Richard Parnell Habersham

Richard Parnell Habersham, born in Manhattan and raised in Harlem, is an American actor in theatre and film, as well as, a real estate broker^[1][2] in New York City.

Richard Habersham has appeared in theatre productions^[3] such as Ron Mark's fantasy farce Panache! ^[4] and on Broadway in Joe Turner's Come and Gone,^[5][6][7] the Tony Award nominated drama written by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright August Wilson. Habersham played the role of Travis Younger^[8] in the Union Square Theatre 25th Anniversary Off Broadway production of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun.

In film,^[9][10] Habersham played Eddie in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing,^[2][11] Theodore Cotter in The Long Walk Home,^[12][13] the young Jake Branch in the black-and-white independent feature Lou, Pat & Joe D,^[14] and Cathy's younger brother in The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez, a "freewheeling musical horror spoof" directed by Peter Sellars.^[15]

Habersham earned his B.A. in history from the University of Virginia and his M.S. in real estate development from Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture.^[2] The history of the American Civil War is one of his particular interests.

In 2019, Habersham ran for New York's 13th Congressional District. He also launched a nonprofit organization, solutionsNOW, with the goal of servicing members of that neighborhood.