Background
Jeffrey Wayne Richmond grew up in Portage County, Ohio, and graduated from James A. Garfield High School in Garrettsville, Ohio, class of 1979, where he won the John Philip Sousa award and where his mother still lives.
Jeffrey Wayne Richmond grew up in Portage County, Ohio, and graduated from James A. Garfield High School in Garrettsville, Ohio, class of 1979, where he won the John Philip Sousa award and where his mother still lives.
Kent State University.
He has also been nominated for an Emmy for his composition of 30 Rock"s theme song. He also played a key part in the creation of the Garrettsville Community Players, directing, choreographing, and lending his creative and artistic vision to many of its shows in its beginning. He attended Kent State University in Ohio in the late 1980s, where he co-authored a number of musicals, and wrote a musical score to William Shakespeare"s Othello.
Richmond left SNL in 2006 to produce and compose music for the situation comedy, 30 Rock.
Richmond has also appeared as an extra on various occasions on 30 Rock, as the character Alfonso Disperioso. And, beginning in 2010, he directed five episodes: "Argus", "Plan B", "The Ballad of Kenneth Parcell", "Today You Are a Manitoba", and "A Goon"s Deed in a Weary World".
Richmond has also appeared in a recurring role on Late Night with Conan O"Brien as the short character of "Russian Hat Guy". Richmond is a recipient of the Child"s Play Touring Theatre 2012 Victor Award.