About Richard

Screen Experience Brought Back to the Work

Richard Strauss brings the perspective of a working film and television actor to practical scene, audition, and character-development coaching.

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Richard StraussWorking actor & acting coach

Actor first

Coaching Grounded in Production Experience

Richard has worked across film and television in character-driven supporting roles, learning how preparation, relationships, and specific behavior translate under production conditions.

That experience informs a direct coaching approach: understand the text, make playable choices, test them honestly, and keep what serves the scene.

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Working experience

Lessons Drawn From Real Sets

The coaching perspective comes from doing the work alongside directors, crews, and other actors—not from promising a shortcut around preparation.

On setSwan Song2021
**Richard Strauss**Sherman Ransom
**Udo Kier**Pat Pitsenbarger
Richard Strauss with Udo Kier on the set of Swan Song.

On setSwan Song2021
**Richard Strauss**Sherman Ransom
**Jennifer Coolidge**Dee Dee Dale
Richard Strauss with Jennifer Coolidge on the set of Swan Song.

Los Angeles premiereHelicopter Mom2014
**Nia Vardalos**Maggie
**Richard Strauss**Derek
**Lisa Loeb**Mrs. Moore
Nia Vardalos, Richard Strauss, and Lisa Loeb at the Los Angeles premiere of Helicopter Mom.

Richard Strauss as Jerry Todd with Adrian Grenier as Rob Reynolds in Affairs of State — Film stillAffairs of State2018
**Richard Strauss**Jerry Todd
**Adrian Grenier**Rob Reynolds
Richard Strauss and Adrian Grenier in a scene from Affairs of State.

On setAffairs of State2018
**Richard Strauss**Jerry Todd
**David Corenswet**Michael Lawson
Richard Strauss with David Corenswet on the set of Affairs of State.

Richard Strauss as Jerry Todd with Thora Birch as Callie Roland in Affairs of State — Film stillAffairs of State2018
**Richard Strauss**Jerry Todd
**Thora Birch**Callie Roland
Richard Strauss and Thora Birch in a scene from Affairs of State.

The studio approach

Specific Choices Before Extra Technique

Begin with the circumstances, relationships, and objective already present in the material. Add technique only where it helps make the work clearer, freer, and more repeatable.

Read the scene

Begin with the text, circumstances, relationships, and the actor's immediate question.

Clarify the objective

Identify what the character wants, what is at stake, and what changes moment to moment.

Test playable choices

Try specific physical, vocal, and behavioral choices that serve the material.

Make it repeatable

Keep the choices that feel honest, clear, and usable in the next take.