Acting credits
12
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.

Acting
These indicators come from TMDB. They are relative signals, not review ratings.
Acting credits
12
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
TMDB popularity
0.3
Low visibility
TMDB internal trend index. Higher usually means more searches and page activity now.
TMDB ID: 127614
IMDb ID: nm0253320
Known for: Acting
Born: March 6, 1949
Age: 76
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1973 - 2025
Years active: 53
Average TMDB rating: 5.21
Wikidata: Q866269
Also known as
Rick Elfman • Richard Helfman • Aristide Sumatra • Mahatma Kane Sumatra
Other jobs
Richard grew up in the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles (Boyz n the Hood), was a semi-professional boxer, food and wine critic and successful stage director. He is also a noted Afro-Latin percussionist and with his brother, Danny Elfman, founded the band Oingo-Boingo. Richard's theatrical career began in Europe, having worked with directors Jérôme Savary in Paris and Peter Brook in London. Elfman has been a published journalist for 30 years, focusing on food, wine and entertainment. He published culture and entertainment magazine and website, Buzzine, between 2010-2015 and produced 275 Buzzine red-carpet, music and celebrity videos. Richard family include his mother, novelist Blossom "Clare Elfman", sister-in-law, actress Bridget Fonda, son, actor-producer Bodhi Elfman, daughter-in-law Jenna Elfman, niece, producer Mali Elfman and nephew, Emmy-winning broadcast journalist, Diego Santiago. Richard resides in the Hollywood hills with his actress/dancer wife, Anastasia Elfman, where they are renown for their underground food/wine/performance salon, "The Barbecue Bacchanals." Richard presently directs film as well as writes and directs live theatre and plays in the band Mambo Diabolico.
Movie credits linked with Richard Elfman.
as Reynold Harmony
as Devil
Director
as Richard Elfman
as Clown Bippy
as Self
as Monkey Demon
as Sheriff Patterson / Hewitt
as Cop with Doughnut
as Bongo Drummer at Dance Studio
as Preacher on Bus
Director
as Himself, Man Playing Poker
as Masseur
Original Music Composer
Series credits linked with Richard Elfman.