Jim Rash

They were also nominated for the BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Critics' Choice Movie Award.[3] Rash has since, with Faxon, written and directed the comedy films The Way, Way Back (2013), and Downhill (2020).

Jim Rash studied at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Charlotte Latin School. The recorded working language is English and American English. The field of work recorded is acting, film direction and film screenwriting. Distinctions recorded are Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay.

• Name — Jim Rash • Birth Name — James Rash • Born — 15 July 1971 • Birthplace — Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. • Occupation — * Actor • comedian • filmmaker • Years Active — 1995–present

Rash grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina.[4] Both he and his sister were adopted.[5] He attended Charlotte Latin School. After graduating, he spent a post-graduate year at the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.[6] He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1994.[7]

Rash played Mr. Grayson/Stitches in the 2005 film Sky High, Fenton on That '70s Show and That '90s Show, and Andrew the "whore house guy" on Reno 911!. He appeared in the final episode of Friends, and played Head T.A. Philip in Slackers. From 2009 to 2015, Rash starred on Community as Craig Pelton, the dean of the community college in which the show takes place. Rash and comedy partner Nat Faxon moved into screenwriting with a pilot in 2005 for a series entitled Adopted, which did not take off.[8] They wrote the screenplay for The Descendants (2011), based on the novel of the same name, which appeared on the 2008 edition of the Black List (the most popular unproduced scripts in Hollywood at that time).[9] The film was released to critical acclaim, receiving a Golden Globe nomination and winning the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Both Rash and Faxon co-wrote and co-directed the film The Way Way Back (2013), which received a standing ovation at its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.[10] Parts of the film are based on Rash's teenage life. The ensemble comedy starred Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney, Maya Rudolph, and Sam Rockwell. The film was a success, earning a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Comedy nomination. In 2020, Rash and Faxon reunited for Downhill, an adaptation of the film Force Majeure (2014) by Swedish director Ruben Östlund. The film starred Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Rash and Faxon co-wrote the script with Jesse Armstrong. The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival where it received mixed reviews, with critics comparing the film to the original. Rash has voiced the Marquess of Queensberry for all four seasons of the Adult Swim animated comedy Mike Tyson Mysteries. From 2017 to 2021, he voiced Gyro Gearloose in the reboot of DuckTales.[11] In 2023, Rash voiced the Fixer, the enforcer for the Conglomerate and recurring character in My Dad the Bounty Hunter.[12] He also voiced a video game announcer in the same series.[13] In 2026, Rash wrote and directed Miss You, Love You starring Allison Janney and Andrew Rannells.[14]

Rash is gay. During a September 2022 interview promoting Bros, he stated he came out "well over 10-plus years ago".[15]

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1995 — Cybill — Production Assistant — Episode: "Local Hero" • 1997 — Tracey Takes On... — Pollster — Episode: "Movies" • 1997–98 — The Naked Truth — Harris Van Doren — 3 episodes • 1998 — Working — Carl — Episode: "Good Val Hunting" • 1999 — Becker — Eddie Blatt — Episode: "Becker the Elder" • Clueless — Bart — Episode: "Big Sissies" • Katie Joplin — Mitchell Tuit — 7 episodes • Thanks — Cotton — 6 episodes • 2000 — The Hughleys — Census Guy — Episode: "Scary Hughleys" • 2001 — Loomis — Derek — Pilot • The Practice — Quimby — Episode: "Vanished: Part 1" • 2002 — Less Than Perfect — Rob McLyle — Episode: "Claude the Liar" • 2002–06 — That '70s Show — Fenton — 6 episodes • 2003 — Alligator Point — Pilot • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Todd Benton — Episode: "Random Acts of Violence" • The Guardian — Court Therapist — Episode: "All the Rage" • Baby Bob — Dougy — Episode: "Reality Bites" • Coupling — Stalker — Episode: "Check/Mate" • 2003–09, 2020 — Reno 911! — Andrew — 15 episodes • 2004 — Friends — Nervous Passenger on Plane — Episode: "The Last One" • Grim & Evil — Various — Voice, Episode: "A Kick in the Asgard" • NCIS — Dr. Joel Sanderson — Episode: "Left For Dead" • 2005 — Will & Grace — Brent — Episode: "Love is in the Airplane" • Jake in Progress — Freddie Blake — Episode: "Rivals and Departures" • Adopted — Pilot; co-creator and executive producer • 2006 — Saturday Night Live — Guest writer on episode "Dane Cook / The Killers" • 2006–07 — Help Me Help You — Jonathan — 14 episodes • 2008 — Hackett — Pilot • Eli Stone — Bradley Kitsis — Episode: "I Want Your Sex" • Samantha Who? — Artist — Episode: "The Gallery Show" • 2009, 2016 — American Dad! — Bouncer, Puddin' — Voice, 2 episodes • 2009–15 — Community — Dean Craig Pelton — 90 episodes; also wrote "Basic Human Anatomy" co-directed 2 episodes • 2010 — Open Books — Kyle — Pilot • 2011 — Worst. Prom. Ever. — Pizza Pete — Television film • 2011–14 — The Soup — Various roles — 7 episodes • 2012 — Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated — JR Kipple — Voice, episode: "The Night the Clown Cried II - Tears of Doom" • The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange — Pineapple Joe — Voice, episode: "Follow the Bouncing Orange" • 2012–13 — The Looney Tunes Show — Cecil Turtle — Voice, 2 episodes • 2012–15 — Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja — Principal Slimovitz — Voice, 34 episodes • 2013–14 — The Writers' Room — Himself (host) — 12 episodes; also producer • TripTank — Tony, Sir Ruthert, Cowboy Dad — Voice, 3 episodes • 2013, 2015 — Comedy Bang! Bang! — Various roles — 2 episodes • 2014–15 — Glee — Lee Paulblatt — 2 episodes • 2014–20 — Mike Tyson Mysteries — Marquess of Queensberry — Main voice role • 2015–16 — Jake and the Never Land Pirates — Sinker — Voice, 2 episodes • 2015 — Rick and Morty — Glaxo Slimslom — Voice, episode: "Big Trouble In Little Sanchez" • 2016 — Dr. Ken — Devon Drake — Episode: "Ken's an Expert Witness" • Lucifer — Richard Kester — Episode: "Et Tu, Doctor?" • The Odd Couple — Joshua Norwall — Episode: "Chess Nuts" • The Grinder — Bill Foosley — Episode: "The Retooling of Dean Sanderson" • Black-ish — Cody — Episode: "VIP" • 2017 — Girlboss — Mobias — 4 episodes • SuperMansion — NASA Scientist — Voice, episode: "Blazarmageddon" • Animals. — Chuckles — Voice, episode: "Cats Part I" • Nobodies — Himself — 5 episodes • Curb Your Enthusiasm — Hotel Day Manager — Episode: "The Pickle Gambit" • Beyond Stranger Things — Himself (host) — 7 episodes • Superior Donuts — Mr. Mathers — Episode: "Error of Admission" • 2017–21 — DuckTales — Gyro Gearloose, Bulby, Gizmoduck Armor — Voice, 14 episodes • 2017, 2021 — Vampirina — Mr. Thornberg — Voice, 2 episodes • 2018, 2024 — Blaze and the Monster Machines — Grandpa Pickle — Voice, 2 episodes • 2018 — Great News — Fenton Pelt — 2 episodes • Big City Greens — Ted — Voice, episode: "Fill Bill" • The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants — Mr. Jerry Citizen — Voice, episode: "Captain Underpants and the Jarring Jerkiness of the Judge J.O.R.T.S." • Angie Tribeca — Philip Grammbbowski — Episode: "Trader Joes" • 2018–20 — Star Wars Resistance — Flix, Pirate — Voice, 13 episodes • 2019–25 — Harley Quinn — Edward Nygma/Riddler, various voices — Voice, 17 episodes • 2020 — Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Dr. Darren Watkins — Episode: "Pimemento"[19] • Archibald's Next Big Thing — Fritz — Episode: "Impromptu Cruise" • 2020–21 — American Housewife — Walker Montgomery — 6 episodes • 2021 — Impeachment: American Crime Story — Ken Bacon — 4 episodes • 2021–23 — Tacoma FD — CEO Frank Drake — 2 episodes • 2021–25 — Solar Opposites — Keith, Lance, Waiter — Voice, 2 episodes • 2022 — The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window — Flight Attendant — Episode: "Episode 8" • Out of Office — Edward — Television film • 2023 — My Dad the Bounty Hunter — Fixer, various voices — Voice, recurring role • The Ghost and Molly McGee — JR — Voice, episode: "Dance Dad Revolution" • 2023–25 — Krapopolis — Dionysus — Voice, 4 episodes • 2023–24 — That '90s Show — Fenton — 2 episodes • Velma — Mayor Dave — Voice, 6 episodes • Baby Shark's Big Show! — Bentley, Beard — Voice, 4 episodes • 2024 — Loot — Emil — Episode: "Mally's" • Kite Man: Hell Yeah! — Edward Nygma / Riddler — Voice, episode: "Pilot, Hell Yeah!" • 2025 — Ironheart — Professor Wilkes — Episode: "Take Me Home"[20] • Ballard — Leo — 3 episodes • Haunted Hotel — Additional voices — Voice, episode: "Ghost Hunters!" • 2025–26 — Abbott Elementary — Thomas — 3 episodes • Chibiverse — Gyro Gearloose — Voice, 2 episodes • 2026 — Shifting Gears — Damien — Episode: "Friend" • Strip Law — 3 episodes • Animal Control — Arnie — Episode: "Squirrels and Fat Cats" • 2026-present — President Curtis — Special Agent Francis O'Doyle — Voice

Jim Rash was recorded at birth as James Rash. The authorities additionally record the heading James Rash. His recorded languages were English and American English.

Jim Rash worked in acting, film direction, film screenwriting and film producer. He belonged to Writers Guild of America West.