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James Rash is an American actor, comedian, producer, screenwriter, and director. He is known for his role as Dean Craig Pelton on the NBC/Yahoo! sitcom Community, for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2012. That same year, he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and received a Golden Globe nomination for the film The Descendants.
Born
Thursday, 15 July 1971
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Bros | 2022 | |
| The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window | Flight Attendant | 2022 |
| Home Sweet Home Alone | Bell Choir Leader | 2021 |
| Long Weekend | Larry | 2021 |
| Solar Opposites | Keith | 2020 |
| Lazy Susan | Phil | 2020 |
| Harley Quinn | The Riddler, The Mayor / Tad, The Riddler / Leslie, The Riddler / Male Nurse / Cop, The Riddler / Mr. Isley, The Riddler / Stan, The Riddler / Student 2, The Riddler / Unloving Guard / Luigi | 2019 |
| Archibald's Next Big Thing | Fritz | 2019 |
| Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs | Prince Average (voice) / Prince Average | 2019 |
| Tacoma FD | CEO Frank Drake | 2019 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Bros | 2022 | |
| The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window | Flight Attendant | 2022 |
| Home Sweet Home Alone | Bell Choir Leader | 2021 |
| Long Weekend | Larry | 2021 |
| Solar Opposites | Keith | 2020 |
| Lazy Susan | Phil | 2020 |
| Harley Quinn | The Riddler, The Mayor / Tad, The Riddler / Leslie, The Riddler / Male Nurse / Cop, The Riddler / Mr. Isley, The Riddler / Stan, The Riddler / Student 2, The Riddler / Unloving Guard / Luigi | 2019 |
| Archibald's Next Big Thing | Fritz | 2019 |
| Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs | Prince Average (voice) / Prince Average | 2019 |
| Tacoma FD | CEO Frank Drake | 2019 |
| Star Wars Resistance | Flix (voice), Flix / Pirate #3 (voice), Flix | 2018 |
| The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants | Señor 'Jerry' Citizen | 2018 |
| Big City Greens | Waiter | 2018 |
| Bernard and Huey | Bernard | 2018 |
| Blark and Son | Stacy | 2018 |
| The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale | Self - Additional Guest | 2018 |
| Museum of Human History | Museum Guide | 2018 |
| Beyond Stranger Things | Himself - Host / Self - Host | 2017 |
| Vampirina | Mr. Thornberg | 2017 |
| DuckTales | Gyro Gearloose, Gyro Gearloose (voice), Gyro Gearloose / Bulby | 2017 |
| Great News | Fenton Pelt | 2017 |
| Girlboss | Mobias | 2017 |
| Nobodies | Jim Rash | 2017 |
| Superior Donuts | Mr. Mathers | 2017 |
| American Housewife | Walker Montgomery | 2016 |
| Captain America: Civil War | M.I.T. Liaison | 2016 |
| Animals. | Chuckles | 2016 |
| American Crime Story | Ken Bacon | 2016 |
| Lucifer | Richard Kester | 2016 |
| Angie Tribeca | Philip Grammbbowski | 2016 |
| Supermansion | NASA Scientist (voice) | 2015 |
| Dr. Ken | Devon Drake | 2015 |
| The Grinder | Bill Foosley | 2015 |
| Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run | Cecil Turtle / Cecil the Turtle | 2015 |
| Break a Hip | Angry Male Patron, Father | 2015 |
| Lip Sync Battle | Self - Competitor | 2015 |
| These People | Kevin Pratt | 2015 |
| The Odd Couple | Joshua | 2015 |
| Yellowbird | Karl (voice) / Karl | 2014 |
| Benched | Hatbrim Tony | 2014 |
| Mike Tyson Mysteries | Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Queensbury (voice), Marquess of Queensbury, Marquess of Queensberry (voice), Marquess of Queensberry / Marquess of Queensberry (voice) | 2014 |
| Blaze and the Monster Machines | Grandpa | 2014 |
| Black-ish | Cody | 2014 |
| TripTank | Cowboy Dad, Sir Rothert, Tony | 2014 |
| Harmontown | Himself / Self | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014 |
| Rick and Morty | Glexo Slimslom | 2013 |
| @midnight | Self | 2013 |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Dr. Jones | 2013 |
| The Writers' Room | Self - Host | 2013 |
| The Way Way Back | Lewis | 2013 |
| In Bed with Joan | Self - Guest | 2013 |
| International Ghost Investigators | Jim Rash | 2013 |
| The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange | Pineapple Joe | 2012 |
| Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja | Principal Slimovitz | 2012 |
| Comedy Bang! Bang! | Professor Ecks, Sir Zanifer | 2012 |
| Sketchy | Jim | 2012 |
| The 84th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Winner | 2012 |
| Worst. Prom. Ever. | Pizza Pete | 2011 |
| The Looney Tunes Show | Cecil Turtle | 2011 |
| Goodnight Burbank | Fire Marshall Ken | 2011 |
| Captain Jake and the Never Land Pirates | Sinker | 2011 |
| Conan | Andy Richter | 2010 |
| Community: Office Hours | Dean Pelton | 2010 |
| The Morning After | Self - Guest | 2010 |
| Love & Distrust | Accountant / Segment 5 - Auto Motives (True Love and False Hope) / Accountant (Segment 5: Auto Motives) | 2010 |
| Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated | J.R. Kipple | 2010 |
| The Slammin' Salmon | Disgusted Businessman | 2009 |
| Red Carpet Report | Self | 2009 |
| Community | Dean Pelton / Dean Craig Pelton, Dean Craig Pelton, Dean Pelton / Vice Cobra Assistant Commander / Dean Craig Pelton | 2009 |
| Top Chef Masters | Self | 2009 |
| Glee | Lee Paulblatt | 2009 |
| Kevin Pollak's Chat Show | Self | 2009 |
| Eli Stone | Bradley Kitsis | 2008 |
| The Onion Movie | Bryce's Manager | 2008 |
| Cook Off! | Beauregard St. Pompadeux | 2007 |
| Samantha Who? | Artist | 2007 |
| Balls of Fury | Techie | 2007 |
| Smiley Face | Casting Assistant | 2007 |
| Halfway Home | Hodge | 2007 |
| The Nines | Game Night Guest | 2007 |
| Help Me Help You | Jonathan | 2006 |
| CollegeHumor Originals | Dean Pelton | 2006 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Sky High | Stitches / Mr. Grayson | 2005 |
| Partner(s) | Katherine's Secretary | 2005 |
| Jake in Progress | Freddie Blake | 2005 |
| American Dad! | (voice), Puddin' | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Himself, Himself - Community, Himself - Guest | 2005 |
| The Soup | Self, Marty | 2004 |
| It's All Relative | Lewis | 2003 |
| Coupling | Stalker | 2003 |
| NCIS | Dr. Joel Sanderson | 2003 |
| Evil Con Carne | Ensign Slaughter | 2003 |
| Reno 911! | Andrew, Man | 2003 |
| Less than Perfect | Rob McLyle | 2002 |
| S1m0ne | Studio Executive #2 | 2002 |
| One Hour Photo | Amateur Porn Guy | 2002 |
| Minority Report | Technician | 2002 |
| Baby Bob | Dougy | 2002 |
| Slackers | Head T.A. Philip | 2002 |
| According to Jim | Bill | 2001 |
| The Guardian | Court Therapist | 2001 |
| The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Gatekeeper / Jefferson / Announcer | 2001 |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | Hotel Day Manager | 2000 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Todd Benton | 2000 |
| Katie Joplin | Mitchell Tuit | 1999 |
| Thanks | Cotton | 1999 |
| Family Guy | (voice) | 1999 |
| Becker | Eddie Blatt | 1998 |
| The Hughleys | Census Guy | 1998 |
| Will & Grace | Brent | 1998 |
| That '70s Show | Clerk, Fenton | 1998 |
| Working | Carl | 1997 |
| The View | Himself | 1997 |
| The Practice | Quimby | 1997 |
| Clueless | Bart | 1996 |
| Tracey Takes On... | Pollster | 1996 |
| The Naked Truth | Harris Van Doren | 1995 |
| Cybill | Production Assistant | 1995 |
| Friends | Nervous Male Passenger | 1994 |
| Sidewalks Entertainment | Self - Guest | 1988 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Heart | 2281 |
| Downhill | 2020 |
| The Way Way Back | 2013 |
| Community | 2009 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Heart | 2281 |
| Thoroughbreds | 2018 |
| The Writers' Room | 2013 |
| The Way Way Back | 2013 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2014 | Emmy | Outstanding Informational Series or Special | Nominated |
| 2012 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay - Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 2012 | Oscar | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Won |
