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name: "Richard Aaron Anderson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-aaron-anderson"
fi1m_id: "richard-aaron-anderson"
imdb_id: "nm10735537"
tmdb_id: 3208694
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T03:07:45.252001+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."
---

# Richard Aaron Anderson

## Identity

Richard Aaron Anderson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-aaron-anderson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-aaron-anderson
- **IMDb ID:** nm10735537
- **TMDB ID:** 3208694
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10735537/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3208694

Actor.

## Details

- **Also known as:** Richard Anderson
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10735537/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3208694

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Weird: The Al Yankovic Story*](https://film.one/film/weird-the-al-yankovic-story.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Richard Aaron Anderson is an American actor, also credited as Richard Anderson. He is known for his early roles in television and film, including as Young Al in the 2022 parody biopic *Weird: The Al Yankovic Story*.

His other credits include the role of Chris in an episode of the series *Shameless* (2021), Joel in three episodes of *The Shrink Next Door* (2021), and 5-Year-Old Joey in an episode of *Diary of a Future President* (2020). He also appeared in the 2019 short film *Grief* as Colt. Anderson received a nomination at the 46th Annual Young Artist Awards in 2025.

*Sources: imdb.com, screenrant.com, looper.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Weird: The Al Yankovic Story* (2022), Fi1m 77, as Young Al — [page](https://film.one/film/weird-the-al-yankovic-story.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Weird: The Al Yankovic Story* (2022), as Young Al — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/weird-the-al-yankovic-story.md)
- *The Shrink Next Door* (2021), series, as Joel
- *Diary of a Future President* (2020), series, as 5-Year-Old Joey
- *Shameless* (2011), series, as Chris — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)

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