Jim Rash

Known for

Acting

Born

July 15, 1971 (age 55)

Birthplace

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Biography

James Rash (born July 15, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and filmmaker. He played Dean Craig Pelton on the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015), for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2012.

He co-wrote The Descendants (2011) alongside Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon, for which they received the Academy Award, Independent Spirit Award and Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. They were also nominated for the BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Critics' Choice Movie Awards. Rash has since, with Faxon, written and directed the comedy films The Way, Way Back (2013) and Downhill (2020).

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Best known work

Captain America: Civil War

2016

Lucifer

2016

Rick and Morty

2013

Minority Report

2002

Friends

1994

Family Guy

1999

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

2013

The Descendants

2011

NCIS

2003

Sky High

2005

Filmography

TBA
Untitled Community Movie
as Dean Pelton
TBA
Beverly Hills
as Lloyd Kramer
TBA
Horrified
TBA
The Heart
Director
TBA
Team Hoyt
Director
2026
President CurtisTV
as Special Agent Francis O'Doyle (voice) (10 episodes)
2026
Fru! 2
as Karl (voice)
2026
Miss You, Love You
Director, Writer
2026
Strip LawTV
as (voice) (3 episodes)
2025
BallardTV
as Leo (3 episodes)
2025
IronheartTV
as Professor Wilkes (1 episode)
2025
Shifting GearsTV
as Damien (1 episode)
2024
Kite Man: Hell Yeah!TV
as The Riddler / Security Guard 1 (voice) (1 episode)
2024
Fly Me to the Moon
as Lance Vespertine
2024
After MidnightTV
as Self (2 episodes)
2023
KrapopolisTV
as Dionysus (voice) (3 episodes), as Dionysus (1 episode)
2023
Animal ControlTV
as Arnie (1 episode)
2023
My Dad the Bounty HunterTV
as The Fixer (voice) (10 episodes)
2023
That '90s ShowTV
as Fenton (2 episodes)
2023
VelmaTV
as Mayor Dave (voice) (6 episodes)
2022
Bros
as Robert
2022
Out of Office
as Edward
2022
ChibiverseTV
as Gyro Gearloose (voice) (2 episodes)
2022
LootTV
as Emil (1 episode)
2022
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the WindowTV
as Flight Attendant (1 episode)