As an actor, Richard Hatch has enjoyed international recognition for more than two decades. He has starred in such series as “The Streets Of San Francisco” for which he won Germany’s Bravo Award, the equivalent of an Emmy Award, and “Battlestar Galactica” for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. These two series continue to play throughout the world today. In addition, Richard originated the role of Philip Brent on ABC’s “All My Children”.

Richard began his theatrical career with the Los Angeles Repertory Theater. In New York, he starred Off-Broadway in several plays and musicals including the Obie Award for his work in “PS Your Cat Is Dead” in Chicago. Most recently, Richard starred in the musical “Pepper Street” and “The Name Game” in Los Angeles.

In addition, Richard has starred in such movies for television as “The Hatfields And The McCoys” with Jack Palance, “Addie And The Kings Of Hearts” with Jason Robards, “Last Of The Belles” with Susan Sarandon, “The Class Of 65”, “The Hustler Of Muscle Beach”, and the cult classic “Deadman’s Curve” in which he portrayed Jan Berry of the musical group "Jan and Dean". He has also guest starred in numerous television series including “Dynasty”, “T.J. Hooker”, “MacGyver”, “Murder, She Wrote”, and “Jake And The Fatman”. His feature film credits include “Charlie Chan And The Curse Of The Dragon Queen” with Michelle Pfeiffer, “The Jungle”, “Prisoners Of The Lost Universe”, !lquote African Fever” and “Party Line”. Additionally, Richard starred in “The Hitchhikers”, an adaptation of the Eudora Welty short story, with Patty Duke, “Second Chance” with Arte Johnson and “Renaissance” in which he starred and associate produced. Most recently, Richard completed filming “The Battle For Mono Lake”, a documentary which he hosted and narrated, the feature films “Iron Thunder” and “Unseen”, both genre films and “The Ghost”, in which he stars with Michael Madsen. Richard can currently be heard on Quaker Oat Meal television commercials and other voice-overs.

Richard also wrote a trilogy of Battlestar Galactica novels for Byron Preiss Publications. The first book, “Armageddon” was released in July 1997 and the first edition sold out in only three weeks. The s!econd book, “Warhawk” was released in September 98 and the third, “Resurrection”, in July 2001. The trilogy did so well that Byron Priess Publications decided to follow it with more novels from Richard . "Rebellion" was released in July 2002 and the fifth book, "Paradise" will be out this summer. Personalized and numbered Gold Edition copies will be available at Richard's table at upcoming conventions. He has also been writing Battlestar Galactica stories for Extreme Comics and Realm Press. In 1999, Richard wrote, co-directed and executive-produced a 4 mns Battlestar Galactica Trailer which not only won acclaims at science-fiction conventions as well as in the worldwide press and has been instrumental to the series’ revival. Moreover, Richard’s pet project, “The Great War of Magellan”, which he created and wrote, is also currently being filmed as a Trailer directed by Richard, and he is in discu!ssions to create a series based on the story. He will be premiering the Trailer this year at conventions worldwide. Richard landed the part of Paulus in the upcoming BG game for Sony Playstation 2.

Richard has done many voice-overs for commercials in the past 3 years. When not acting, he lectures and conducts workshops on acting, self-expression, and communication throughout the world. He has taught and lectured at The Learning Annex, The Learning Tree University, UCLA Extension, Orange Coast College, Maui Community College, The Whole Life Expo, Windstar, AMGEN, Rocketdyne, Mensa, and Synergy One, as well as privately for groups and individuals.