An actor with a talent for playing the goofy guy, Derek Richardson began his career making appearances on shows like Strangers with Candy and Felicity. He played the young version of Harry Dune in the Dumb and Dumber prequel, Dumb and Dumber: When Harry Met Loyd, before being cast in the sadistic horror flick Hostel. He was nominated for an MTV Movie Award in the category of Best Frightened Performance for the role, and the notoriety helped him snag his next part, the role of Patrick Bachelor on the hit dramedy Men in Trees.
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- Costarred in the 1999 off-Broadway play Lobster Alice.
- Made TV debut in a 2000 episode of Law & Order.
- Played a budding architect with a broken heart and an interest in Keri Russell's Felicity in two 2002 episodes of the landmark WB coming-of-age series.
- Earned an MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Frightened Performance for the 2005 slasher movie Hostel.
- Best known as the naive and cheerful Patrick Bachelor on the 2006-08 ABC dramedy Men in Trees.