Родился 13 апреля 1970 года в Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Внимание критики Рики обратил на себя после фильма «Silver Spoons.» В принципе, это был уже далеко не первый его фильм и в предыдущих работах маленький актер продемонстрировал прекрасную работу. Не зря он номинировался на несколько премий «Young Artists Awards», и получил свою награду в 1981 за фильм «Earthling.» Ну и конечно же за «Silver Spoons» в 1982, 1983.
Когда Франко Цефирелли выбрал Рики на роль маленького сына бывшего чеспиона по боксу в римейке фильма «Чемпион», которую в прежней версии исполнял Джеки Купер, реакция его коллег была негативной: "не подходит, не достаточно жесткий". Но Цефирелли работал требовательно и строго, ему удалось снять фильм о сильных людях, которые не боятся проявить свои слабые стороны. Он умело направлял маленького актера, не делая ему скидок на возраст. Этот фильм заслуженно стал одним из лучших в числе работ Рика Шредера.
Фильмография:
Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love (2016) .... Robert Lee Parton
Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors (2015) .... Robert Lee Parton
Locker 13 (2014) .... Tommy Novak (segment "story #1")
Our Wild Hearts (2013) .... Jack
Goodnight for Justice: Queen of Hearts (2013) .... Cyril Knox
Rogue (2012) .... Charlie Forsythe
To the Mat (2011) .... Aaron Stocuim
Get Him to the Greek (2010) .... Ricky Schroder
Blood Done Sign My Name (2010) .... Vernon Tyson
Locker 13: Down and Out (2009) .... Tommy Novak
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) .... Jonathan Brock
14 Hours (2005) .... Dr. Foster
Black Cloud (2004) .... Eddie
Face of Terror (2004) .... Nick Harper
Consequence (2003) .... John Wolfe
Poolhall Junkies (2002) .... Brad
The Lost Battalion (2001) .... Maj. Charles White Whittlesey
Poolhall Junkies (2001) .... Brad
What We Did That Night (1999) .... Henry ... Murder at Devil's Glenn (1999)
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998) .... Cop ... Ed Wood's I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998) ... I Awoke Early the Day I Died (1999) .... (USA)
Ebenezer (1998) .... Samuel Benson
Heart Full of Rain (1997) .... Isaiah Dockett
Detention: The Siege at Johnson High (1997) .... Jason Copeland ... Hostage High (1997) .... (TV) ... Target for Rage (1997)
Too Close To Home (1997) .... Nick Donahue
Innocent Victims (1996)
Crimson Tide (1995) .... Lieutenant Paul Hellerman
Texas (1994) .... Otto MacNab ... James A. Michener's Texas (1994) .... (TV)
To My Daughter with Love (1994) .... Joey Cutter
There Goes My Baby (1993) .... Stick ... The Last Days of Paradise (1994) .... (USA)
Call of the Wild (1993) .... John Thornton
Miles from Nowhere (1992) .... Frank Reilly
Across the Tracks (1991) .... Billy Maloney
My Son Johnny (1991) .... Johnny
Blood River (1991) .... Jimmy Pearls
The Stranger Within (1990) .... Mark
A Son's Promise (1990) .... Terry O'Kelly
Out on the Edge (1989) .... Danny Evetts
Terror on Highway 91 (1989) .... Clay Nelson
Too Young the Hero (1988) .... Calvin Graham
A Reason to Live (1985) .... Alex Stewart
Circus of the Stars #10 (1985) .... Performer
Circus of the Stars #9 (1984) .... Performer
Two Kinds of Love (1983) .... Robbie Farley
Hansel & Gretel (1982/I) .... Hansel ... Faerie Tale Theatre: Hansel and Gretel (1982)
Something So Right (1982) .... Joey Bosnick
Kraft Salutes Walt Disney World's 10th Anniversary (1982) .... Son
No Ordinary Family (2011) .... Dave Cotten - No Ordinary Friends (2011) .... Dave Cotten
The Andromeda Strain (2008) .... Major Bill Keane MD - [s1e4] (2008) .... Major Bill Keane MD - [s1e3] (2008) .... Major Bill Keane MD - [s1e2] (2008) .... Major Bill Keane MD - [s1e1] (2008) .... Major Bill Keane MD
24 (2007) .... Mike Doyle
Strong Medicine (2005) .... Dr. Dylan West
Scrubs (2003) .... Nurse Paul Flowers - My Kingdom (2003) .... Nurse Paul Flowers - My T.C.W. (2003) .... Nurse Paul Flowers - My Karma (2003) .... Nurse Paul Flowers - His Story (2003) .... Nurse Paul Flowers
NYPD Blue (1998) .... Detective Danny Sorenson
Dead Man's Gun (1997) .... Lt. Mathew Ryan - The Deserter [s1e17] 2/11/1998 (1998) .... Lt. Mathew Ryan
Return to Lonesome Dove (1993) .... Newt Dobbs - The Passing (1993) .... Newt Dobbs - The Legacy (1993) .... Newt Dobbs - The Forge (1993) .... Newt Dobbs - The Vision (1993) .... Newt Dobbs
Lonesome Dove (1989) .... Newt Dobbs - Return (1989) .... Newt Dobbs - The Plains (1989) .... Newt Dobbs - On the Trail (1989) .... Newt Dobbs - Leaving (1989) .... Newt Dobbs