Playing on behalf of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Actor and writer Andy Richter rose to fame while having the best seat in the house on NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" as O'Brien's sidekick for seven years. On June 1, 2009, Richter returned to late night as the announcer for "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien."
During his time on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," Richter and the "Late Night" writing team were nominated yearly for an Emmy in the Best Writing in a comedy or Variety Series category and won the 1997 Writer's Guild Award for Best Writing.
In 2002, Richter starred in and produced the FOX comedy, "Andy Richter Controls the Universe," in which he portrayed a struggling writer with an overactive imagination. That year, it was named "the funniest new comedy of the spring" by TIME, and garnered an Emmy nomination for writing. In 2004, he returned to television and to FOX, on its newest hit comedy "Quintuplets," playing the father of five teenage quintuplets. Additionally in 2007 Richter starred in the series "Andy Barker, P.I." for NBC. He has also had memorable cameo roles in such popular series as "Arrested Development," "Monk," and a hysterical three-episode arc as Christine's unlikely secret affair – on the critically acclaimed series "The New Adventures of New Christine." In 2009, Richter continued his role as "Mort" from the hit MADAGASCAR films for Nickelodeon's "The Penguins of Madagascar" and additionally for Nickelodeon voices a character "The Mighty B!" created by Amy Poehler.
Richter continues to stay active in the feature film world and most recently can be seen in BLADES OF GLORY, SEMI-PRO, and TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY. In 2008, Richter also lent his voice for the animated feature MADAGASCAR 2: ESCAPE TO AFRICA. His other prior film credits include SEEING OTHER PEOPLE, NEW YORK MINUTE, ELF, MADAGASCAR, SCARY MOVIE 2, and Robert Altman's DR. T AND THE WOMEN.
Richter attended the University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign and Columbia College, where he studied film and video. He currently lives with his wife and two children in Los Angeles.