Paul Andrew Richter was born on October 28, 1966, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America. Andy Richter is 57 years old as of 2023.

Andy Richter played for the American League as a first baseman in the 2009 Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game.

Andy Richter attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and Columbia College Chicago as a film major in the late 1980s.

In 2008, Andy Richter appeared in composer Marc Shaiman’s satirical mini-musical called “Prop 8 — The Musical” which won the 2009 Webby Award category Comedy: Individual Short or Episode, and won a GLAAD media award.

Andy Richter voiced himself in an episode of the 2021 Netflix animated sitcom Chicago Party Aunt. From 2006 to 2008, Richter had a recurring role as “Sad Dad” Stan in the TV show The New Adventures of Old Christine.

Andy Richter appeared in the Fox series Malcolm in the Middle in April 2002, and then in the NBC sitcom Will & Grace in October 2005.