Richard Council grew up in Ruskin, Florida, the second son of Buford
and Louise Council. He graduated from East Bay High School with the
class of 1965 and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University
of Florida at Gainesville in 1969. In the summer of 1970 he won a grant
to perform at the San Diego Shakespeare Festival. He then studied for a
year on scholarship at the American Conservatory Theater, and was made
an Equity Journeyman with the ACT Company from 1971-'72. He then moved
to New York, and made his Broadway debut in "The Merchant of Venice" at
Lincoln Center (1974). Other Broadway credits include "Sherlock Holmes"
(1975), "The Royal Family" (1976), "I'm Not Rappaport" (1984),
"Conversations With My Father" (1990), "Uncle Vanya" (1992) and "The
Little Foxes" (1998). He is married to actress
Melissa Hurst, and with their
son, Will Council, they live in New York City.
Louie(2010)as Club Owner
You Don't Know Jack(2010)as Judge David Breck
Diggers(2006)as Guy in Truck
Law & Order: Criminal Intent(2001)as Detective Mellon
Caris' Peace(2011)as Self
The Loss of Nameless Things(2004)as The Creature, Lenny
Cuba: In the Shadow of Doubt(1986)as Fidel Castro
