Richard Speight Jr. (born September 4, 1970) is an American actor who portrayed the archangel Gabriel and the deity Loki on Supernatural. He is also portrayed Alternate Loki on Supernatural
He has also starred in commercials for brands such as Pepsi, Got Milk? and Taco Bell. He also has appeared on Justified, Open Water 2, and Jericho. In the HBO mini-series Band of Brothers, he played Sergeant Warren 'Skip' Muck. He also directed multiple episodes of Supernatural.
Richard is a regular at Supernatural conventions, alongside actors Matt Cohen and Rob Benedict. He and Rob Benedict are also co-writers of the series King of Con (which was canceled after one season).
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- Rob Benedict, Matt Cohen and Richard are known collectively as R2M.
- Richard saved Rob when the latter suffered a stroke during a convention in October 2013. Richard rushed Rob to the hospital where the doctors informed them that had they been a few hours later, Rob would have died.
- Richard has known actor Timothy Omundson for more than 30 years.[1]
- Richard once got Mark Pellegrino drunk before a convention which led to rather sultry dancing. Richard soon regretted this decision.
- Richard said at a convention that he was forced to stand on boxes during scenes with Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles because they are much taller than him.
- When he first started playing the trickster, Richard did not know that his character would be revealed to be the archangel Gabriel.[2]
External links[]
Richard Speight Jr. at the Internet Movie Database- Richard Speight Jr. at Wikipedia
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- ↑ Omundson and Speight on #NASHCON2016!
- ↑ Stated by Richard Speight Jr. during his panel at SPNNash (view the panel on YouTube) on December 17, 2022.