John Michael Higgins
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Born February 12, 1963, John Michael Higgins is a character player who evinced a flair for comedic portrayals of middle-aged types, actor John Michael Higgins jump-started his career with a dead-on evocation of David Letterman in the made-for-cable comedy The Late Shift -- a picture about the cutthroat war between Letterman and Jay Leno to be crowned "King of Late Night Talk." Higgins followed this auspicious and covetable assignment with small roles in Barry Levinson's scathing political satire Wag the Dog (1997) and a guest appearance as one of Elaine's issue-ridden boyfriends on Seinfeld, but made his most substantial impression as an occasional character on Ally McBeal -- that of Steven Milter, an attorney who doubled as a psychoanalyst of Ally's. Beginning with Best in Show (2000), Higgins enjoyed a multi-film run on the big screen with Christopher Guest and his regular mockumentary collaborators that also included the farces A Mighty Wind (2003) and For Your Consideration (2006). He also had a recurring role as an attorney Wayne Jarvis on the critically acclaimed sitcom Arrested Development and supplied the voice of Mentok the Mindtaker for the animated comedy series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. Back on the big screen, Higgins essayed two A-list supporting roles in 2007, in the Steve Carell-headlined farce Evan Almighty and the holiday-themedFred Claus starring Vince Vaughn. Higgins joined Vaughn again in Couples Retreat (2009), a romantic comedy following a group of couples who arrive on a tropical island only to find out they are required to participate in couples therapy in order to stay. He appeared on the FX television series Wilford in 2011, and joined the cast of the sitcom Happily Divorced, in which he co-stars with Fran Drescher (his real life ex-wife) as a man who amicably ended his marriage after coming to terms with his homosexuality. After working with Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz in the moderately successful comedy Bad Teacher in 2011, the actor played a small role in the 2012 adventure drama Big Miracle, which follows the plight of a journalist and volunteer who go to extreme lengths to save a beached whale.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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0% | Status Update |
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— | 2018 |
29% | Pitch Perfect 3 |
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$104.9M | 2017 |
40% | #Realityhigh |
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— | 2017 |
60% | Shimmer Lake |
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— | 2017 |
49% | Almost Christmas |
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$41.8M | 2016 |
0% | Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? |
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$39.9k | 2016 |
9% | Sundown |
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— | 2016 |
48% | Mascots |
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— | 2016 |
No Score Yet | Internet Famous |
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— | 2016 |
65% | Pitch Perfect 2 |
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$165.8M | 2015 |
44% | Planes: Fire And Rescue |
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$42.7M | 2014 |
33% | A Million Ways to Die in the West |
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$37.4M | 2014 |
No Score Yet | Breaking the Bank |
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— | 2014 |
70% | The Best Man Holiday |
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— | 2013 |
No Score Yet | Super Buddies |
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— | 2013 |
24% | Rapture-Palooza |
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— | 2013 |
81% | Pitch Perfect |
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$61.1M | 2012 |
20% | My Uncle Rafael |
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$0.3M | 2012 |
22% | 6 Month Rule |
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$11.7k | 2012 |
75% | Big Miracle |
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$20.2M | 2012 |
64% | We Bought a Zoo |
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$72.8M | 2011 |
45% | Bad Teacher |
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$100.3M | 2011 |
10% | Couples Retreat |
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$109.2M | 2009 |
14% | The Ugly Truth |
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$89M | 2009 |
24% | Fired Up |
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$16.8M | 2009 |
46% | Yes Man |
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$97.7M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Still Waiting... |
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— | 2008 |
21% | Fred Claus |
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$72M | 2007 |
23% | Evan Almighty |
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$100.3M | 2007 |
52% | For Your Consideration |
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$5.5M | 2006 |
34% | The Break-Up |
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$118.7M | 2006 |
29% | Fun With Dick and Jane |
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$110.4M | 2005 |
No Score Yet | English as a Second Language |
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— | 2005 |
22% | Jiminy Glick in Lalawood |
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$26.2k | 2005 |
25% | Blade: Trinity |
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$52.5M | 2004 |
40% | Killer Diller |
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— | 2004 |
87% | A Mighty Wind |
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$17.5M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Monte Walsh |
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— | 2003 |
0% | Teddy Bears' Picnic |
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— | 2002 |
81% | The Man Who Wasn't There |
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$7.5M | 2001 |
94% | Best in Show |
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$16.6M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Seven Days to Live |
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— | 2000 |
36% | Bicentennial Man |
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— | 1999 |
85% | Wag the Dog |
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— | 1997 |
51% | G.I. Jane |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | The Late Shift |
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— | 1996 |
61% | Vampire's Kiss |
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— | 1989 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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76% |
Saved by the Bell
2020
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No Score Yet |
Big Hero 6: The Series
2017
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91% |
Bob's Burgers
2011
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84% |
Great News
2017-2018
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No Score Yet |
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
2000-2018
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No Score Yet |
Lip Sync Battle
2015-2019
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No Score Yet |
Sofia the First
2013-2019
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No Score Yet |
2 Broke Girls
2011-2017
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100% |
Switched at Birth
2011-2017
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61% |
Franklin & Bash
2011-2014
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No Score Yet |
Mike & Molly
2010-2016
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No Score Yet |
Sullivan & Son
2012-2014
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8% |
Men at Work
2012-2013
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44% |
Happily Divorced
2011-2013
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93% |
The Good Wife
2009-2016
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No Score Yet |
Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales
2008-2012
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No Score Yet |
Doc McStuffins
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83% |
Wilfred
2011-2014
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No Score Yet |
Man Up
2011
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21% |
Man Up!
2011
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No Score Yet |
The Suite Life on Deck
2008-2011
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No Score Yet |
The Talk
2010
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15% |
Glory Daze
2010-2011
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75% |
Human Target
2010-2011
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89% |
Psych
2006-2014
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88% |
Community
2009-2015
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No Score Yet |
Numb3rs
2005-2010
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20% |
Kath & Kim
2008-2009
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22% |
Raising the Bar
2008-2009
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No Score Yet |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000-2015
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74% |
Arrested Development
2003-2019
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91% |
Monk
2002-2009
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No Score Yet |
George Lopez
2002-2007
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61% |
Ally McBeal
1997-2002
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62% |
Bette
2000-2001
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93% |
Frasier
1993-2004
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67% |
Get Real
1999-2000
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50% |
Gideon's Crossing
2000-2001
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No Score Yet |
Brother's Keeper
1998-1999
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72% |
Miami Vice
1984-1990
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No Score Yet |
Mad About You
1992-1999
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No Score Yet |
Party of Five
1994-2000
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89% |
Seinfeld
1989-1998
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Quotes from John Michael Higgins' Characters
John: | Well, this is what happens when you send girls to college. |
Gail: | ...is it? |
Gail: | The Barton Bella's went deep into the archive for that song, John. I remember singing it with my own a Capella group. |
John: | And what group was that, Gail? |
Gail: | The Minstral Cycles John. |
John: | Well, that's an unfortunate name. |
Principal Wally Snur: | I have a bumper sticker that say's that...It's on my car. |
Principal Wally Snur: | I have a bumper sticker that says that! |