John Michael Higgins

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John Michael Higgins (born February 12, 1963) is an American actor whose film credits include Christopher Guest's mockumentaries, the role of David Letterman in HBO's "The Late Shift," and a starring role in the American version of "Kath & Kim".

Biography

Early life

Higgins was born in Boston, Massachusetts and graduated Phi Beta Kappa Summa Cum Laude from Amherst College in 1985, where he led the all-male a cappella group, The Zumbyes.

Career

His numerous television credits include recurring characters on "Ally McBeal", "Brother's Keeper", "Boston Legal" and "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show". He played attorney Wayne Jarvis in five episodes of "Arrested Development". Higgins arranged the dense vocal harmonies sung by the New Main Street Singers in 2003's "A Mighty Wind". Recently, Higgins has gained more recognition by being featured in the films "Fun with Dick and Jane" and "The Break-Up", for which he also wrote vocal arrangements. His work as a voice actor includes the role of Judge Mentok in "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law" and 2401 Penitent Tangent in "Halo 2". Higgins is also remembered for portraying David Letterman in the HBO made-for-TV movie "The Late Shift". Higgins can also be seen in the introductory video for the Epcot attraction Test Track.

Higgins directs and appears on the stage from time to time as well. In 2004 he played Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in the American premiere of David Hare's "Stuff Happens" at The Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. In 2003 he played the title role in A.R. Gurney's "Big Bill" at New York's Lincoln Center Theater In 1991 he was featured in Broadway's "La Bête" and in 2000 he was seen off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre in a production of Edward Albee's "Tiny Alice". He also originated the title role in Paul Rudnick's "Jeffrey" Off-Broadway in 1994.

He currently appears in DirecTV's advertising campaign alongside fellow Christopher Guest co-star and Arrested Development guest star Ed Begley, Jr.

Personal life

He is married to actress Margaret Welsh. He has one daughter, Maisie, born August 3, 2003 and one son, Walter, born August 29, 2006.

Filmography

* "Kath & Kim (U.S. TV series)
* "" (2007)
* "Cable Commercial Jerk"
* "Fred Claus" (2007)
* "Evan Almighty" (2007)
* "The Break-Up" (2006)
* "So NoTORIous"
* "Arrested Development"
* "Fun with Dick and Jane" (2005)
* "Joey"
* "English as a Second Language"
* ""
* "After the Sunset"
* "Halo 2"
* "Boston Legal"
* "Jiminy Glick in Lalawood"
* "Monk"
* "Game Over"
* "George Lopez (TV series)"
* "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law"
* "A Mighty Wind"
* "Monte Walsh"
* "Teddy Bears' Picnic"
* "Ally McBeal"
* "The Man Who Wasn't There"
* "Frasier"
* "Bette"
* "Gideon's Crossing"
* "Best in Show"
* "Seven Days to Live"
* "Movie Stars"
* "Get Real"
* "Bicentennial Man"
* "Mad About You"
* "Brother's Keeper"
* ""
* "Guys Like Us"
* "From the Earth to the Moon"
* "Wag the Dog"
* "Party of Five"
* "G.I. Jane"
* "Weird Science"
* "Seinfeld"
* "Cybill"
* "The Late Shift"
* "Mathnet"
* "Vampire's Kiss"
* "Miami Vice"
* "Test Track" (attraction, Epcot)

External links

*imdb name|id=0383422|name=John Michael Higgins
* [http://www.tv.com/john-michael-higgins/person/43773/summary.html John Michael Higgins] at [http://www.tv.com/ TV.com]
* [http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/357/357215p1.html 10 Questions: John Michael Higgins] at Filmforce.ign.com
* [http://www.zumbyes.com/zumbyes.htm The Amherst College Zumbyes]