Jim Rash
American actor, comedian, producer, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter
- Born
- 15 July 1971, Charlotte
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupation
- actor, screenwriter, film actor, television actor, film producer
- Films here
- 2
James Rash (born July 15, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, 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 Award, Golden Globe Award, and Critics' Choice Movie Award. Rash has since, with Faxon, written and directed the comedy films The Way, Way Back (2013), and Downhill (2020).
Filmography (martial arts films)
| Year | Film | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Balls of Fury | Cast |
| 2009 | The Slammin' Salmon | Cast |
Frequent collaborators
- Christopher Walken
- Maggie Q
- Robert Patrick
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
- James Hong
- Jason Scott Lee
- David Proval
- Jim Lampley
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q591785 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.