Biography
Best known for his hilarious, show-stealing performances in Christopher Guest's "Best in Show" (2000) and "A Mighty Wind" (2003), actor John Michael Higgins almost shot his career in the foot when he played David Letterman in the HBO docudrama, "The Late Shift" (1996), a behind-the-scenes look at the struggle between Letterman and rival Jay Leno (David R buck) for Johnny Carson's prized chair on "The Tonight Show. " The real Letterman …
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Career Milestones
| Began acting after college, both on and off-Broadway | ||
1989 | Made film debut in the little-seen horror comedy "Vampire's Kiss" | |
1996 | Played David Letterman in the highly acclaimed HBO film "The Late Shift" | |
1997 | Cast as a sleazy senatorial aid in Ridley Scott's "G.I. Jane" | |
1997 | Played a press secretary opposite Robert De Niro in "Wag the Dog" | |
1997 | Portrayed Elaine's balding beau on an episode of "Seinfeld" (NBC) | |
2000 | Landed a recurring role as attorney Steven Milter, on the TV comedy "Ally McBeal" (Fox) | |
2000 | Portrayed the flamboyantly gay Shih-Tzu hander in Christopher Guest's "Best in Show" | |
2003 | Cast in a recurring role on "Arrested Development" (Fox) as the hard-nosed government attorney seeking to prosecute the Bluth family | |
2003 | Reunited with Christopher Guest to star in "A Mighty Wind" as Terry Bohner, the color cultish leader of the New Main Street Singers | |
2004 | Directed his first play, "The Play's the Thing," Ferenc Molnar's farcical look at theater people engaged in a clash of wits over love and art in a castle on the Italian Riviera | |
2004 | Played a psychiatrist opposite Wesley Snipes in David Goyer's "Blade: Trinity" | |
2004 | Starred in the title role of the A.R. Gurney play "Big Bill" at the Lincoln Center | |
2005 | Cast as the English-butchering euro-trash producer Andre Devine in Martin Short's "Jiminy Glick in Lalawood" | |
2005 | Cast opposite Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni in "Fun with Dick and Jane" | |
2006 | Played Jennifer Aniston's brother in the comedy "The Break-Up" | |
2007 | Cast opposite Steve Carell in "Evan Almighty," a sequel to the 2003 comedy "Bruce Almighty" | |
2007 | Co-starred with Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti in "Fred Claus," a comedy about Santa's disgruntled older brother | |
2008 | Cast on NBC's short-lived series "Kath & Kim" as Phillip 'Phil' Lesley Knight | |
2009 | Appeared in the romantic comedy "The Ugly Truth" | |
2011 | Cast in the Cameron Crowe directed family feature "We Bought a Zoo," starring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson | |
2011 | Co-starred with Cameron Diaz in the raunchy comedy "Bad Teacher" | |
2012 | Cast alongside Drew Barrymore in "Big Miracle," a drama centered on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle | |