The son of professional jazz musicians (father a trombone player, mother a singer), Frederick Lawrence was born in Huntington Beach, CA but had a very peripatetic, unconventional upbringing, living on both the east & west coasts and several places in between. He discovered acting while in high school in the San Fernando Valley, where he excelled in plays & competitions and was voted Drama Club President his junior & senior years. It was as a senior that he landed his first professional acting job, earning his SAG card in the process. Rick's had a career in the entertainment industry for more than half his life, working both in front of & behind the camera, and he's fortunate to have collaborated with some of the most talented people in the business. He's contributed to over 100 feature films, television programs, commercials, shorts & stage productions. In 2011 he wrote, produced and acted in the short film Lovelock, CA (2011) which garnered great reviews and premiered at the historic Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Show less «