J. August Richards: (on his role as Charles Gunn on Angel) Gunn is an activist, a renegade vampire hunter who leads his motley crew of fellow hunters on a personal crusade of execution for reasons that the audience is not yet aware of. He is a tormented soul and a lone ranger, much like Angel, but he has adopted a family of lost and disenfranchised who he will protect at any cost. It's almost like he's two people in one, a violent and aggressive warrior, but also someone who desires family and people close to him.
J. August Richards: (on his role as Charles Gunn on Angel) What's ironic is that I don't think race ultimately had anything to do with me getting the part. When I auditioned, I heard that they were looking at white guys, Latino guys, Asian guys, so they didn't know where they were going with it.
J. August Richards: (on his role as Charles Gunn on Angel) Everybody on the set is fantastic and there are so many interesting people. I absolutely love working with David Boreanaz, and Charisma Carpenter I completely adore -- she teaches me to dance. She's definitely one of my favorite people on the set. And Alexis Denisof is such a dynamic actor. He's phenomenal. There is so much I can see happening to this character [Gunn], it makes me excited to think about all the ways he can branch out. Charles is a fantastic character. I really love his spirit. He's so pure and clean and unaffected. I love the extent to which he goes to protect the people he loves. I find that fascinating and admirable.
Ultimately Jaime would like to get into directing, as it would incorporate all of his interests such as photography, acting, music, and character study.
Jaime supports the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Since working on the play "Space," Jaime has developed a keen interest in astronomy.
Because of his academic excellence in High School, and his dedication to the theater program there, Jaime won several scholarships and grants to study theater in college.
In late 2005 J.August Richards finished the movie Paved with Good Intentions in which he plays Travis Balden.
After a poll of their readers, Jaime was named one of the "Top Ten Sexiest Men in the Buffy/Angel Universe" in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer magazine.
You can share a link to this page with your friend!