This profile is part seventeen of Queerty’s 2020 Out For Good series, recognizing public figures who’ve had the courage to come out and make a difference in the past year, in celebration of National Coming Out Day on October 11.Name: J.
August Richards, 47Bio: Richards grew up in Maryland where he showed an early interest in the fine arts.
After graduating high school, he relocated to California to attend the University of Southern California on a dramatic arts scholarship.
It didn’t take him long to break into acting, racking up a series of roles in television series, including The Cosby Show, The West Wing, The Practice, and in the miniseries The Temptations.