Tim Bagley Biography

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Timothy Hugh "Tim" Bagley (born August 17, 1957), is an American character actor who has appeared in numerous films and television programs. He is perhaps best known for his recurring roles on the TV series Will & Grace, Monk and $h*! My Dad Says. He currently portrays Richard Pratt, one of the most frequent patients on the Showtime series Web Therapy.

Early life

Bagley was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Carol and Elwyn Bagley. He has four siblings, Anne, Patrick, Kit and Dan. The family also lived in Madison and Trempealeau, Wisconsin and Niles, Michigan.

After high school, Tim moved to Southern California to perform with the singing group, The Young Americans. During this time, he also attended California State University Fullerton, where he majored in Art with a Psychology minor.

At some point he began taking acting classes with Nina Foch and Howard Fine, and began training and working with The Groundlings.

In 1994, Fern Champion and Mark Paladini cast Bagley in his first feature film role as Irv the mechanic in the hit film The Mask.

Start in comedy

In 1989, Bagley began studying with The Groundlings, and was soon writing and performing with their prestigious Main Stage Company. Although he retired from the theatre's Main Company in the mid 1990s, Bagley still comes back regularly to perform in The Groundlings' all-improv show Cookin' with Gas.

In 1995, Bagley left the Groundlings and turned his attention to television. After guest appearance on Diagnosis: Murder and Seinfeld, he landed his first regular role on the Showtime series, Sunny Skies, starring Howie Mandel.

Television career

Since breaking into television in the early 1990s, Bagley has become a familiar face on primetime television. He has guest starred on such shows as Seinfeld, Wings, Dharma & Greg, According to Jim, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The X Files, Suddenly Susan, ER, Ellen, 3rd Rock from the Sun, The Nanny, and Desperate Housewives.

He has also had regular and recurring roles in such hit shows as The King of Queens, Hope & Gloria, Strip Mall, and 7th Heaven, and portrayed fellow OCD sufferer Harold Krenshaw on Monk for several episodes, often antagnoizing the titular character, Adrian Monk and his assistants, Sharona Fleming and Natalie Teeger.

But he is perhaps best known on television for his appearances as Larry, one half of a married gay couple with an adopted daughter, on the hit sitcom Will & Grace.

Currently, he stars with Lisa Kudrow and Victor Garber on Web Therapy, the series of online vignettes developed by Kudrow which was adapted into a half-hour show by Showtime.

Film career

In addition to his work in independent films, Bagley has appeared in big-budget movies like The Mask, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and Knocked Up. Other high profile films include Employee of the Month, Happy, Texas and Mistress, starring Robert De Niro. He appeared briefly at the beginning of the 2006 film Accepted.

He also had a memorable monologue in The Day After Tomorrow as TV news reporter Tommy Levinson, first seen trapped at the Santa Monica Pier during a hailstorm, and later reporting live as tornadoes strike Los Angeles (being killed when he is hit by flying debris). Bagley delivered his lines with a helicopter hovering a mere 10 feet above his head, only to discover years later that director Roland Emmerich describes it as one of the most dangerous and terrifying shots he's ever done.

Theatre awards

Bagley won two LA Weekly Theater Awards for best solo comedy performance in Groundlings, Pretty Groundlings, and best ensemble for Groundlings, Good and Twenty.

He later won the Jury Award at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado for his one man show, Happy Hour, a poignant comedy about his family and personal tragedy.

Additionally, Bagley created a successful one man show based on his experiences as a butler at the Playboy Mansion. Clean Boy, Dirty Stories, first presented at The Groundlings, went on to achieve great critical acclaim at Aspen Comedyfest.

Filmography

Movies

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1992	Mistress	Mitch's Singing Student
1994	The Mask	Irv Ripley
1995	The Crazysitter	Mr. White
1998	The Chosen One: Legend of the Raven	Ricky Dean	Straight-to-video
1999	Happy, Texas	David, Pagent Professional
	Turkey. Cake.	Pete
	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	Friendly Dad
2001	The Fluffer	Alan Dieser
2004	Memron	Dr. Shue	TV movie
	The Day After Tomorrow	Tommy Levinson
2005	The Storyteller	Pete
	Stephen's Life	Dick Silver	TV movie
2006	The Enigma with a Stigma	Mayor Ken Polk
	The Room	Ben Ackerman	TV movie
	Accepted	Vice Principal Matthews
	Employee of the Month	Glen Gary
2007	Case Closed	Ernie	TV movie
	Jesus People	Rod Carmichael
	Totally Baked: A Pot-U-Mentary	Rusty Polten
	The Captain	The Captain
	Knocked Up	Dr. Pellagrino
	Goldfish	Mr. Jenkins
	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Engineer
2008	Precious Meadows	Gordon Carroll	TV movie
2009	Finding Bliss	Alan Balaban
	Jesus People: The Movie	Rod Carmichael
	Wig	Kent
	Kevin Nealon: Now Hear Me Out!	Man in stall
	Dick Tracy Special	Security Guard	TV movie (completed)
2010	Operation: Endgame	Carl
2012	This Is 40	Dr. Pellagrino	Sequel to "Knocked Up"

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1993	Coach	Cousin Roy	"Christmas of the Van Damned"
1994	Diagnosis: Murder	Questioner/Lance	2 Episodes
1995	Night Stand with Dick Dietrick	Marvin/Hubie	2 Episodes
	Seinfeld	Evan Fane	"The Maestro"
1995 - 1996	Hope & Gloria	Ed	3 Episodes
1996	Wings	Luke	"Sons and Lovers"
	The Nanny	Flight Attendant	"A Pup in Paris"
	3rd Rock from the Sun	Frank	"Hotel Dick"
1997	Ellen	The Wine Maker	"Makin' Whoopie"
	Moloney	Collin	"Damage Control"
	ER	Archie Papion	"Whose Appy Now?"
	The Jeff Foxworthy Show	DMV Man	"Foxworthy Shall Rise Again"
1998	The Closer	Brother Xavier	"The Rebound"
1999	Suddenly Susan	Don	"Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut"
	The X-Files	Gordy	"Arcadia"
2000	V.I.P.	Renard Bouvoire	"Miss Con-Jeannie-Ality"
	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Mr. Cornwallis	"The End of an Era"
	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Shoe Salesman	"Ted and Mary"
2000 - 2001	Strip Mall	Dwight	22 Episodes
2000 - 2006	Will & Grace	Larry	14 Episodes
2001	One on One	Phantom	"Phantom Menace"
	Dharma & Greg	Nelson	"Wish We Weren't Here"
2002	So Little Time	Real Estate Agent	"The Flat Tire"
	The Court	Gregg Willis	5 Episodes
2003	Hidden Hills	Steven Haley	2 Episodes
	Wanda at Large	Bill	"Where's Roger?"
2003 - 2007	According to Jim	Tim Devlin	4 Episodes
2004	Las Vegas	Stan Putasca	"You Can't Take It with You"
	Pilot Season	Jack Hiting	Mini-series
	Wanda Does It	Tim Brewer	6 Episodes
2004 - 2007	The King of Queens	Neil/Glenn	4 Episodes
2004 - 2009	Monk	Harold Krenshaw	9 Episodes
2005	7th Heaven	Vincent's Father	2 Episodes
	Joey	Leonard	"Joey and the House"
2006 - 2007	Help Me Help You	Pat Weiner	2 Episodes
2006 - 2009	10 Items or Less	Don 'The Bag' Bagley	3 Episodes
2007	The New Adventures of Old Christine	Dr. Mike	"Sleepless in Mar Vista"
	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	The Captain	"July 19, 2007"
	The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman	Dean	"Dykes Like Us"
2008	Miss Guided	Peter	2 Episodes
	Web Therapy	Richard Pratt	3 Episodes
	Desperate Housewives	Dr. Wagner	"Mirror, Mirror"
	Pushing Daisies	Colonel Likkin	"Comfort Food"
2009	Me First!	Jeffrey Wise
	Kath & Kim	Claude	"Home"
	Southland	Stanley Sidelsky	"Two Gangs"
2010	Funny or Die Presents ...	Mr. Stern	Episode: #1.3
	Accidentally on Purpose	Gavin	"Speed 2"
	Hot in Cleveland	Larry	"Pilot"
	$h*! My Dad Says	Tim	3 episodes
	True Jackson, VP	Ed Wheeler	"True Drive"
2011	Shameless	Mike	"Casey Casden"
	Grimm	Postman	"Pilot"
2011-present	Web Therapy	Richard Pratt	TV series, Main cast
2012	Shake It Up	Principal Rabinoff	"Protest It Up"
2013	Quick Draw	Mayor Dodge	"Railroad Spur"

Written works

Year	Film
2007	The Captain

Produced

Year	Film
2007	The Captain