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Richie Merritt is an American actor who starred in the 2018 film White Boy Rick. He was discovered by filmmakers while waiting outside the principal's office at his high school in Baltimore County, Maryland.
Nov 16, 2018 · Claim to Fame: Richie Merritt is the newly discovered breakout actor in “White Boy Rick,” a crime drama film set in 1980s Detroit starring Matthew McConaughey. He has also become something of...
Oct 1, 2018 · Richie Merritt is a seventeen-year-old actor who plays the lead role of White Boy Rick, a real-life Detroit drug kingpin, in a new film. He shares his journey from auditioning to acting with Matthew McConaughey and other Hollywood stars, and how he relates to his character's story.
Richie Merritt is a young actor who starred in White Boy Rick (2018) and Clean (2021). He also appeared in Lola (2024) and Euphoria (2022). See his biography, filmography, photos and videos on IMDb.
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White Boy Rick is a 2018 crime drama film based on the true story of Richard Wershe Jr., who became an FBI informant at 14. Richie Merritt plays Ricky, the son of Matthew McConaughey's character, who gets involved in the Detroit drug scene.
With Matthew McConaughey, Richie Merritt, Bel Powley, Jennifer Jason Leigh. The story of teenager Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the FBI during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
Sep 11, 2018 · A fiction built on nonfiction, “White Boy Rick” traces the grim, grubby rise and predictable fall of Richard Wershe Jr. (the newcomer Richie Merritt), a Detroit drug dealer who was arrested in...
