Richard Gabai

Born: 1964-02-14 in New York City, New York, USA

Known For: Acting

Biography

Richard is a veteran of Film and Television with an incredibly diverse body of work. His career began with a series of cult, genre, and family film films including the Quentin Tarantino favorite "Vice Girls," the Genesis Award winning, "The Bike Squad," and the groundbreaking "Call of the Wild 3D." "InSight" was theatrically released to critical acclaim Yahoo Movies calling it "Well Directed and Acted From Start to Finish." The feature starring Natalie Zea, Sean Patrick Flanery, and Christopher Lloyd was later picked up by A&E Networks for it's World Television Premiere. Subsequently, Richard Directed and Produced seven consecutive feature films that were picked up by A&E: "Imaginary Friend" starring Ethan Embry, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Schul, and Paul Sorvino, "In The Dark," starring Elisabeth Rohm, Sam Page, and Shannon Elizabeth, "The Good Mother," starring Helen Slater, Jean Louisa Kelly, Patrick Fabian and Beverly D' Angelo, "Non-Stop," starring Lacey Chabert, Drew Seeley, Will Kemp, and Veronica Cartwright, and "The Wrong Woman" (The Highest Rated Acquisition of All Time) starring Danica McKellar, Jonathan Bennett, Dina Meyer and Jim O'Heir, "Expecting Amish" which premiered as the Highest Rated Cable Program starring A J Michalka, Alyson Stoner, Jean Luc Bilodeau, and Jesse McCartney, and "Mommy I Didn't Do It," starring Danica McKellar, Jonathan Bennett and Jen Lilley. Richard's western, Justice, starring Nathan Parsons, Stephen Lang, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Jackson Rathbone, and Ellen Holman was picked up by Universal for theatrical and then digital release. He also recently directed two films for The Hallmark Channel, "A Gingerbread Romance," starring Tia Mowry and Duane Henry, and "A Feeling of Home" starring Nathan Parsons, Jonna Walsh and Robbie Benson. Richard was just nominated (2020) for an Emmy as a Producer on the popular Amazon Series "The Bay." Additionally, Richard was a producer on both Steve Boyum's Fox feature "Supercross" and the 2010 Toronto Discovery Award Winner "Beautiful Boy" which starred Michael Sheen and Maria Bello. A graduate of USC, Richard lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three children. - IMDb mini biography by: The Gersh Agency

Filmography

2022

Piranha Women as Detective Shayne

2021

Assault on VA-33 as Erik

2019

A Feeling of Home ... (Director)
Amish Abduction ... (Executive Producer)
Staged Killer ... (Executive Producer)

2018

They Want Dick Dickster as Baxter Stabberman
A Gingerbread Romance ... (Director)

2017

Justice ... (Director)
Mommy I Didn't Do It ... (Director)
Deadly Sorority ... (Executive Producer)

2015

Watch Your Back ... (Executive Producer)

2014

Expecting Amish ... (Director)
Serenity Farm as Jack

2013

Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten ... (Co-Producer)
The Good Mother ... (Director)
Non-Stop ... (Director)
The Wrong Woman ... (Director)
In the Dark ... (Director)

2012

Imaginary Friend ... (Director)
Air Racers 3D

2011

Beautiful Boy ... (Executive Producer)
InSight ... (Director)
Super Shark ... (Co-Producer)
Screaming in High Heels: The Rise & Fall of the Scream Queen Era as Himself

2009

Call of the Wild ... (Director)

2008

Solar Flare as Dispatcher Tommy

2006

Miracle Dogs Too ... (Director)
The Legend of William Tell ... (Producer)

2005

Supercross ... (Producer)
Popstar as Jerry Kaminski
Glass Trap as Jake Lewis
American Black Beauty ... (Director)

2004

The Curse of the Komodo as Jeffries
Motocross Kids as Bud Cobra

2003

Treasure Hunt as Dan
Final Examination as Ferguson

2002

Spider's Web as Account Manager
The Bike Squad ... (Director)
Stranded as Peter
Trance as Reporter
Drive By ... (Producer)

2001

Tomorrow by Midnight as Cop 1
Raptor as Lewis
Virtual Girl 2: Virtual Vegas as Pickford

2000

Submerged as Eddie
Sideshow as Agent

1999

Fugitive Mind as Tony
Final Voyage as Daniels (uncredited)
Kickboxing Academy ... (Director)

1998

Mom, Can I Keep Her? as Animal Control Officer
The Pandora Project as Ensign Newbie
Virtual Girl as Fred Renfield
The Capitol Conspiracy as Vernon
Dear Santa as Kirk
Malaika as Greg Lamada

1997

Sexual Roulette as Chick
Maximum Security as Caldwell
Rapid Assault as C.O. John Carter
Little Miss Magic as Jack

1996

Vice Girls as Quentin / Hilowitz
Cityscrapes: Los Angeles as Guy In Line

1995

Assault of the Party Nerds II as Ritchie
Bikini Drive-In as Brian Winston
Midnight Tease II ... (Producer)
The Wasp Woman as Nick
Hard Bounty as Bradly Hope
Cyberzone as Plant Worker

1994

Dinosaur Island as John Skeemer
Inner Sanctum II as Paramedic

1992

Hot Under the Collar as Jerry / T.V. Evangelist

1991

Virgin High as Jerry

1990

Demon Wind as Willy

1989

After Midnight as Dave (segment "Allison's Story")
Deadly Embrace ... (Writer)
Assault of the Party Nerds as Ritchie
Blood Nasty as Danny

1988

Nightmare Sisters as Kevin

1987

Night Visitors as Robbie Whitmore