Richmond Arquette (born
August 21,
1963) is an
American film and television
actor.
Arquette was born in
New York City and was raised in
Virginia and
California, the son of Mardi Olivia (
née Nowak), an actress,
poet, theater operator, activist, acting teacher and
therapist, and
Lewis Arquette, an actor.
[Patricia Arquette Biography (1968-)] Arquette's paternal grandfather was comedian
Cliff Arquette. Arquette's mother was
Jewish, the daughter of a
Holocaust refugee from
Poland,
and his father was a convert to
Islam and a descendant of explorer
Meriwether Lewis.
[Patricia Arquette - Cranky Critic StarTalk - Movie Star Interviews][USA WEEKEND Magazine][Patricia Arquette: The not-so-dippy hippie - Features, Film & TV - Independent.co.uk] Arquette's siblings
Patricia,
Rosanna,
Alexis and
David are all actors. He is the brother-in-law of actress
Courteney Cox and actor
Thomas Jane.
