Born in New York City, a graduate of The Neighborhood Playhouse, where he studied with Sanford Meisner, Richard Neil was a key member of Chopstick Theatre in Charleston, S.C. He toured extensively, performing classic roles, such as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire. He has appeared in two of Bill Viola's signature pieces, Ocean Without A Shore and Man With His Soul. He starred opposite Makoto Fujita in the Japanese actor's last film, Takashi Koizumi's Best Wishes For Tomorrow. Richard is also a voiceover actor. He is the brother of documentary filmmaker, Ellen Weissbrod.