Richard Gabai

Richard Gabai is the only guy in Hollywood that won both an Emmy and a USA Up All Night B Movie Award! Richard’s career began with starring roles in a series of Genre Classics, many of which he also directed like Assault of the Party Nerds, Virgin High, Demon Wind, Dinosaur Island, Bikini Drive-In, and Nightmare Sisters. He also directed and starred in the Quentin Tarantino favorite Vice Girls. Other acting gigs include MGM’s After Midnight, Roger Corman’s remake of The Wasp Woman, Jim Wynorski’s Raptor, Fred Olen Ray’s Critcal Mass and dozens of others. He co-stars alongside Vivica A. Fox and Robert Carradine in the soon to be released Night of the Living Dead 2025.

As a director/producer Richard’s company Check Entertainment made seven back-to-back features for A&E: Imaginary Friend, starring Ethan Embry, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Schull, and Paul Sorvino, In The Dark, starring Elisabeth Rohm, Sam Page, and Shannon Elizabeth, The Good Mother, starring Helen Slater, Jean Louisa Kelly, Patrick Fabian and Beverly D ’Angelo, Non-Stop, starring Lacey Chabert, Drew Seeley, Will Kemp, and Veronica Cartwright, The Wrong Woman, starring Danica McKellar, Jonathan Bennett, Dina Meyer and Jim O’Heir, and Escaping Amish.

He also directed the Western Justice starring Stephen Lang, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Nathan Parsons and Jackson Rathbone. Since the beginning, Richard has written and recorded rockin’ ’tunes that he performs with his band,The Checks. His songs have been featured in dozens of films and TV shows. Richard Gabai and The Checks are a Killer combo – always up for a gig! Check out their Double Life Album streaming everywhere! Richard is currently hosting The Revenge of the Party Nerds Pop-Cast with his pal Robert Carradine. Check it out on all platforms!