Thomas Middleditch

Thomas Middleditch
Born March 10, 1982
Nelson, British Columbia
Nationality Canadian
Occupation Actor, comedian, screenwriter

Thomas Middleditch (born March 10, 1982) is a Canadian actor, comedian, and television writer, known for his lead roles as Justin Frost in the 2009 romantic comedy Splinterheads[1] and as Richard Hendricks in the HBO series Silicon Valley.[2] He attended the University of Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Life and career

Middleditch is from Nelson, British Columbia.[3] He appeared in the 2009 romantic comedy Splinterheads as lead role of Justin Frost.[1]

2010

On March 25, 2010, he joined a CBS pilot Hitched, written by Josh Schwartz and directed by Rob Greenberg.[4]

2011

On May 5, 2011 Middleditch made his first appearance in Jake and Amir, in the episode "Jake and Amir: Doobs".[5] He has made several returns to the web series including on November 17, 2011 for "Jake and Amir: Doobs Part 2",[6] on November 20, 2012 for "Jake and Amir: Doobs Part 3",[7] on March 5, 2013 for "Jake and Amir: Movie Date",[8] and on March 12, 2013 for "Jake and Amir: Movie Date Part 2".[9] [9]

On May 31, 2011, Middleditch joined the cast of the Paramount Pictures' comedy film Fun Size, directed by Josh Schwartz.[10] On August 8, 2011, he joined Road to Nardo,[11] a film that would have been Scot Armstrong's directorial debut. On December 12, 2011, he joined Jay Roach's The Campaign, starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis.[12] In autumn of the same year, he pitched a cartoon called Worst Friends Forever to MTV, but it never made it to air.[13][14]

2012

On July 23, 2012, Middleditch joined the cast of the comedy film Someone Marry Barry, directed and written by Rob Pearlstein and produced by Barry Josephson.[15] On August 23, 2012, he had a role on The Office‍ '​s final season episode "The Farm".[16]

2013

He worked in a 2013 comedy fantasy film The Brass Teapot, directed by Ramaa Mosley.[17] He also worked in a 2013 CBS Films coming-of-age comedy Toy's House, later re-titled The Kings of Summer.[18]

On January 30, 2013, Middleditch joined the HBO's dark comedy pilot Silicon Valley playing Richard Hendricks.[19] On April 23, 2013, he was added to the cast of the comedy film Search Party, a directorial debut of Scot Armstrong.[20]

Middleditch made a small cameo appearance in the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street.

On The Pete Holmes Show, he has played Nightcrawler and Gambit from the X-Men and Vega and Ken from Street Fighter II.

Wednesday, October 16 saw the announcement of the Disney XD-produced animated series Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero, starring Middleditch as the titular multiverse-hopping hero. The series premiered in late 2014. .

2014

On January 21, 2014, Middleditch was added to the cast of DreamWorks Animation's animated feature Captain Underpants, based on Dav Pilkey's book Captain Underpants.[21] He is also starring in The Final Girls and The Bronze.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Debruge, Peter (5 November 2009). "Review: ‘Splinterheads’". variety.com. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Silicon Valley | Homepage". HBO. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  3. ↑ "Thomas Middleditch So Bad It'S Good Movie Night! Live In Nelson". Wherevent. 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  4. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (25 March 2010). "Two CBS pilots add cast members". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  5. ↑ http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6500252/jake-and-amir-doobs
  6. ↑ http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6649726/jake-and-amir-doobs-part-2
  7. ↑ http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6849710/jake-and-amir-doobs-3
  8. ↑ http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6875604/jake-and-amir-movie-with-ben-schwartz-and-thomas-middleditch
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6876947/jake-and-amir-movies-pt-2
  10. ↑ "Johnny Knoxville, Unique Blend of Cast Join 'Fun Size' Comedy". bloody-disgusting.com. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  11. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (8 August 2011). "Middleditch takes ‘Road to Nardo’". variety.com. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  12. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (12 December 2011). "Middleditch in Warners’ team of ‘Rivals’". variety.com. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  13. ↑ Michael Schneider (2011-11-11). "Exclusive: MTV Developing Another Animated Series with Beavis and Butt-head Producers". TV Guide. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  14. ↑ Making It #61: Thomas Middleditch, 58:25 to 59:09: "not in my hands anymore"
  15. ↑ Kit, Borys (23 July 2012). "Tyler Labine, Damon Wayans Jr., Lucy Punch Starring in Comedy 'Someone Marry Barry'". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  16. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (23 August 2012). "Thomas Middleditch Cast As Dwight’s Brother On ‘The Office’ Spinoff". deadline.com. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  17. ↑ Debruge, Peter (2 April 2013). "Film Review: ‘The Brass Teapot’". variety.com. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  18. ↑ Cunningham, Todd (22 January 2013). "'Toy's House' Goes to CBS Films". thewrap.com. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  19. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (30 January 2013). "T.J. Miller, Thomas Middleditch Cast In Mike Judge’s HBO Comedy Pilot ‘Silicon Valley’". deadline.com. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  20. ↑ Kit, Borys (23 April 2013). "'Search Party' Finds Its Stars, Begins Shooting Next Week". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  21. ↑ Abramovitch, Seth (21 January 2014). "Ed Helms, Kevin Hart Slip Into DreamWorks Animation's 'Captain Underpants'". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 4 February 2014.

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