Terrence Riggins

Terrence Riggins is best known for his roles as Spider in What's Love Got To Do With It? and Don Navarone in the CBS soap opera The Bold and The Beautiful. He has appeared in episodes of Seinfeld and Law and Order. He began his Equity career in the title role of August Wilson's King Hedley II under the direction of the late Israel Hicks for the Denver Center Theatre Company where he was an acting company member. He then went on to play Stanley and Thorvald, respectively, in the company's adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire and A Doll's House. He has appeared as Harmond Wilks, Caesar Wilks, and Walter Lee Younger also under the direction of Mr. Hicks, whom he credits along with August Wilson with reawakening his passion for the theatre. Mr. Riggins is also a produced playwright whose play Otis and Zora produced by The Billie Holiday Theatre garnered several Audelco Award nominations. His solo shows, A Ritual Journey Toward Unbecoming Tragedy and The Picasso Incident, and his multi-character play, Bastardis Eclipsus, are currently in development.