J August Richards Bio

J. August Richards was introduced during the first season of Angel playing a rogue, street-savvy vampire hunter and joined the cast in the second season as a series regular.

Born in Washington, D.C. and raised in the Maryland suburb of Bladensburg, Richards discovered his love for acting at an early age, enrolling in a performing arts high school and appearing in several plays a year. Academically confident and determined to move out to Los Angeles to pursue his acting aspirations, Richards applied to only one college. Not only was he accepted into the University of Southern California, he also won numerous scholarships and grants to study theater.

Upon graduation, Richards began working steadily in film, television and theater. Playing a rapping bike messenger who believes he is an alien abductee, it was the role of Taj Mahal in the Mark Taper Forum's production of Space that first brought recognition and rave reviews to the young actor.On the big screen, Richards has appeared in the feature films Why Do Fools Fall in Love? and Good Burger. He starred in the television movies Critical Assembly, The Temptations and Mutiny. Richards has also guest-starred on The Practice, Chicago Hope, The Cosby Show and Any Day Now.

In his free time, Richards enjoys painting and writing music. An avid traveler, he enjoys visiting his parents' native country of Panama as well as other regions of Central America and Europe.

Richards currently lives in Los Angeles, Calif.

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Charles Gunn Bio
 

Charles Gunn lived with his sister Alonna for many years
in a shelter on Plummer Street. From a relatively young
age, they begin to fight vampires along with a small
group of other homeless kids. Gunn would always look out
for and protect his sister, but would sometimes get to
involved with his fight against the vampires. In the year
2000, Gunn began a war against a group of vampires led by
Knox. The two groups would often fight, and there were
many casualties on both sides.
During one lookout, Gunn sees the souled vampire Angel,
who was threatening a blackmailer. Gunn mistook him for
an ordinary vampire and tried to kill Angel. The fight
reached Gunn shelter, but Angel stopped fighting when
he realised that Gunn and his group were human.
Even though Angel saved Alonna from a metal bolt, Gunn
doesnt believe that he and Angel are on the same sides.
Soon after Angel has left, Knox leads an ambush against
Gunn and during the struggle, Alonna is kidnapped.
Arriving at the vampires lair, Gunn finds Alonna but she
is now a vampire. Alonna tells Gunn that she is better as
a vampire, and asks him to join her, saying they can stay
together forever. Just as she is about to bite him, Gunn
stakes her. Angel successfully convinces Knox vampires
to stay away from Gunn and his group. Angel realises that
Gunn could be of great help to him in his own fight
against the dark forces and has now begun to rely on his
help. Gunn has since earned a paying job in Angel
Investigations.now he works on the lawside in wolfram and
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