Born
on the 27th October 1953 and he was raised in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Picardo graduated from William Penn Carter School. He
then entered Yale University as a pre-med student, not aware that he
was destined to ‘play’ doctor in a couple of shows. Before his
stint on Voyager, Picardo was Dr. Dick Richards on the award-winning
Vietnam series ‘China Beach’.
Robert
changed his major at Yale and graduated in 1974 with a BA in Drama.
Then enrolled at the Circle in the Square Professional Theatre
Workshop. In 1976, Robert appeared in ‘Sexual Perversity in
Chicago’ and ‘The Primary English Class’.
Picardo
made his Broadway debut as the lead in the comedy ‘Gemini’. He
went on to co-star in ‘Tribute’ on Broadway and in Los Angeles.
His work in theatre also includes ‘Beyond Therapy’, ‘Geniuses’
and ‘The Normal Heart’.
Robert
was nominated for an Emmy for his role of Mr. Cutlip in ‘The Wonder
Years’ and he was awarded for the Viewers for Quality Television
Founder’s Award for his performances on ‘The Wonder Years’ and
‘China Beach’.
Robert
has appeared in many telemovies including, ‘Fatal Deception: Mrs.
Lee Harvey Oswald’, ‘The Second Civil War’, ‘White Mile’ and
‘Menno’s Mind’. He had recurring roles on ‘Home
Improvement’, ‘LA Law’ and guest-starred in such series as
‘Ally McBeal’, ‘Early Edition’, ‘ER’, ‘Tales from the
Crypt’, ‘Amazing Stories’, ‘Benson’, ‘Taxi’ and ‘The
Outer Limits’.
In
feature films, Picardo was seen in the comedy ‘Small Soldiers’,
‘Wagons East’ ‘Gremlins II’, ‘Innerspace’, ‘The Burbs’,
‘Back to School’ and ‘The Howling’. He made a cameo appearance
in ‘Star Trek: First Contact’.
Robert
has also directed the Voyager episodes; season three’s ‘Alter
Ego’ and season six’s ‘One Small Step’.
After
Voyager, Robert has guest starred on 'Frasier', 'Justice League' and
'Crossing Jordan'. He has a movie called, 'Until Morning'.
Robert
resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Linda, and two daughters.
