Biography
Rich Wilkes (born 15 August 1966) is an American screenwriter, director and actor. Born in Princeton, New Jersey, he graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz and studied screenwriting at the American Film Institute.
His early screenwriting credits include Airheads (1994), The Stöned Age (1994) and The Jerky Boys (1995). He wrote and directed the semi-autobiographical comedy Glory Daze (1995). Wilkes created the xXx franchise with the screenplay for xXx (2002) and later co-wrote the Mötley Crüe biopic The Dirt (2019).
