Richard Grieco

Richard John Grieco, Jr. (born March 23, 1965) is an American actor and former fashion model. He was a model for Armani, Calvin Klein and Chanel.

Life and career
Grieco was born in Watertown, New York, the son of Carolyn (née O'Reilly) and Richard Grieco. He is of Italian and Irish descent. Grieco played football for Central Connecticut State University. After working as a model, he studied acting. He played Rick Gardner on One Life to Live from 1985 to 1987. In 1988, Grieco began appearing as Detective Dennis Booker on the shows 21 Jump Street and its spinoff Booker. Grieco's feature film debut was as Michael Corben in If Looks Could Kill (1991) and has appeared in numerous films since. He also appeared in the TV series Marker in 1995 and played himself in the 1998 film A Night at the Roxbury.

He dated another One Life to Live star, Yasmine Bleeth, in 2001. Richard and Yasmine also co-starred in the 1999 movie Heaven or Vegas and the 1999 made-for-TV movie Ultimate Deception. He began a singing career in 1994 with the Dunmore Band. He signed to a German label and released a CD, Waiting for the Sky to Fall, in 1995. Later on he teamed up with music manager Cheryl Bogart and formed the band Wasteland Park in 2004.

Grieco is father to a son (Dylan Justice Sissons) born in 1999, with his ex-girlfriend, model and actress Kimber Sissons. Currently, he is single and lives in Los Angeles, California. Grieco has a collection of 1980s cars.

Pop culture
Grieco was idolized by Chau Presley, a character played by John Cho in the WB sitcom Off Centre. In the show, Chau met Grieco at a Department of Motor Vehicles and traded him an Oingo Boingo shirt for the one he was wearing. Several references are made to Grieco and his movies (especially Point Doom).

In A Night at the Roxbury Grieco was idolized by the main characters. His lifestyle ("Clothes, Cars, Women") were what Doug and Steve Butabi were trying to achieve.