About Richard Roeper
Richard E. Roeper (born October 17, 1959) is an American writer. He is a former columnist and film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, where he wrote for 39 years dating back to 1986 until his departure in 2025. He co-hosted the television series At the Movies with Roger Ebert from 2000 to 2008, serving as the late Gene Siskel's successor. From 2010 to 2014, he co-hosted The Roe and Roeper Show with Roe Conn on WLS-AM. From October 2015 to October 2017, Roeper served as the host of the FOX 32 morning show Good Day Chicago. From 2021 to 2025, he hosted a podcast entitled The Richard Roeper Show for American Eagle. From 2018 to 2026, Roeper was a regular contributor to Windy City Weekend and its predecessor Windy City Live on WLS-TV. In 2025, Roeper joined RogerEbert.com as a regular contributor and began hosting the podcast The Movie of Your Life. In 2026, Roeper joined WMAQ-TV as a contributor. == Early life == Roeper was born on October 17, 1959, in Chicago, Illinois, one of four children to Robert and Margaret (née Slobatec) Roeper. His family came from a working-class background. In a 2025 interview, Roeper described his upbringing in a "very loving home" amid the neighborhood's close-knit, post-World War II housing developments built in the 1950s, where families like his valued hard work, education, and shared experiences such as weekly library visits with his mother to foster a love of reading.
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