
In his own words, he must have been a natural, because he started working right away, never having taken an acting lesson in his life. A good-looking child, Schroder's mother began taking him to photo shoots when he was only three months old. After his older sister, Dawn and he were born Rick's mother quit her job to raise the children. He is the son of Diane, an employee at AT&T which is also the same company that employed his father, Richard Bartlett Schroder, Sr. Schroder was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York and raised on Staten Island, New York City. He has continued acting as an adult, notably on the western miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989), and the crime-drama series NYPD Blue. He debuted in the film The Champ (1979), going on to become a child star on the sitcom Silver Spoons.


(born April 13, 1970) is an American actor and film director.
