Red Richardson

Red Richardson is an English stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster from Devon.

Early life
Richardson has explained on stage that 'Red' is not a stage name but a consequence of his parents watching Clint Eastwood in For a Few Dollars More shortly after his birth. He grew up in Devon, where he attended secondary school in Totnes.

Stand Up
Richardson made his Edinburgh Fringe Festival one-man show debut in 2018 with the show Seeing Red, which he described as largely autobiographical and about growing up in a small “hippy town”.

Richardson returned to the Edinburgh Festival with his show Shots Fired in 2022. The show, in part, detailed his involvement in the 2017 Oxford Circus panic.

Podcast
In February 2021, Richardson launched comedy news podcast Laughable with Jayde Adams and Garrett Millerick. It was described by Sarah Keyworth in The Guardian as “great comedy minds telling bizarre tales, sprinkled with just the right amount of sweary bickering”. In December 2021, he started co-hosting comedy-history podcast The Year Is alongside Bobby Mair.

Acting
Richardson has said in interviews and on stage that as a child he auditioned for the role of Harry Potter, reaching far enough along in the process to be included in one-on-one auditions with  Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone director Chris Columbus, with the role ultimately going to Daniel Radcliffe.

Richardson appeared in Tom Little's online sitcom Don't Worry About It.

Personal life
He grew up in Devon, the son of director and screenwriter Peter Richardson. They were neighbours with comedian Rik Mayall, who was a family friend. After leaving Devon, he lived in London, but by 2019 was living in Brighton. In 2021, he married Rosie Mayall. They live in London, where she works as a manager at a Soho restaurant after choosing not to follow her father into comedy.