Actor Jim Rash

Jim Rash

1971 (53 года)
James "Jim" Rash (born July 15, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and filmmaker. He is best known for his role as Dean Craig Pelton on the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015), a performance that earned him a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2012.

Rash co-wrote the screenplay for The Descendants (2011) with Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon. Their work won them the Academy Award, Independent Spirit Award, and Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. They were also nominated for the BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Critics' Choice Movie Award. Rash and Faxon went on to write and direct the comedy films The Way, Way Back (2013) and Downhill (2020).

Originally from Charlotte, North Carolina, Rash and his sister were both adopted. He attended Charlotte Latin School and spent a post-graduate year at the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey. He was also a member of The Groundlings, a renowned improv comedy group based in Los Angeles.

In a September 2022 interview promoting the film Bros, Rash revealed that he came out over a decade ago.