Rich Ceraulo Ko

Biography

Rich Ceraulo Ko was born on a US Air Force base in Bitburg, Germany. His father, Richard Loreto Ceraulo, was an Air Force Master Sergeant and his mother, Yang Cha Ko, a housekeeper, and homemaker. Growing up, his family hopped from base to base, eventually settling on Long Island, New York. Rich studied biology/pre-medicine at New York University before transferring to the Tisch School of the Arts his junior year where he studied with Doug Moston of the Actors Studio. After graduating, Rich appeared in the Broadway musical Flower Drum Song then quickly made his way out to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film and television. He made his feature film debut opposite Kevin Bacon in James Wan's Death Sentence and followed that up with a string of independent film and television roles. He is best known for his wide-ranging character work, guest starring in such critically acclaimed shows as The Walking Dead, Halt and Catch Fire, and Supergirl. He credits teachers Shari Shaw and Stuart Rogers as his two most significant acting mentors. He has been married to writer/actress Alissa Dean since June 27, 2009.

Most Known For

Grey's Anatomy

as Brian

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Uniform Officer

NCIS

as North Carolina State Trooper Muncie Tyson

Bones

as Ted Norman

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Officer Elliot Woo

The Walking Dead

as Jiro

S.W.A.T.

as Tom Russell

Hawaii Five-0

as Detective Kauai

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

as Soldier #1

Supergirl

as Agent Hartmann

Glee

as Reverend

Star Trek: Picard

as Handsome Deltan

Magnum P.I.

as Charley Franks

Parenthood

as Dr. Bartlett

CSI: Vegas

as Mark

Halt and Catch Fire

as Millennium Lead

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

as Speech

NCIS: Hawaiʻi

as Commander Jack Spence

Tenet

as SWAT / Target

L.A.'s Finest

as Chief John Dunn