Robert Christopher Riley Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from Lehigh University with a degree in Theatre in 2003 and earned his Master's in Acting from Ohio University in 2006
• Made his screen acting debut in the film "The Trade Off" in 2006
• After appearing in several print ads and commercials, he got his first big role in a touring production of August Wilson's "Fences" in 2006
• Best known for his role as Terrence Wall in "Hit the Floor" and as Death in "Over Coffee․"
• Is also a guitarist and percussionist and has composed and arranged several songs, as well as co-hosting and co-producing the band competition series "Break'N' Through" in 2009
• Was an understudy for Terrance Howard's Brick in the 2008 Broadway production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof․"
• While a student at Lehigh University, he co-wrote a play called "Untold Truths: Why We Always Sit Together" about the experience of minorities at predominately white schools with his professor, Kashi Johnson
• Has done voice-over work for Verizon, the NFL, and Rockstar Games