Biography
Raymond Forchion is an American actor, writer, producer, and director who has appeared on film, television and stage. Aside from several pilots and TV movies, he has co-starred on series such as Burn Notice, Numb3rs, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Femme Fatales, Southland,
Will & Grace, The Golden Girls, Wiseguy and In the Heat of the Night. He has had recurring roles on General Hospital and Miami Vice. His film credits include: Flight of the Navigator (1986), Point Break (1991) and Masterblaster (1987).
Directors and actors he has worked with include: Ron Howard, Katherine Bigelow, Randal Kleiser, Burt Reynolds, Johnny Depp, Joshua Logan, Curtis Hanson, Keanu Reeves, Franco Zeffirelli, Cliff Robertson, James Burrows, Joe Roth, Tobe Hooper, Jay Roach, Robert Ellis Miller and others. Forchion has starred in nearly 100 commercials. In addition to playing O. J. Simpson in the award-winning CBS miniseries, American Tragedy, he co-starred in HBO's Emmy-winning movie about the 2000 election, Recount, with Kevin Spacey, Tom Wilkinson, Ed Begley Jr., and Laura Dern.
In 2007, Forchion produced Confessions of a Thug, a hip-hop musical film starring Daron Fordham, in which an educated street hustler re-examines his life. It won Best Direction from the San Diego Black Film Festival and was an official selection of the Urbanworld/Vibe Film Festival in New York. In 1992, he was a producer of Last Breeze of Summer, which was made at the American Film Institute and garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Live Action Short. The Horrible Dr. Bones, from Forchion's original screenplay, is available in stores now from Full Moon Releasing.
Forchion is a recipient of the 1999 Team Player Award from the Black Hollywood Education Resource Center, a lifetime achievement for service to the film industry.
Filmography
all 33
Movies 25
TV Shows 8
self 1
Producer 1
Writer 1
Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion (2021)
Life After The Navigator (2020)
Faith, Hope & Love (2019)
The Body (2018)
Child of Satan (2018)
Destruction: Los Angeles (2017)
2 Lava 2 Lantula! (2017)
Snowfall (2017)
Pastor Shirley (2013)
Island Song (2013)
Femme Fatales (2011)
Burn Notice (2007)
Confessions of a Thug (2005)
The Horrible Doctor Bones (2000)
Will & Grace (1998)
Us (1991)
Point Break (1991)
Masterblaster (1987)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Whoops Apocalypse (1986)
The Golden Girls (1985)
Private Resort (1985)
Moonlighting (1985)
The Mean Season (1985)
Miami Vice (1984)
Nobody's Perfekt (1981)
The Funhouse (1981)
The Wild and the Free (1980)
Angel City (1980)
Island Claws (1980)
Wizardream
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Birth PlaceMoorestown Township, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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