Sam Richardson is an American actor, comedian, writer and producer. He is best known for playing Richard Splett in the HBO political comedy series Veep (2012-2019), co-creating and co-starring in the Comedy Central comedy series Detroiters (2017-2018) alongside Tim Robinson, and playing various characters in the Netflix sketch show I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (2019-present), and co-starring in The Afterparty (2022).