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| Name | Richard Robert Ruccolo | Date of birth | March 2nd 1972 |
| Marital status | Married | Birthplace | Marlton, New Jersey, USA |
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Richard Ruccolo first discovered his love of acting after he won the lead role in the school production of "Oklahoma!".
After school he left for Los Angeles, sleeping on a friend's sofa until he could find work as an actor.
He was turned down by fourteen different agencies in three weeks before he landed a guest-starring role on "Beverly Hills, 90210" and "The X-files".
He later starred in "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" as "Pete Dunville" which was his break to fame.
In addition to his television and film credits, Ruccolo has starred in numerous musical productions, including "Something's Afoot" and "West Side Story."
During his recent hiatus, he performed in an original production sponsored by Garry Marshall in the Blank Theatre Company's Seventh Annual Playwright's Festival.
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Height: 5' 11" / 1.80 m
He has appeared in numerous national commercials, including those for Diet Coke, 7-Up, Wendy's and Skittles.
His favorite drink is Jack Daniels & Coke.
He now lives outside of Los Angeles and has recently built a waterfall in his yard.
Drives a Lexus LX470
Part of an interview about All Over the Guy with Richard Ruccolo and Dan Bucatinsky.
Question: Richard, how did you get involved?
Richard: I read the script, I was on a plane going to New York, I thought it was really interesting. I hadn't known Dan, I hadn't seen the play or anything, but I thought it was really interesting to see the script and it was not about stereotypes, not about disease, not about any of that, but just about a relationship. And it was interesting to see a crossover film that was about a gay couple with nothing that you usually see that tells us this character is gay. When I got to New York, I called my agent and said I want to audition for this and they called me back and said, "You can't, you're too late". So, I called them back and said you have to let me read for this and they finally agreed to see me in the callback session. So I got to the callback session and I read for Dan. Then Dan wanted to see me do the original scenes, so I had to come back and do the original scenes. And when I finished those, Dan stood up and said, "Great job. We do everything in reverse here, tomorrow we're just going to look at your head shot." I was offered the job that day.
Richard: Knowing that you're going to go in and you're going to read for a gay character for an actor that can be kind of threatening. It's territory that actors, gay and straight, are really careful about what they choose to do. And this was something that I just kept reading it and it wasn't really stereotypical, cliché or anything. And I told Dan I was waiting for the page where he comes out in drag with a big boa, and it just never happened.
Dan: You mentioned that before in an interview and I meant to say something about that, which is really true. I've played straight characters, I've played gay characters, I've read for a lot of gay roles before and it's amazing how, even in this day and age, when you get a script - A) the breakdown for the character that's gay always says "straight acting" on it, because nobody wants a character to not be, unless it's the guy from "Will & Grace". If the script was written by a gay writer, there's usually a gay agenda to the story. And if it was written by a straight writer, usually, it's sort of stereotypical - he's the best friend, he's flamboyant, he's the one who comes in and says, "that was FABULOUS". That is what people expect from their gay characters, and we've seen it already. There's a place for it, but we've already seen it.
Richard: When I read that and I was going to go in and meet with Dan, I was in no way, shape, or form, going to put any type of affectation on of being gay, or what it's like to be gay, or what most people perceive as gay. And if I didn't get the role, that was fine. I went in there and read it as if this was a straight character. It was the date scene that was the audition scene; I read it as if I was on a date with a woman, or in a fight with my girlfriend and that was exactly what he was looking for. I think my instincts when I was reading the script were correct.
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| Year | Title | Character |
| 2003 | Spellbound | |
| 2003 | The One | Michael Blake |
| 2001 | Anacardium | Chris |
| 2001 | All Over the Guy | Tom |
| 2001 | 28th Annual American Music Awards | Himself |
| 2000 | Luck of the Draw | Jedd |
| 1998 | Music From Another Room | Nick |
| 1998 | Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place | Pete Dunville |
| 1995 | Live Long Drink Juice | |
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