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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Rash, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2026Fru! 2 — Karl (voice)
• 2026Miss You, Love You — Director, Writer
• President Curtis — Special Agent Francis O'Doyle (voice)
• Strip Law — (voice)
• Ballard — Leo
• Ironheart — Professor Wilkes
• Shifting Gears — Damien
• 2024Fly Me to the Moon — Lance Vespertine
• Kite Man: Hell Yeah! — The Riddler / Security Guard 1 (voice)
• Animal Control — Arnie
• Krapopolis — Dionysus (voice)
• My Dad the Bounty Hunter — The Fixer (voice)
• That '90s Show — Fenton
• Velma — Mayor Dave (voice)
• 2022Bros — Robert
• Chibiverse — Gyro Gearloose (voice)
• Loot — Emil
• 2022Out of Office — Edward
• The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window — Flight Attendant
• Abbott Elementary — Thomas
• 2021Home Sweet Home Alone — Bell Choir Leader
• 2021Long Weekend — Larry
• The Ghost and Molly McGee — JR (voice)
• 2020Community Table Read — Dean Pelton, Director
• 2020Downhill — Director, Screenplay
• 2020Lazy Susan — Phil
• Reno 911! — Andrew
• Solar Opposites — Keith (voice), Lance / Waiter (voice)
• Harley Quinn — Metallo / The Riddler (voice), The Riddler / Imperceptible man (voice), The Riddler / Stan (voice), The Riddler / Unloving Guard / Luigi (voice), Mayor / Tad (voice), Mayor / Jor-El (voice), The Riddler / Leslie (voice), The Riddler / Mr. Isley (voice), The Riddler / Terrorist #2 (voice), The Riddler / Male Nurse / Cop (voice), The Riddler / Student (voice)
• 2019Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs — Average (voice)
• Tacoma FD — CEO Frank Drake
• 2018Bernard and Huey — Bernard
• Blark and Son — Stacey (voice)
• Star Wars Resistance — Flix (voice)
• The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants — Señor "Jerry" Citizen (voice)
• 2018Thoroughbreds — Producer
• 2017Cook-Off! — Beauregard St. Pompadeux
• DuckTales — Gyro Gearloose / Bulby (voice), Gyro Gearloose / Gizmoduck Armor (voice), Gyro Gearloose (voice)
• Girlboss — Mobias
• Great News — Fenton Pelt
• American Crime Story — Ken Bacon
• American Housewife — Walker Montgomery
• Angie Tribeca — Philip Grammbbowski
• Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ — Neville Tipton
• 2016Captain America: Civil War — M.I.T. Liaison
• Lucifer — Richard Kester
• 2016Six Seasons and a Finale — Self, Thanks
• Dr. Ken — Devon Drake
• 2015Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run — Cecil the Turtle (voice)
• The Grinder — Bill Foosley
• The Odd Couple — Joshua
• 2014Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No Sleep — Self, Thanks
• Benched — Hatbrim Tony
• Mike Tyson Mysteries — Marquess of Queensberry (voice)
• TripTank — Cowboy Dad (voice)
• 2014Yellowbird — Karl (voice)
• black-ish — Cody
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Dr. Jones
• Rick and Morty — Glexo Slimslom (voice)
• 2013The Way Way Back — Lewis, Director, Writer, Executive Producer
• Comedy Bang! Bang! — Sir Zanifer
• Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja — Principal Slimovitz (voice)
• Goodnight Burbank
• 2011The Descendants — Screenplay
• The Looney Tunes Show — Cecil Turtle (voice)
• 2010Love and Distrust — Accountant (segment "Auto Motives")
• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated — J.R. Kipple (voice)
• Community — Dean Craig Pelton, Writer, Director
• Glee — Lee Paulblatt
• 2009The Slammin' Salmon — Disgusted Businessman
• Eli Stone — Bradley Kitsis
• 2008The Onion Movie — Bryce's Manager
• 2007Balls of Fury — Techie
• Samantha Who? — Artist
• 2007Smiley Face — Casting Assistant
• 2007The Nines — Game Night Guest
• Help Me Help You — Jonathan
• American Dad! — Puddin' (voice)
• 2005Partner(s) — Katherine's Secretary
• 2005Sky High — Mr. Grayson / Stitches
• Coupling — Stalker
• Evil Con Carne — Ensign Slaughter (voice)
• NCIS — Joel Sanderson
• Reno 911! — Andrew, Man
• Baby Bob — Dougy
• Less than Perfect — Rob McLyle
• 2002Minority Report — Technician
• 2002One Hour Photo — Amateur Porn Guy
• 2002S1m0ne — Studio Executive #2
• 2002Slackers — Head T.A. Philip
• According to Jim — Bill
• The Guardian — Court Therapist
• 2000Auto Motives — Accountant
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Todd Benton
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Hotel Day Manager
• Family Guy — (voice)
• Katie Joplin — Mitchell Tuit
• Thanks
• Becker — Eddie Blatt
• Oh Baby
• That '70s Show — Fenton
• The Hughleys — Census Guy
• Will & Grace — Brent
• The Practice — Quimby
• Working — Carl
• Cybill — Production Assistant
• The Naked Truth — Harris Van Doren
• Friends — Nervous Male Passenger
• Saturday Night Live — Writer
• Beverly Hills — Lloyd Kramer
• Horrified
• Team Hoyt — Director
• The Heart — Director
• Untitled Community Movie — Dean Pelton

Appearances as themselves (9)

• After Midnight — Self
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire — Self - Phone a Friend, Self - Contestant
• The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale — Self - Additional Guest
• Beyond Stranger Things — Self - Host
• Lip Sync Battle — Self
• 2014Harmontown — Self
• @midnight with Chris Hardwick — Self
• The Writers' Room — Self - Host
• The Soup — Self