Higgins, John Michael 1963–

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Higgins, John Michael 1963–

(John Higgins)

PERSONAL

Born February 12, 1963, in Boston, MA; father, a naval officer; married Margaret Welsh (an actress); children: two (some sources cite one). Education: Amherst College, degree in literature and literary theory (summa cum laude); trained with Street 70 Theatre Group in Maryland.

Addresses:

Agent—Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., Third Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Manager—Shelley Browning, Magnolia Entertainment, 9595 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 601, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Publicist—Jeff Raymond, Nancy Iannios Public Relations, 8271 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046.

Career:

Actor and voice performer. Street 70 Theatre Group, Maryland, performer and instructor. Performer at various venues with the New Main Street Ramblers, a fictional musical group featured in the film A Mighty Wind. Provided the voice of the track supervisor and narrator for Test Track, an attraction at EPCOT Center, Walt Disney World.

Member:

Phi Beta Kappa.

Awards, Honors:

Seattle Film Critics Award, best music, 2003, and Florida Film Critics Circle Award, best ensemble cast, 2004, both with others, for A Mighty Wind; Drama Desk Award nomination, outstanding actor in a play, 2004, for Big Bill; Gotham Award nomination (with others), best ensemble cast, IFP/New York, 2006, for For Your Consideration.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Ed, Vampire's Kiss, Hemdale Releasing, 1989.

Chief of staff, G.I. Jane (also known as In Pursuit of Honor, A Matter of Honor, Navy Cross, Pursuit of Honor, and Undisclosed), Buena Vista, 1997.

John Levy, Wag the Dog (also known as Bite the Bullet), New Line Cinema, 1997.

Bill Feingold, Bicentennial Man (also known as Der 200 Jahre Mann), Buena Vista, 1999.

Scott Donlan, Best in Show (also known as Dog Show and Dogumentary), Warner Bros., 2000.

(As John Higgins) Social worker, Seven Days to Live (also known as Seven D, Seven Days, 7 Days to Live, and Du lebst noch 7 Tage), Senator Films/Amberlon Pictures, 2000.

(Uncredited) Emergency room physician, The Man Who Wasn't There (also known as The Barber Project), USA Films, 2001.

Whit Summers, Teddy Bears' Picnic (also known as Call o' the Glen), Magnolia Pictures, 2002.

Terry Bohner, A Mighty Wind (also known as Untitled Christopher Guest Project), Warner Bros., 2003.

Deermont Seers, Killer Diller, Freestyle Releasing, 2004.

Dr. Edgar Vance, Blade: Trinity (also known as Blade III), New Line Cinema, 2004.

(Uncredited) Hotel manager, After the Sunset, New Line Cinema, 2004.

Andre Divine, Jiminy Glick in Lalawood, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2005.

Garth, Fun with Dick and Jane (also known as Alternative Career and Fun with Dick & Jane), Sony Pictures Releasing, 2005.

Norman Benjamin, English as a Second Language, Cima Productions, 2005.

Corey Taft, For Your Consideration, Warner Independent Pictures, 2006.

Richard Meyers, The Break-Up, Universal, 2006.

Marty, Evan Almighty (also known as Bruce Almighty 2, Bruce: The Second Coming, and The Passion of the Ark), Universal, 2007.

Willy, Fred Claus (also known as Joe Claus and Untitled Vince Vaughn/David Dobkin Project), Warner Bros., 2007.

Film Work:

Vocal arranger, A Mighty Wind (also known as Untitled Christopher Guest Project), Warner Bros., 2003.

Performer of song "Owner of a Lonely Heart," The Break-Up, Universal, 2006.

Television Appearances; Series:

Steven Milter, Ally McBeal, Fox, between 2000 and 2002.

Voice of Mentok the mindtaker, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (animated), Cartoon Network, between 2002 and 2006.

Wayne Jarvis, Arrested Development, Fox, between 2003 and 2006.

Voices of Sully and others, Game Over (animated; also known as Meet the Breaknecks), UPN, 2004.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Master of ceremonies, From the Earth to the Moon, HBO, 1998.

Television Appearances; Movies:

David Letterman, The Late Shift, HBO, 1996.

Robert Slocum, Monte Walsh, TNT, 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Various roles, Class of '86 (also known as National Lampoon's "Class of '86"), Showtime, 1986.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Phillips, "Hell Hath No Fury," Miami Vice (also known as Gold Coast and Miami Unworthiness), NBC, 1988.

I. M. Uppwardds, "The Case of the Poconos Paradise," Mathnet, broadcast on Square One TV, PBS, 1991.

Chip, "Cybill Does Disney," Cybill, CBS, 1996.

Reverend Fuller, "Good God," The Single Guy, NBC, 1996.

Ar'nox, "Honey, They Call Me the Space Cowboy," Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (also known as Disney's "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show" and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids), syndicated, 1997.

Glenn, "S'Wunnerful Life," Party of Five, Fox, 1997.

Kurt, "The Little Jerry," Seinfeld, NBC, 1997.

Timidius, "I, Chettus," Weird Science, USA Network, 1997.

Ar'nox, "From Honey, with Love," Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (also known as Disney's "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show" and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids), syndicated, 1998.

Ar'nox, "Honey, It's No Fun Being an Illegal Alien," Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (also known as Disney's "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show" and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids), syndicated, 1998.

Mark, "Trick or Treat," Brother's Keeper, ABC, 1998.

Mr. Levin, "Jared's Ex," Guys Like Us, UPN, 1998.

Mr. Levin, "Maestro's First Crush," Guys Like Us, UPN, 1998.

Patrick, "Breastfeeding," Mad about You (also known as Loved by You), NBC, 1998.

Teacher, "Note," Brother's Keeper, ABC, 1998.

Mark, "Politically Impolite," Brother's Keeper, ABC, 1999.

Patrick, "Paved with Good Intentions," Mad about You (also known as Loved by You), NBC, 1999.

Dr. Plummer, "The Mistake," Gideon's Crossing, ABC, 2000.

George Clark, "Guilt," Get Real, Fox, 2000.

Kurt Mason, "Who's on First," Movie Stars, ABC, 2000.

Alex Berringer, "Big Business," Bette! (also known as Bette and The Bette Show), CBS, 2001.

William, "It Takes Two to Tangle," Frasier (also known as Dr. Frasier Crane), NBC, 2001.

Charles, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Honey," George Lopez (also known as The George Lopez Show), ABC, 2003.

Jerry Austin, "Head Cases," Boston Legal (also known as Fleet Street, The Practice: Fleet Street, and The Untitled Practice), ABC, 2004.

Jerry Austin, "Still Crazy after All These Years," Boston Legal (also known as Fleet Street, The Practice: Fleet Street, and The Untitled Practice), ABC, 2004.

Roddy Lankman, "Mr. Monk and the Game Show," Monk, USA Network, 2004.

Albert, "Joey and the Christmas Party," Joey, NBC, 2005.

Voice of Ignatius Millmo, Hopeless Pictures (animated), Independent Film Channel, 2005.

Anthony Caprice, "Time of Your Death," CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (also known as C.S.I., CSI: Las Vegas, CSI: Weekends, and Les experts), CBS, 2006.

Phillip Walker, "Whole," So noTORIous, VH1, 2006.

Appeared as Mr. Polley in Living in Captivity, Fox; appeared in other programs, including The George Carlin Show, Fox.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

The 'Burbs, FX Channel, 2002.

Voices of Sully and others, "Meet the Smashenburns," Game Over (animated; also known as Meet the Breaknecks), UPN, 2004.

Associated with other pilots, including an appearance as Kevin in Are We There Yet?, The WB; an appearance in The Kronenberg Chronicles, FX Channel; and an appearance as Taylor in a pilot featuring Susie Essman.

Stage Appearances:

Nick, A Thousand Clowns, c. 1973.

Various roles, National Lampoon's "Class of '86" (also known as Class of '86), Village Gate Theatre, New York City, 1986.

Marathon '89, Series A, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City, 1989.

Allan, Neddy, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1990.

Harry Hobson, Maids of Honor, Workshop of the Players Art Theatre (WPA), New York City, 1990.

De Brire and Valere, La Bete, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 1991.

Chris, Beau Jest, Lamb's Theatre, New York City, between 1991 and 1994.

Antipholus of Ephesus, The Comedy of Errors, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theater, Delacorte Theater, New York City, 1992.

Harlequin, The Triumph of Love (musical), McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, 1992.

Title role, Jeffrey, Workshop of the Players Art (WPA) Theatre, 1992-93, then Minetta Lane Theatre, New York City, 1993-94.

Buckingham, Richard III, Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, CT, 1994.

Harlequin, Changes of Heart (also known as The Double Inconstancy), McCarter Theatre, 1994.

Bluntschli, Arms and the Man, Hartford Stage Company, c. 1995.

Changes of Heart, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1996.

The Servant of Two Masters, Hartford Stage Company, 1996.

The Rivals, Hartford Stage Company, c. 1996.

Harlequin, The Game of Love and Chance, McCarter Theatre, 1997.

Butler, Tiny Alice, Hartford Stage Company, 1998, then Second Stage Theatre Company, New York City, 2000-2001.

Tennessee Williams, Letters from Tennessee: A Distant Country Called Youth (solo performance), Hartford Stage Company, 2002.

William Tatem "Bill" Tilden II (title role), Big Bill, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Nikos Stage, Williamstown, MA, 2003, then Lincoln Center, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, New York City, 2004.

Donald Rumsfeld, Stuff Happens, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, 2005.

Appeared in a Broadway production of Mastergate; and appeared as the title role in Hamlet; performed at other theatres, including the Folger Theatre and Arena Stage, both Washington, DC, and the Round House Theatre. Some sources cite an appearance in The Goat (also known as The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?).