
Richard Riehle
Born May 12, 1948 · Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, USA
Richard Riehle (May 12, 1948 – October 15, 2026) was an American character actor born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. He studied at the University of Notre Dame, where he became involved with the university theater, and over nearly five decades appeared in more than 400 stage, film and television productions. He was best known as Tom Smykowski in Mike Judge's Office Space. His other films include The Fugitive, Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Bridesmaids, he made several appearances in the Star Trek franchise, and he played Santa Claus in a number of productions.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Home on the Range

Casino

The Fugitive

Halloween II

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

The Man from Earth

Bridesmaids

Texas Chainsaw 3D

Lethal Weapon 4

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

Glory

Fried Green Tomatoes

Big Stan

Ken Park

Black Rain

Free Willy

Office Space

Mysterious Skin

Executive Decision

Mercury Rising

A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas

Bandits

Joe Dirt

Hero

The Fan

Desperate Measures

Body of Evidence

Holy Matrimony

Mighty Joe Young

Of Mice and Men

Bad Ass

Hatchet

One Eight Seven

The Odd Couple II

3 from Hell

The Search for Santa Paws

Smiley Face

Iron Will

Messengers 2: The Scarecrow

Contracted: Phase II

Richie Rich's Christmas Wish

In Your Eyes

Prelude to a Kiss

Time Changer

Lightning Jack

Chillerama

Ghosts of Mississippi

Red

Love at First Glance

The Cowboy Killer

Say It Isn't So

The Darkroom

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

Jury Duty

Dorm Daze 2

Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story

Breathless
TV Shows

NCIS

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Two and a Half Men

The West Wing

Star Trek: Voyager

ER

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

The Middle

Psych

Falcon Crest

Diagnosis: Murder

Boston Legal

Mom

Chicago Hope

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

The Practice

Star Trek: Enterprise

Murder, She Wrote

Home Improvement

black-ish

L.A. Law

Quantum Leap

American Playhouse

The Mindy Project

The Golden Girls

The Pretender

American Housewife

The League

7th Heaven

Barry

Fuller House

Providence

Grounded for Life

Drunk History

Murder One

The Soul Man

The Client List

Brooklyn South

The Single Guy

Maron

Better Off Ted

Men at Work

Men Behaving Badly

Fillmore!

George Lopez

Tremors

The Visitor

Now Apocalypse

Married to the Kellys

Ferris Bueller

Surfside Girls

Nasty Boys

Capital News

Get Smart

Shaky Ground

Broken Badges

Ned Blessing

American Body Shop
More Movies

Treasure Buddies

Hot Tamale

Shadows and Fog

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

The Pentagon Wars

Dark Mind

Destination Marfa

Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer

Beethoven's 5th

The Public Eye

Hindsight

Amnesiac

The Fluffer

The Scribbler

For Their Own Good

BearCity 2: The Proposal

Friend Request

A Very Nutty Christmas

The Ransom of Red Chief

Judas Kiss

The 12 Dogs of Christmas

The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell

Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant

Soul of the Game

A Dangerous Woman

Extracted

Route 9

Roommate Wanted

The Hebrew Hammer

Killer: A Journal of Murder

Tonic

The Laramie Project

Puppy Star Christmas

Stuart Saves His Family

Nowhere to Hide

Palindromes

Spork

The Thin Pink Line

Miss Nobody

West of Hell

The Secret Village

Breakdance Academy

The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green

Killer by Nature

Fierce Friend

3 Days of Normal

The Lost

There's Always Woodstock

Last Call

The Invisible Raptor

Lovesick

Neo Ned

Dementia

The Lesser Evil

Fuzzy Head

Intern

Balloon Farm

The Meanest Man in Texas

Digging to Death

Made Vicious

Madelines

Trial by Fire

Dead Man's Burden

The Three Dogateers

A Plumm Summer

Hard Time: The Premonition

Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves

Mischief Night

Poor Paul

Daddy

Growth

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel

A Father's Secret

Adventures of the Naked Umbrella

Boris Is Dead

The Wedding Pact 2: The Baby Pact

Fear, Inc.

Limbo

Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss

Crash Point Zero

Primrose Lane

Faith Based

Cast the First Stone

River Made to Drown In

The Other Side of Hell

Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend

Sex, Death and Bowling

Five Star Day

Deadman Standing

Blue Dream

Bait Shop

People Like Us

15 Minutes at 400 Degrees

1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position

Trading Favors

Gay Baby

The Watermen

Au Pair

Down the P.C.H.

Breaking Legs

Keeper of the City

The Last Word

All I Want for Christmas

Our First Christmas

A Stranger in Town

Dilemma

Hacked: A Double Entendre of Rage Fueled Karma

Mr. Murder

Far More

Boomerang

Feeling Randy

Welcome to Forever

Spinning Into Butter

So Proudly We Hail

Lake Effects

The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu

500 Fireflies

Lone Justice 2

Munchausen

FDR: American Badass!

Driven

Bad Apples

Blink of an Eye

A Killer Among Us

Moon Manor

Lonely Boy

Living Room Coffin

Choose Connor

Death and Texas

Midnight Clear

Pitching Tents

Joyride

You Have a Nice Flight

Last Man Club

The Arrangement

Rachel River

Another pretty face

Necessary Evil

Too Fast Too Young

Perfect Prey

NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323

Girl Meets Boy

Domestic Import

Resurrection Mary

Kill the Man

Jimmy's Jungle

Monster Makers

Cold Night Into Dawn

Invaders from Proxima B

Bullitt County

PawParazzi

Dominion

Chase

Wasting Away

Price To Pay

Friended to Death

Fishbowl California

Nowhere, Michigan

Terminal

One of Our Own

20 Weeks

Heels

For Years to Come

The Invisible Mother

Coffee, Kill Boss

The Parlor

Citrus Springs

Old Man Jackson

The Gristle

Your Name Here

Shadow of Obsession

Ambush at St. Mary's

Schlep

We Meet Again

Gone Doggy Gone

Little Big Top

Aquarians

The Cabining

Project Solitude

Purgy's

For the Hits

Audie & the Wolf

Lights Out

Stellina Blue




