Richie Jerimovich

Richie Jerimovich is a fictional character on the FX Network television series The Bear. Created by Christopher Storer and played by Ebon Moss-Bachrach since the show's premiere in 2022, Richie is the "cousin" and de facto foster brother of the three Berzatto siblings. Richie was an assistant manager of the Original Beef of Chicagoland sandwich shop until his best friend, Mikey Berzatto (Jon Bernthal), killed himself. In his will, Mikey bequeathed the restaurant to his baby brother, Carmy Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), who had self-exiled from the family in part due to Mikey having shunned him and blockaded him from working at the restaurant. Carmy thus returned to Chicago after many years of absence as an exquisitely trained and nationally acclaimed elite chef, took over the restaurant and sought to reform it in into a respectable place of business, much to the dismay of Richie. In addition to the workplace upheaval wrought by Carmy's reforms, Richie simultaneously struggles with a number of personal issues, first among them his recent divorce from Tiffany (Gillian Jacobs), with whom he shares a daughter, Evie. Moss-Bachrach has won two Emmy Awards for his portrayal of Richie.