Rich Finley was born in Princeton, WV. Graduated from West Virginia University. His first lead role in a feature film was in 2004's The Dead of Night playing Keith. In 2007's Lionsgate release Chill, he had a lead role playing officer Arnold Roberts.In 2014, Rich played the lead role of Ray Douglas in the cable miniseries produced by Sony/IMAX Dark Secrets. Also in 2014, he played the lead role of Mark in the TV movie comedy Entitled working with longtime director Ellen Gittelsohn.Also in 2014, he appeared in multiple videos with Buzzfeed, with "If Teachers Were Treated Like Star Athletes" garnering over 12 million views/shares on Facebook. Rich also would begin working with Dreamworks TV, appearing appearing in multiple episodes of I Pranked My Parents. The 2015, the short Operation Divorce won much praise on the festival circuit, drawing comparisons to the "early works of Spielberg for its childlike wonderment". Rich played the dad to the lead boy.In 2016's feature film The Midnight Man, Rich plays Riggs, a mob hit man with an offbeat sense of humor starring alongside Will Kemp, Vinnie Jones, Doug Jones, William Forsythe, Brent Spiner, Steve Valentine and more. Also in 2016, Rich appears as Special Agent Gaines in the feature film comedy Tin Holiday. In the summer of 2016, Rich appears as Batman/Bruce Wayne in the spoof video "If Your Mom Wrote Batman v Superman".