Bio
Richard Tyson is an American actor best known for his role as the villain Cullen Crisp, Sr. in the 1990 feature film Kindergarten Cop.
Television
Although better known as a film actor, Tyson has a number of television appearances to his credit. His only role as a regular cast member was in the short-lived action series Hardball in 1989/90.
He has made guest appearances on the following television shows:
Moonlighting
Disneyland
China Beach
Red Shoe Diaries
The Sentinel
Buddy Faro
Martial Law
Boomtown
CSI: NY
Tyson has also appeared in the following made-for-TV movies:
Lakota Moon (1992)
Operation Sandman (2000)
Crusader (2004)
The Trail to Hope Rose (2004)
Film
Tyson is best known for his work in film, usually in supporting or featured roles. He has appeared in three Farrelly Brothers movies to date: Kingpin; Me, Myself & Irene; and There's Something About Mary.
He has appeared (or will appear) in the following feature films to date:
Three O'Clock High (1987)
Two Moon Junction (1988)
Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Gengis Khan (1992)
The Babe (1992)
Dark Tide (1993)
Pharaoh's Army (1995)
Time Under Fire (1996)
Kingpin (1996)
The Glass Cage (1996)
Desert Thunder (1998)
Implicated (1998)
There's Something About Mary (1998)
The Pandora Project (1998)
Liar's Poker (1999)
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)
Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
Dying on the Edge (2001)
Firetrap (2001)
Monsoon (2001)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Cottonmouth (2002)
Last Flight Out (2004)
Moscow Heat (2004)
Yesterday's Dreams (2005)
Lonesome Matador (2005)
The Visitation (2006)
When I Find the Ocean (2006)
Plane Dead (2007)
Big Bad Wolf (2007)
Richard III (2007)
Naked Run (2007)
Sin-Jin Smyth (2007)
Knight Fever (2008)
Clown Face (2008)
In addition, Tyson has appeared in the direct-to-video releases Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick (1993) and Psychic Murders (2002).