Hoyt Richards is an American model

Model (person)

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 and actor

Actor

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Richards became one of the biggest names in modeling in the late 1980s and 1990s. He is viewed by many in the industry as being the first male supermodel

Supermodel

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. He appeared in hundreds of advertising campaigns and was photographed by Bruce Weber

Bruce Weber (photographer)

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, Richard Avedon

Richard Avedon

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, Helmut Newton

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, Steven Meisel

Steven Meisel

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, Horst

Horst P. Horst

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, and Albert Watson

Albert Watson

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. His campaigns include Gianni Versace

Gianni Versace

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, Valentino

Valentino SpA

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, Gianfranco Ferré

Gianfranco Ferrè

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, Ralph Lauren

Ralph Lauren

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, Burberry

Burberry

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, Dunhill, Cartier

Cartier SA

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, and Donna Karan

Donna Karan

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In his last year of high school, Richards landed a scholarship which sent him to England to be educated in the sixth form of the English public school Haileybury

Haileybury and Imperial Service College

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. After Haileybury, Richards, a scholar-athlete, went to Princeton University

Princeton University

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 from where he graduated in 1985 with a BA in Economics and played varsity football. At that stage, he had no plans to be a model. His focus was on football and school. But a shoulder injury lead him to New York to see a specialist. On that trip, he was told his football playing days were over but he was spotted by a casting director. Eventually, his trips to New York for auditions lead to him a meeting with the Ford Model Agency.

Ford Models

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 Thus began his career as a male model. This career spanned over fifteen years and over encompassed over 200 major ads and hundreds of commercials.

In the late 90s, Richards moved from New York to Los Angeles to begin pursuing a career as an actor. He first appeared in the Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford

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/Anne Heche

Anne Heche

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 romantic comedy, Six Days Seven Nights

Six Days Seven Nights

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. Since then, he has since appeared in over a fifteen independent films including such award winning projects as the comedy, Hit and Runway (1999) and the dramas, Taxi Dance (2009) and "The Disciple." In 2005, Richards , also a screenwriter, began his own production company that develops and produces television and film projects.

Filmography

• Heaven's Rain (2010) Co-producer
• The Disciple (2010)
• Paradise Lost (2010)
• Action News 5 (2010)
• The Gertrude Stein Mystery or Some Like it Art (2010)
• American High School (2009)
• Taxi Dance (2009)
• Dog Tags (2009)
• Futbaal: The Price of Dreams (2006)
• Transgressions (2006)
• High Art, Low Life (2004)
• Get Money (2003)
• Hit and Runway (1999)
• Distress Signals (1998)
• Six Days Seven Nights (1998)

External links

• Locke Management entry