Edward Herrmann as Richard Gilmore:
Birthday: July 21
Hometown: Washington, DC
Actor Bio:
Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor Edward Herrmann boasts an impressive career
that spans more than 30 years in theater, film and television.
His work on Broadway includes Mrs. Warren's Profession, for which he won a Tony Award; The Philadelphia Story, for which he earned a Tony nomination; Plenty and Love Letters.
On the big screen, Herrmann has created memorable characters in Nixon, Ritchie Rich, Born Yesterday, Lost Boys, Compromising Positions, The Man With One Red Shoe, The Purple Rose of Cairo, A Little Sex, The Great Gatsby, Annie, Reds, The Great Waldo Pepper, The Day of the Dolphin, Critical Care, Overboard, Big Business, Mrs. Soffel, Takedown, The Paper Chase, Double Takes, The Cat's Meow, Down and The Emperor's Club. Herrmann has a co-starring role in the Coen brothers feature film Intolerable Cruelty, and recently wrapped production on the Gene Hackman film, Welcome to Mooseport.
He appeared on television in a six-episode story arc on The Practice, which earned him a 1999 Emmy Award. He also guest-starred in the 200th anniversary episode of Law & Order and in a recurring role on Oz. Herrmann received additional Emmy nominations for his work on St. Elsewhere, the movie Concealed Enemies and Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years.
A highlight of his television movie credits include Atomic Train, Vendetta, Hallmark Hall of Fame's St. Maybe, Pandora's Clock, Soul of the Game, What Love Sees, Face on the Milk Carton, The End of a Sentence, Fire in the Dark, Murrow, The Lawrenceville Stories, Electrical Grandmother, A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story and Last Act is a Solo.
Herrmann frequently returns to the stage and recently finished performing in Neil Simon's new play, The Dinner Party, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. In the summer of 2002, he performed at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in the play Educating Rita, directed by the late Bruce Paltrow.
Herrmann also carries a full schedule of recording books on tape, having recorded over 50 thus far, including the latest novel in Tom Clancy's Net Force series. In 1999, he was awarded an AUDIE Award for his work in the complete recording of The King James Bible.
Last year, Herrmann was honored by his alma mater, Bucknell University, for outstanding achievement in his chosen profession.
Besides Gilmore Girls Edward has been in the following movies and TV shows: A Love of Time, Relative Strangers, The Aviator, Bereft, Welcome to Mooseport, Intolerable Cruelty, The Emperor's Club, The World Trade Center: Rise and Fall of an American Icon, James Dean, The Cat's Meow, Down, Double Take, Walking Across Egypt, Vendetta, Atomic Train, A Civil Action, Saint Maybe, Better Living, Critical Care, Pandora's Clock, What Love Sees, A Season in Purgatory, Soul of the Game, Nixon, Here Come the Munsters, The Face on the Milk Carton, Richie Rich, Don't Drink the Water, Foreign Student, A Foreign Field, My Boyfriend's Back, Born Yesterday, Hero, Fire in the Dark, Sweet Poison, The Last Act Is a Solo, So Proudly We Hail, Big Business, Overboard, The Lost Boys, The prodigious Mr. Hickey, St. Elsewhere, Murrow, Compromising Positions, The Man with One Red Shoe, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Mrs. Soffel, Concealed Enemies, Memorial Day, Annie, Death Valley, A Little Sex, The Gift of Life, The Electric Grandmother, Freedom to Speak, Reds, Dear Liar, The Private History of a Campaign That Failed, Harry's War, 3 by Cheever: O Youth and Beauty!, Freedom Road, 3 by Cheever: The Sorrows of Gin, Portraight of a Stripper, Brass Target, The North Avenue Irregulars, Take Down, The Betsy, A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story, Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years, Eleanor and Franklin, Valley Forge, The Great Waldo Pepper, Beacon Hill, The Great Gatsby, The Day of the Dolphin, The Paper Chase, La Mortadella, Tom Goes to the Mayor, Crossing Jordan, Oz, The Practice, Anatomy of a Scene, Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street, Wings, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, St. Elsewhere, Great Performances, and M*A*S*H.
Character Bio:
Richard is Lorelai's loving father who, like Emily, is never afraid to share
an opinion. He only wants the best for all his Gilmore girls, but sometimes his
meddlesome ways are hard to take.