Jim Rash
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 Jim Rash at Vanity Fair with his Academy Award |
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| Born | July 15, 1970 Charlotte, North Carolina, US |
| Other names | James Rash |
| Occupation | Actor/comedian |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Jim Rash (born July 15, 1970) is an American actor, comedian and Academy Award-winning screenwriter.
Rash was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He graduated from Charlotte Latin School in Charlotte, and after graduating there spent a post-graduate year at the Lawrenceville School, located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.[1]
He played Mr Grayson/Stitches, a sidekick to the supervillain 'Royal Pain' in the 2005 film Sky High and as the recurring characters Fenton on That '70s Show and "Andrew the Whore House Guy" on Reno 911!. He also guest starred in the last episode of Friends, and played the role of Head T.A. Philip in Slackers. Rash currently is a series regular on Community as Dean Pelton after being a recurring character the first two seasons.
Rash and comedy partner Nat Faxon have recently moved into screenwriting. Their screenplay, based on Kaui Hart Hemmings' novel The Descendants, was on the 2008 edition of the Black List, a list of the most popular unproduced scripts in Hollywood.[2] The film was produced in Hawaii, directed by Alexander Payne and starring George Clooney, and was released on November 18, 2011 to critical acclaim.[3]Payne, Faxon and Rash received a Golden Globe nomination and won an Academy Award for their work.
Rash is a member of the Los Angeles improvisational and sketch comedy troupe The Groundlings. He was also a member of Pi Kappa Alpha while attending UNC Chapel Hill.
[edit] Selected filmography
| Name | Role | Notes |
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| Slackers | Head T.A. Philip | 2002 |
| That '70s Show | Fenton | Recurring character |
| Friends | Nervous passenger on plane | 2004; Episode: The Last One |
| Sky High | Mr. Grayson/Stitches | 2005 |
| Smiley Face | Talent Agency Secretary | 2007 |
| Reno 911! | Andrew the Whore-House Guy | Recurring character |
| Community | Dean Pelton | 2009–present; Recurring character seasons 1–2; Main character seasons 3–present |
[edit] References
- ^ Carter, Lance. "Q & A: Community’s Jim Rash", DailyActor.com, November 19, 2010. Accessed January 25, 2012. "What got you started into acting and then theater?Jim Rash: Well, two things sort of for me started me towards what I wanted to do. One was I went to a school called Charlotte Latin School, in Charlotte and after I graduated from there, I really wanted to go to Chapel Hill. And, I just — now the world will know — my grades weren’t great. I’ll confess that, and so I really wanted to – I went to a post-graduate year at a boarding school up in New Jersey called the Lawrenceville School."
- ^ http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/12/the_black_list_2008_the_full_l.html
- ^ Ebert, Roger. "The Descendants". Chicago Sun-Times. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111116/REVIEWS/111119988.
[edit] External links
- Jim Rash at the Internet Movie Database
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