The Riches

Background:

Actor Todd Stashwick is perhaps best known to television audiences for portraying Dale Malloy on the FX television series “The Riches” from March 2007 until its cancellation in April 2008. He has also played recurring roles in the television series “American Dreams” (4 episodes, 2002-2003), “Still Standing” (4 episodes, 2005-2006), “The War at Home” (4 episodes, 2006-2007), “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (2 episodes, 2009), “Heroes” (6 episodes, 2009-2010), “$#*! My Dad Says” (2 episodes, 2010), “Detroit 1-8-7” (2 episodes, 2010-2011), “Better with You” (2 episodes, 2011) and “Men of a Certain Age” (4 episodes, 2011). His film credits include “The Rundown” (2003), “Along Came Polly” (2004), “You, Me and Dupree” (2006), “The Air I Breathe” (2007), “Live” (2007), “Surfer, Dude” (2008) and “To Be Friends” (2010). Stashwick was once a member of the comedy troupe The Second City and a founding member of the New York based improvisation troupe Burn Manhattan.

Stashwick lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children. He also has a child from a previous marriage. During his free time, Stashwick enjoys surfing, writing screenplays, watching movies and TV shows, reading comic books, traveling overseas and playing video games with his son. His favorite TV shows include “Battlestar Gallactica,” “30 Rock,” “Dexter” and “Doctor Who.”

Fiddler on the Roof

Childhood and Family:

Todd Stashwick was born on October 16, 1968, in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Hoffman Estates High School, where he starred as Tevye in the school's production of “Fiddler on the Roof.” He went on to study theater at Illinois State University.

Mr. Todd has been married twice and has one child from his first marriage. He married his current wife, Charity, in 1997. They have two kids together.

Heroes

Career:

Todd Stashwick began performing at several local improvisational theaters after completing his degree in theater at Illinois State University. His childhood dream came true in 1992 when he was recruited to tour nationally with The Second City. Stashwick later moved to New York and founded the improvisation troupe Burn Manhattan. The troupe also featured Kate Walsh, Jeremy Piven and Spencer Kayden.

Stashwick made his television acting debut in 1997 when he landed a guest role in an episode of the Tom Beckett sitcom “Remember WENN.” It was also in 1997 that Stashwick started performing as part of rotating cast of the NBC hit talk show “Late Night with Conan O'Brien,” a gig he would keep through 2000. In 1998, Stashwick made his feature films debut as Franky in the Charlie Spickler comedy “Whacked” (1998). It was followed by a supporting role in the 1999 comedy “Lucid Days in Hell,” starring Kerr Smith, Natalie Zea and Daniel Cosgrove.

Throughout the late 1990s to early 2000s, Stashwick could be seen in guest appearances in such television series as “Law & Order” (1998), “Spin City” (1998), “Angel” (2000), “Diagnosis Murder” (2000), “Titus” (2001), “Providence” (2001), “Will & Grace” (2001), “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (2001), “Dark Angel” (2001), “Dharma & Greg” (2001), “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (2002) and “She Spies” (2002). He also worked with Jared Padalecki, Katharine Towne and Gabrielle Union in a pilot for FOX called “Close to Home” (2001), played the role of Romero in the Lori Fontanes directed and written film “Scream at the Sound of the Beep” (2002), starring Katharine Towne, and appeared in Uri Zighelboim's film “L.A.X.” Still in 2002, Stashwick had a recurring role on the ABC short lived series “MDs” and the Emmy Award winning dramatic series “American Dreams.”

In 2003, Stashwick appeared in a pilot for ABC called “These Guys,” with Currie Graham, Jsu Garcia and Alex Kapp Horner. The same year, he also portrayed Dr. Scott Borman in an episode of “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” Jed Tobin in two episodes of “The Guardian,” and Nate in an episode of “Malcolm in the Middle.” He also had a featured role in the film “The Rundown,” starring The Rock and Seann William Scott. Directed by Peter Berg, the film earned positive reviews from critics and was a modest box office success.

The following year, Stashwick appeared as a security officer in “Along Came Polly,” a film directed and written by John Hamburg that starred Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston. Despite mixed reviews from critics, the film opened at No. 1 at the U.S. box office. 2004 also saw the actor make guest appearances in such TV series as “The Drew Carey Show,” “CSI Miami,” “Monk,” “Boston Legal” and “Star Trek: Enterprise,” as well as portray Len in the TV miniseries “Stuck in the Suburbs,” starring Danielle Panabaker, Brenda Song and Amanda Shaw. He also provided the voices of various celebrities in the animated TV miniseries “The Wrong Coast” (2004), starring the voices of Mark Hamill and Kathryn Greenwood.

In 2005, Stashwick joined the cast of the CBS sitcom “Still Standing” in the recurring role of Kyle Polsky. The same year, he also had a two episode role in the ABC sitcom “Rodney” and appeared in an episode of “Out of Practice” and “CSI: NY.” Stashwick continued to guest star in such TV shows as “Crossing Jordan” (2006), “Four Kings” (2006), “How I Met Your Mother” (2006), “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” (2006), “Burn Notice” (2007), “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (2008), “The Game” (2008), “The Middleman” (2008), “Psych” (2008), “Life” (2008), “Supernatural” (2008), “Ghost Whisperer” (2008) and “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” (2008). Between 2006- 2007, Stashwick played Jeff in four episodes of the Fox sitcom “The War at Home” before joining the cast of the FX television series “The Riches” in the supporting role of Dale Malloy. The series ran for 20 episodes from March 12, 2007, to April 29, 2008. On the big screen, Stashwick received roles in such films as “You, Me and Dupree” (2006), a romantic comedy starring Matt Dillon, Owen Wilson and Kate Hudson, “The Air I Breathe” (2007), a drama starring Kevin Bacon, Julie Delpy, Brendan Fraser, Andy Garcia, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Emile Hirsch and Forest Whitaker, the Bill Guttentag helmed drama “Live” (2007), starring Eva Mendes, David Krumholtz and Rob Brown, and “Surfer, Dude” (2008), comedy starring Matthew McConaughey.

From 2009 to 2010, Stashwick played the recurring role of Eli on the NBC hit science fiction series “Heroes.” In addition, he guest starred in several TV series, including “The Mentalist,” “Saving Grace,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (2 episodes), “Lie to Me,” “Dark Blue,” “Stalker Chronicles,” “The Good Guys” and “Childrens Hospital.” He also acted in such films as “The Karenskys” (TV), “Secret of the Black Cat” (short), “To Be Friends,” “Friendship” and “Helpless” (short) and portrayed Dickey Todd in two episodes of “$#*! My Dad Says” (2010) and Henry Malloy in “Detroit 1-8-7” (2010-2011).

Recently, in 2011, Stashwick acted in episodes of “Private Practice,” “Better with You” (2 episodes) and “The Glades.” In June 2011, he had a recurring role on the TNT comedy series “Men of a Certain Age.” Stashwick will portray Matheson in “Letting Go” (2011), a comedy written, directed by and starring Jake Torem. He is also set to play Nick Ricochet in the upcoming comedy “Grassroots” (2011.).

Although busy in television and film, Stashwick has never forgotten his improvisational roots. He has produced, performed and taught at the theater he co-founded in north Hollywood called The Hothouse. He has also taught and performed his style of improvisation internationally.

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