck half-brothers run a failing dive bar in Indiana and get a shot at taking on E
The Two Thieves
2014-04-01
The story of an influential event 2000 years ago from the viewpoint of two people who had a unique p