Jim Rash

Jim Rash Biography

James "Jim" Rash (born July 15, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, producer, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter. He is best known for playing Dean Pelton on the NBC sitcom Community.

Early life

Rash was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended Charlotte Latin School in Charlotte, and after graduating there spent a post-graduate year at the Lawrenceville School, located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He later attended University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha.

Career

Rash played Mr. Grayson/Stitches, a sidekick to the supervillain 'Royal Pain' in the 2005 film Sky High and as the recurring character 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. Since 2009, Rash has starred on Community as Dean Craig Pelton.

Rash and comedy partner Nat Faxon moved into screenwriting. They wrote a pilot, Adopted in 2005, about an adult who finds out his parents are not his birth parents. Yet, they were not cast and the show didn't take off. 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. The film was produced in Hawaii, directed by Alexander Payne, starred George Clooney, and was released on November 18, 2011 to critical acclaim. Payne, Faxon and Rash received a Golden Globe nomination and won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for their work.

Rash and Faxon co-wrote and directed the film The Way, Way Back, which received a standing ovation at its premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Parts of the film are actually based on Rash's life as a teenager.

Rash is a member of the Los Angeles improvisational and sketch comedy troupe The Groundlings.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Auto Motives	Accountant
2002	Hiding In Walls	Jane's Assistant
2002	One Hour Photo	Amateur Porn Guy
2002	Slackers	Head T.A. Philip
2002	Minority Report	Technician
2002	S1m0ne	Studio Executive #2
2003	Wrong Hollywood Number	Caller	Short
2003	George & Gracie	George
2005	Sky High	Mr. Grayson/Stitches
2007	Smiley Face	Talent Agency Secretary
2007	Balls of Fury	Techie
2008	The Onion Movie	Bryce's Manager
2011	The Descendants		Co-writer
2013	The Way, Way Back	Lewis	Also co-director, co-writer and executive producer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Cybill	Production Assistant	Episode: "Local Hero"
1997	Tracey Takes On...	Pollster	Episode: "Movies"
1997-1998	The Naked Truth	Harris Van Doren	3 episodes
1998	Working	Carl	Episode: " Good Val Hunting"
1999	Becker	Eddie Blatt	Episode: "Becker the Elder"
1999	Clueless	Bart	Episode: "Big Sissies"
1999	Katie Joplin	Mitchell Tuit	Main cast; 7 episodes
1999	Thanks	Cotton	Main cast; 6 episodes
2000	The Hughleys	Census Guy	Episode: Scary Hughleys
2001	Loomis		Episode: Pilot
2001	The Practice	Quimby	Episode: "Vanished: Part 1"
2002	Less Than Perfect	Rob McLyle	Episode: "Claude the Liar"
2002-2006	That '70s Show	Fenton	6 episodes
2003	Alligator Point		Episode: Pilot
2003	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Todd Benton	Episode:" Random Acts of Violence"
2003	The Guardian	Court Therapist	Episode: "All the Rage"
2003	Baby Bob	Dougy	Episode: "Reality Bites"
2003	Coupling	Stalker	Episode: "Check/Mate"
2003-2009	Reno 911!	Andrew the Whore-House Guy	14 episodes
2004	Friends	Nervous passenger on plane	Episode: "The Last One"
2004	Grim & Evil	Announcer/Gatekepper/Jefferson	Voice; episode: "A Kick in the Asgard"
2004	NCIS	Dr. Joel Sanderson	Episode: "Left For Dead"
2005	Will & Grace	Brent	Episode: "Love Is In The Airplane"
2005	Jake in Progress	Freddie Blake	Episode: "Rivals and Departures"
2005	Adopted		Co-creator/Pilot
2006-2007	Help Me Help You	Jonathan	Main cast; 14 episodes
2006	Saturday Night Live		Writer; episode: "Dane Cook/The Killers"
2008	Hackett		Episode: Pilot
2008	Eli Stone	Bradley Kitsis	Episode: "I Want Your Sex"
2008	Samantha Who?	Artist	Episode: "The Gallery Show"
2009"present	Community	Dean Craig Pelton	Main Cast; also writer
2009	American Dad!	Bouncer	Voice; episode: "G-String Circus"
2011	Worst.Prom.Ever.	Pizza Pete	TV Movie
2012	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated	J.R. Kipple	Voice; episode: "The Night the Clown Cried II - Tears of Doom"
2012	The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange	Pineapple Joe	Voice; episode: "Follow the Bouncing Orange"
2012-2013	The Looney Tunes Show	Cecil Turtle	2 episodes
2012-present	Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja	Principal Slimovitz	Voice
2013	The Writers' Room	Himself	Host

Awards

Awards and Nominations
Year	Award	Category	Title of work
2011	Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards	Adapted Screenplay (shared with Nat Faxon & Alexander Payne)	The Descendants
	Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
	Satellite Awards
	San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
	Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
	Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
	Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
	National Board of Review
2012	Writers Guild of America
	Vancouver Film Critics Circle
	USC Scripter Award
	Online Film Critics Society Awards
	London Critics Circle Film Awards
	Independent Spirit Awards
	Golden Globe
	Central Ohio Film Critics Association
	Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
	BAFTA Awards
	Australian Film Institute
	Academy Award
	TV Guide Awards	Favorite Ensemble	Community
	Critics' Choice Television Award	Best Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
	PAAFTJ Television Awards	Best Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
	PAAFTJ Television Awards	Best Cast in a Comedy Series

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