Ricardo Thurmond is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for his role as Correctional Officer Dolan on the NBC hit dram
Chicago Fire (2012). He also guest starred on the Fox show
Empire (2015) and the co-lead to the TV movie thriller
Liberty Crossing as Eddie Savage. Ricardo was also casted as Tyrell Simmons on
Pleasant High which has short film spin off called
He's Back. Ricardo began his acting career in typical fashion: performing in high school productions and community theatre where he played Othello. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Elaine Thurmond, who worked at Rush Presbyterian Hospital as a registered nurse. As a single parent, they moved to the south suburbs where Ricardo, at the time a teenager, attended Thornton Township High School. Bitten by the acting bug, that is where it all began.