Born in Washington, DC on January 15, 1980 and raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Richard Patterson started entertaining as a young boy in plays and choirs in his local church and schools.Rich (as he's affectionately known by family and friends), broke into the modeling industry as a practical joke, he was dared by one of his friends. While walking toward "The Talent Connections" building, Rich was stopped by the director of the company and signed his very first modeling contract that very day. He attended and graduated college from the prestigious North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T), with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology, Graphic Communications. He took drama classes during summer school and found that he naturally enjoyed performing, especially if it had anything to do with comedy and romance. After college (6 1/2 years), he worked as a banker, pursued modeling, acting and performed stunts on motorcycles during his spare time.He credits his training to Tasha Smith, Linda & Robert Townsend, R. Paul Thomason, David Sorrells and Miller Lucky.His training landed him a role in Phil Morrison's 2005 film titled, Junebug, Tyler Perry's "House of Payne," etc.Rich is a hard working determined young man who would stop at nothing to accomplish his dreams and make them to reality. Show less «