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name: "Mike Richardson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mike-richardson"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "29 June 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 54
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-18T07:07:17.942925+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Mike Richardson

Producer. Born 29 June 1950 in Portland, Oregon, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 29 June 1950, Portland, Oregon, USA
- **Active:** 1994–2005
- **Average Fi1m score:** 54, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 71 (1), 2000s 46 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 54 to 55 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Fantasy 3, Comedy 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $511m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Richardson_(publisher), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3305753, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724700/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40832

## Biography

Mike Richardson is an American producer, writer and publisher. He founded Dark Horse Comics in 1986 and later established Dark Horse Entertainment to develop film and television projects based on the company's properties.

Richardson produced *Hellboy* (2004) and *Hellboy II: The Golden Army* (2008). He also served as executive producer on *The Mask* (1994) and producer on *R.I.P.D.* (2013) and the 2019 *Hellboy* film. Through Dark Horse Entertainment he has contributed to numerous adaptations of comics for screen.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Son of the Mask* (2005), Fi1m 20, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/son-of-the-mask.md)
- *Hellboy* (2004), Fi1m 71, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/hellboy.md)
- *The Mask* (1994), Fi1m 71, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mask.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Kill Me* (2026), Producer
- *Chickenhare and the Secret of the Groundhog* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Hellboy: The Crooked Man* (2024), Producer
- *Bill Russell: Legend* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Resident Alien* (2021), series, as Mike Richardson, Executive Producer
- *Coyote* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *Hellboy* (2019), Producer
- *The Umbrella Academy* (2019), series, Executive Producer
- *Polar* (2019), Producer
- *The Legend of Tarzan* (2016), Executive Producer
- *R.I.P.D.* (2013), Producer
- *Hellboy II: The Golden Army* (2008), Producer
- *30 Days of Night* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project* (2007), Producer
- *My Name Is Bruce* (2007), as Studio Shemp, Producer
- *Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Driftwood* (2006), Producer
- *Son of the Mask* (2005), Executive Producer — Fi1m 20, [page](https://film.one/film/son-of-the-mask.md)
- *AVP: Alien vs. Predator* (2004), Executive Producer
- *Hellboy* (2004), Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/hellboy.md)
- *Timecop: The Berlin Decision* (2003), Writer
- *The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot* (1999), series, Executive Producer
- *Mystery Men* (1999), Producer
- *Barb Wire* (1996), Producer
- *The Mask: Animated Series* (1995), series, Executive Producer
- *Timecop* (1994), Executive Producer
- *The Mask* (1994), Executive Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-mask.md)
- *Dr. Giggles* (1992), Co-Producer
- *Mind MGMT*, Producer
- *Last Flight Out*, Producer
- *The Black Kaiser*, Executive Producer
- *Bang!*, Producer, Executive Producer
- *Ghost Fleet*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Dark Horse Comics founder and publisher Mike Richardson at the Dark Horse Comics Booth on Friday October 11, 2013 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Ma](https://film.one/media/person/464156/gallery-fe97bed1ab11.jpg) Dark Horse Comics founder and publisher Mike Richardson at the Dark Horse Comics Booth on Friday October 11, 2013 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Ma — Luigi Novi, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/10.11.13MikeRichardsonByLuigiNovi2.jpg/1280px-10.11.13MikeRichardsonByLuigiNovi2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dark Horse Comics founder and publisher Mike Richardson at the Dark Horse Comics booth on Friday October 11, 2013 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Ma](https://film.one/media/person/464156/gallery-af7a2fe11f23.jpg) Dark Horse Comics founder and publisher Mike Richardson at the Dark Horse Comics booth on Friday October 11, 2013 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Ma — Luigi Novi, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/10.11.13MikeRichardsonByLuigiNovi1.jpg/1280px-10.11.13MikeRichardsonByLuigiNovi1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Inkpot Award 1994: Inkpot Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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