Richard Green's mother was an Irish woman and his Aboriginal father was a Dharug man from the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. At age four, Green moved to New Zealand with his Mother and Stepfather. Later in his life Green returned to Australia to reconnect with his Aboriginal culture.
According to Green he 'has survived hardship, drug addiction and imprisonment.' In prison he met the film director Kriv Stenders who encouraged Green to audition for the role of Jack in a Jim McNeil play. Securing the role of Jack launched Green's acting career and he also describes the experience as one of 'two major turning points' in his life. The other turning point being in 1991 when Green was in a coma for several weeks as a result of which he 'spent the next two years learning to walk and talk again.'
Richard Green has been a presenter for Koori radio and as well as acting singing and writing, he has also 'taught the Dharug language to hundreds of schoolchildren.' Source: http://www.youtube.com/ (Sighted 27/01/10)
