John Michael Higgins

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John Michael Higgins

Born February 12, 1963 (1963-02-12) (age 45)
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

John Michael Higgins (born February 12, 1963) is an American actor whose film credits include Christopher Guest's mockumentaries and the role of David Letterman in HBO's The Late Shift.

Higgins was born in Boston, Massachusetts and graduated Phi Beta Kappa Summa Cum Laude from Amherst College in 1985, where he led the all-male a cappella group, The Zumbyes.

Higgins's numerous television credits include recurring characters on Ally McBeal, Brother's Keeper, Boston Legal and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show. He played attorney Wayne Jarvis in five episodes of Arrested Development. Higgins arranged the dense vocal harmonies sung by the New Main Street Singers in 2003's A Mighty Wind. Recently, Higgins has gained more recognition by being featured in the films Fun with Dick and Jane and The Break-Up, for which he also wrote vocal arrangements. His work as a voice actor includes the role of Judge Mentok in Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law and 2401 Penitent Tangent in Halo 2. Higgins is also remembered for portraying David Letterman in the HBO made-for-TV movie The Late Shift. Higgins can also be seen in the introductory video for the Epcot attraction Test Track.

Higgins directs and appears on the stage from time to time as well. In 2004 he played Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in the American premiere of David Hare's Stuff Happens at The Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. In 2003 he played the title role in A.R. Gurney's Big Bill at New York's Lincoln Center Theater In 1991 he was featured in Broadway's La Bête and in 2000 he was seen off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre in a production of Edward Albee's Tiny Alice. He also originated the title role in Paul Rudnick's Jeffrey Off-Broadway in 1994.

He currently appears in DirecTV's advertising campaign alongside fellow Arrested Development guest star Ed Begley, Jr.

He is married to actress Margaret Welsh. He has one daughter, Maisie, born August 3, 2003 and one son, Walter, born August 29, 2006.

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