Let's put a name to that face: Richard Speight Jr.

Richard Speight Jr. as the Trickster on Supernatural.

Richard Speight Jr was born in Nashville, Texas and his acting career dates back to 1984 with his first known gig on a tv movie Love Leads the Way: A True Story. Richard Speight Jr has starred in many to Dvd movies and guest stared on many television shows over the years. He also also appeared in big budget movies like Independence Day, and Thank You For Smoking.

Richard Speight Jr is more well known though for his role on Supernatural as the Trickster/Gabriel. And due to the Supernatural fandom, Richard Speight Jr now appears at most Supernatural conventions. He and Matt Cohen host the karaoke parties that take place on the Fridays of the conventions. Using the fandom, Richard Speight Jr plays on this when he appears in the Pepsi Max commercials. In these commercials he uses a similar snapping of the fingers as he did in Supernatural. Richard Speight Jr. has had other significant roles in shows such as Band of Brothers, The Agency, Jericho, and Justified.

Richard Speight Jr is still active today, and can be seen at many Supernatural conventions. From the videos online, he is quite entertaining. You check out his Pepsi Max commercials, or some convention videos. Clip of him speaking below.


Check him out on IMDB. You can also look up his name on youtube for many Supernatural convention videos with him speaking.