Born in Philadelphia, Rick Federman had a successful career in radio advertising. While at work the production department started to use him for on-air bits, commercial voice overs and comedic impressions. Rick began auditioning and working on other projects in Philadelphia & NY. This opened the doors to acting and eventually lead him to move to Los Angeles to pursue acting full-time.

Brother of television and film writer Mathew Federman.He was once the lead singer of "The End" an original rock band.