Actor
Richard Riehle
Born 12 May 1948 · Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, USA · Died 15 October 2026
Richard Riehle (May 12, 1948 – October 15, 2026) was an American character actor born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. He studied at the University of Notre Dame, where he became involved with the university theater, and over nearly five decades appeared in more than 400 stage, film and television productions. He was best known as Tom Smykowski in Mike Judge's Office Space. His other films include The Fugitive, Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Bridesmaids, he made several appearances in the Star Trek franchise, and he played Santa Claus in a number of productions.
Films and shows
- 2026
The Cowboy Killer1h 35mCook Gerald - 2026
Boris Is Dead1h 28mHank - 2025
We Meet AgainRichter - 2025
Tonic1h 43mEdward - 2025
500 Fireflies1h 49mOscar - 2025
Hacked: A Double Entendre of Rage Fueled Karma1h 34mSanta Claus - 2024SanitySheriff Huber
- 2024
Ambush at St. Mary's14mFather Jacob - 2024
Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story1h 24mNicolas Young - 2024
The Invisible Raptor1h 54mSheriff Grimley - 2024
Feeling Randy1h 23mWilfred - 2023
Intern16mCEO - 2023Golden Vanity1h 23mRadio Announcer (voice)
- 2023
Adventures of the Naked Umbrella1h 37mGranny - 2023
Poor Paul1h 46mGrandpa Paul - 2023
Old Man Jackson1h 30mFather Donovan - 2023
For Years to Come27mWally - 2023
Invaders from Proxima B1h 33mWilly Felson - 2023
Fuzzy Head1h 24mSheriff John Cunningham - 2022
Moon Manor1h 43mGordon - 2022
Madelines1h 20mRory Devonshire - 2021
Digging to Death1h 36mAllen Palms - 2021
For the Hits1h 14mGrandpa George - 2021
Far More1h 38mFather Joe - 2021
Destination Marfa1h 37mSkeeter the cashier - 2021
The Wedding Pact 2: The Baby Pact1h 40mHenry Carter - 2020
Jimmy's Jungle1h 40mGrandpa Bell - 2020
Faith Based1h 32mHerman - 2019
Chase1h 24mTurley - 2019
PawParazzi1h 30mBobby - 2019
Limbo1h 30mPhil - 2019
Boomerang9m - 2019
Nowhere, Michigan1h 35mMartin - 2019
15 Minutes at 400 Degrees16mJohn - 2019
The Meanest Man in Texas1h 46mMr. Kilpatrick - 2019
3 from Hell1h 55mSheriff Wolf - 2018
The Invisible Mother1h 46mArchie - 2018
The Acorn39mMr. Ives - 2018
Living Room Coffin1h 22mNate - 2018
Fishbowl California1h 23mGlen - 2018
Heels1h 29mCalvin - 2018
West of Hell1h 20mThe Conductor - 2018
Puppy Star Christmas1h 30mSanta Claus - 2018
Bad Apples1h 25mPrincipal Dale - 2018
A Very Nutty Christmas1h 20mDrosselmeyer - 2018
Bullitt County1h 38mThe Mr. - 2018
20 Weeks1h 30mKeenan - 2018
Deadman Standing1h 33mClarence Potts - 2017
You Have a Nice Flight1h 21mBob - 2017
Breaking Legs1h 38mPrincipal Bater - 2017Miyubi40mGrandpa
- 2017
Pitching Tents1h 32mGrandpa - 2017
Love at First Glance1h 30mWally - 2017
Aquarians1h 43m - 2017
Fear, Inc.1h 32mBill Peterson - 2017
Made ViciousLawyer Justice - 2016
Citrus SpringsGeorge - 2016
Schlep1h 24mUncle Bill - 2016
Last Man Club1h 35mGrady Reeds - 2016
A Father's Secret1h 34mIan Stone - 2016
Pee-wee's Big Holiday1h 29mDan - 2015
Welcome to Forever13mMr Cooper - 2015
Amnesiac1h 30mPostman - 2015
Roommate Wanted1h 25mDr. Hoffman - 2015
Sex, Death and Bowling1h 36mFather Joe - 2015
Dementia1h 30mSam - 2015
Daddy1h 29mAl Rubin - 2015
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves1h 15mSheriff Ryan - 2015Boredom12mJohn
- 2015
Primrose Lane1h 29mOfficer Braggs - 2015
Lights OutHarold - 2015
Contracted: Phase II1h 18mDeuce Gelman - 2014Pilot Error1h 53mRoy Grimm
- 2014
Gone Doggy Gone1h 29mStan Janson - 2014
The Cabining1h 23mSarge - 2014
All I Want for Christmas1h 28mSal - 2014
The Three Dogateers1h 34mSanta - 2014
Lovesick1h 40mFather - 2014
There's Always Woodstock1h 30mMr. Harmon - 2014
In Your Eyes1h 46mMr. Padgham - 2014
The Scribbler1h 28mOfficer O'Reilly - 2013
Girl Meets Boy1h 27mRaymond - 2013
Lonely Boy2h 5mMr. Fitz - 2013
Coffee, Kill BossVincent Brutsi - 2013
The Secret Village1h 30mPaul - 2013
Munchausen17mDoctor - 2013
Friend Request1h 31mFrank - 2013Jack's Not Sick Anymore13m
- 2013
Friended to Death1h 33m - 2013
Blue Dream1h 30mTed Sellers - 2013
Texas Chainsaw 3D1h 32mFarnsworth - 2013
Mischief Night1h 26mTrucker - 2012
3 Days of Normal1h 21mChief Dale Nickens - 2012Stitch in TimeNorman Stitch
- 2012WaterWalk1h 30mJim T
- 2012
Extracted1h 25mFather Riley - 2012
Dead Man's Burden1h 33mThree Penny Hank - 2012
Treasure Buddies1h 33mThomas Howard - 2012
Breathless1h 31mDeputy Cole - 2012
Bad Ass1h 31mFather Miller - 2012
Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend1h 27mHowlin' Hal Halsby - 2012
Last Call1h 21mHarold - 2012
BearCity 2: The Proposal1h 53mGabe - 2012
Lake Effects1h 30mChairman McCarren - 2012
FDR: American Badass!1h 33mSenator Bronson - 2011
The Watermen1h 36mBelvine Lee Smith - 2011
Chillerama2hCecil Kaufman - 2010
Gay Baby9mDr. Feldman - 2010
The Search for Santa Paws1h 29mSanta Claus - 2010
Five Star Day1h 38mJim the Plumber - 2010
Growth1h 30mLarkin Holberman - 2010
Killer by Nature1h 34mWarden Upton - 2010
Breakdance Academy1h 30mPrincipal Collins - 2010
Miss Nobody1h 26mLeonard Ormsby - 2010
1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position1h 23mCharlie - 2009
Stellina Blue1h 35mDr. Helfenstein - 2009
Project Solitude1h 36mFrederick Sterling - 2009
Messengers 2: The Scarecrow1h 34mJude Weatherby - 2009Dinner with Raphael10mMr. Siegfried
- 2009
The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu1h 18mMr. Snodgrass - 2009
Spinning Into Butter1h 26mPaul Meyers - 2009
Nowhere to Hide1h 33mToley - 2009
Halloween II1h 45mBuddy The Night Watchman - 2008
Audie & the Wolf1h 20mMichael Ludlow - 2008
Hindsight1h 32mPeter - 2008
Red1h 33mSam - 2008
Bait Shop1h 25mGus - 2008
Our First Christmas1h 29mSanta - 2008
Your Name Here1h 46mLipschitz - 2008
The Last Word1h 30mMan at Gorge - 2008
A Plumm Summer1h 39mArt Bublin - 2007
Resurrection Mary1h 31mDetective Mahoney - 2007
Wasting Away1h 31mColonel South - 2007
Choose Connor1h 49mGrant Miller - 2007
The Man from Earth1h 27mDr. Will Gruber - 2007
Smiley Face1h 25mMr. Spencer - 2006
Little Big Top1h 23mBob - 2006
Dark Mind1h 21mDetective Rees - 2006
Domestic Import1h 42mSam the Mailman - 2006
The Darkroom1h 23mEmilio - 2006
Fierce Friend1h 14mPhone Tech - 2006
Hot Tamale1h 42mSheriff Pinkham - 2006
Price To PayHooper - 2006
Hatchet1h 24mJim Permatteo - 2006
Down the P.C.H.1h 35mRicky - 2006
Midnight Clear1h 43mTommy - 2006
The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell1h 30mNarrator / Paranormal Historian - 2006
Dorm Daze 21h 40mCaptain Bunkley - 2006
The Lost1h 59mBill Richmond - 2005
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green1h 28mHat Sister - 2005
The 12 Dogs of Christmas1h 47mMayor Noble Doyle - 2005
Neo Ned1h 37mOfficer Roy Pendleton - 2005
Mysterious Skin1h 45mCharlie - 2004
The Gristle1h 33mStarnes - 2004
NTSB: The Crash of Flight 3231h 36mErnie Wilson - 2004
Home on the Range1h 16mSheriff (voice) - 2004
Death and Texas1h 17mPrison Warden - 2003
Time Changer1h 35mDr. Wiseman - 2003
Beethoven's 5th1h 31mVaughn Carter - 2003
The Hebrew Hammer1h 21mSanta - 2003
Ken Park1h 37mMurph - 2003
Monster Makers1h 28mDet. Brennan - 2002
Another pretty face - 2001
The Parlor11mBeth - 2001
The Fluffer1h 35mSam Martins - 2001
Say It Isn't So1h 35mSheriff Merle Hobbs - 2001
Bandits2h 3mLawrence Fife - 2000
Crash Point Zero1h 33mAlan Douglas - 1999
Balloon Farm1h 32mEarl - 1999
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo1h 28mBob Bigalow - 1999
The Arrangement1h 35mDet. Bert Hershak - 1999
Office Space1h 30mTom Smykowski - 1999
Au Pair1h 32mSam Morgan - 1999
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel1h 28mCapt. Rich Waters - 1999
Hard Time: The Premonition1h 40mCapt. Waters - 1999
Kill the Man1h 28mMr. Ellias - 1999
Blink of an Eye1h 37mMain Prison Guard - 1998
The Odd Couple II1h 37mDetective - 1998
The Ransom of Red Chief1h 30mNarrator / Sheriff 'T-Bone' Yankum - 1998
Perfect Prey1h 39mDetective Bevlan - 1998
Mr. Murder2h 12mJohn Wexel - 1998
Desperate Measures1h 40mEd Fayne - 1998
One of Our Own1h 40mBurt Herchak - 1998
The Lesser Evil1h 33mDetective Smitts - 1998
Driven1h 35mLeon - 1998
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas1h 58mDune Buggy Driver - 1998
Richie Rich's Christmas Wish1h 24mSgt. Mooney - 1998
Judas Kiss1h 37mSecurity Guard - 1998
Mercury Rising1h 51mEdgar Halstrom - 1998
Route 91h 45mAgent Wallace - 1998
Mighty Joe Young1h 54mCommander Gorman - 1998
Lethal Weapon 42h 7mINS Agent - 1997
Cold Night Into Dawn1h 31mGerald - 1997
Dilemma1h 23mCaptain Ross - 1997
River Made to Drown In1h 40mHeavyset Man - 1997
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest1h 40mJack Ogden - 1997
Trading Favors1h 43mHighway Patrolman - 1996
Too Fast Too Young1h 30mSergeant - 1996
Killer: A Journal of Murder1h 31mWarden Quince - 1996
Terminal1h 30mSecurity Chief - 1996
Soul of the Game1h 34mPete Harmon - 1995
Lone Justice 21h 33mMayor - 1995
A Stranger in Town1h 35mSheriff - 1995
Trial by Fire1h 30mFred Cobb - 1995
Dominion1h 35mLarry - 1995
Jury Duty1h 28mPrincipal Beasely - 1994
Lightning Jack1h 38mMarcus - 1994
Shadow of Obsession1h 36mDA Applegate - 1994
Iron Will1h 48mBurton - 1994
Holy Matrimony1h 33mGreeson - 1993
Ned Blessing1 season - 1993
Free Willy1h 52mWade - 1993
A Dangerous Woman1h 42mJohn - 1993
Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss1h 36mMort Aberdine - 1993
Body of Evidence1h 41mDetective Griffin - 1993
For Their Own Good1h 58mDave Butler - 1992
The Public Eye1h 39mOfficer O'Brien - 1992
Prelude to a Kiss1h 45mJerry Blier - 1992
Of Mice and Men1h 51mCarlson - 1992
Hero1h 57mRobinson - 1991
Keeper of the City1h 36mCapt. Sam Walden - 1991
Fried Green Tomatoes2h 10mReverend Scroggins - 1990
Ferris Bueller1 seasonEd Rooney - 1990
A Killer Among Us1h 40mOscar Wendt - 1990
So Proudly We Hail1h 40mDavis - 1989
Cast the First Stone1h 29mDickson - 1989
Black Rain2h 5mCrown - 1989
Glory2h 2mQuartermaster - 1989
Rachel River1h 25mMerv - 1977
Joyride1h 32mBartender
Purgy'sOld Man
