John Michael Higgins

The New York Times has called JOHN MICHAEL HIGGINS "one of the most skilled actors of his generation." An incredibly diverse artist, he often surprises audiences with his chameleon-like character changes. The guy who played David Letterman in HBO's highly acclaimed film The Late Shift is indeed the same guy who played the flamboyantly gay shih tzu handler in Christopher Guest's Best in Show. Higgins starred in TV Land's Happily Divorced, opposite Fran Drescher.… (more)

Movies
2025	Spinal Tap II
2024	Prom Dates
2023	Classmates
2022	The Curse of Bridge Hollow
2021	Licorice Pizza
2018	Harvey Birdman, Attorney General (TV movie)
	Scooby-Doo & Batman: The Brave and the Bold
	Status Update
2017	#REALITYHIGH
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	Pitch Perfect 3
	Shimmer Lake
2016	Internet Famous
	Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
	Mascots
	Sundown
2015	Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (TV movie)
	Pitch Perfect 2
2014	A Million Ways to Die in the West
	Breaking the Bank
	Planes: Fire and Rescue
	Tell
	Terry the Tomboy (TV movie)
2013	Rapture-Palooza
2012	Big Miracle
	My Uncle Rafael
	Pitch Perfect
	Time Travel Mater
	Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse
2011	6 Month Rule
	Bad Teacher
	We Bought a Zoo
2009	Couples Retreat
	Fired Up
	Still Waiting...
	The Ugly Truth
2008	Yes Man
2007	Evan Almighty
	Fred Claus
	The Thick of It (TV movie)
	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2006	For Your Consideration
	The Break-Up
2005	English as a Second Language
	Fun with Dick and Jane
2004	After the Sunset
	Blade: Trinity
	Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
	Killer Diller
2003	A Mighty Wind
	Monte Walsh (TV movie)
2002	Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001	The Man Who Wasn't There
2000	Best in Show
	Seven Days to Live
1999	Bicentennial Man
1997	G.I. Jane
	Wag the Dog
1996	The Late Shift (TV movie)
1988	Vampire's Kiss
1986	Class of '86

Movies

2025

Spinal Tap II

2024

Prom Dates

2023

Classmates

2022

The Curse of Bridge Hollow

2021

Licorice Pizza

2018

Harvey Birdman, Attorney General (TV movie)

Scooby-Doo & Batman: The Brave and the Bold

Status Update

2017

#REALITYHIGH

Pitch Perfect 3

Shimmer Lake

2016

Internet Famous

Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?

Mascots

Sundown

2015

Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (TV movie)

Pitch Perfect 2

2014

A Million Ways to Die in the West

Breaking the Bank

Planes: Fire and Rescue

Tell

Terry the Tomboy (TV movie)

2013

Rapture-Palooza

2012

Big Miracle

My Uncle Rafael

Pitch Perfect

Time Travel Mater

Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse

2011

6 Month Rule

Bad Teacher

We Bought a Zoo

2009

Couples Retreat

Fired Up

Still Waiting...

The Ugly Truth

2008

Yes Man

2007

Evan Almighty

Fred Claus

The Thick of It (TV movie)

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

2006

For Your Consideration

The Break-Up

2005

English as a Second Language

Fun with Dick and Jane

2004

After the Sunset

Blade: Trinity

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood

Killer Diller

2003

A Mighty Wind

Monte Walsh (TV movie)

2002

Teddy Bears' Picnic

2001

The Man Who Wasn't There

2000

Best in Show

Seven Days to Live

1999

Bicentennial Man

1997

G.I. Jane

Wag the Dog

1996

The Late Shift (TV movie)

1988

Vampire's Kiss

1986

Class of '86

Series
2022	Bob's Burgers
	Video Killed the Gene-io Star (S12E14)
	Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
	Grow or Die (E01)
2021	Bob's Burgers
	Gene's Christmas Break (S12E10)
	Monsters at Work
	The Vending Machine (S01E06)
	The Cover Up (S01E05)
	Saved by the Bell
	Let the Games Begin (S02E10)
	Dancing to the Max (S02E09)
	The Gift (S02E08)
	more episodes (7)
2020	Saved by the Bell
	Showdown (S01E10)
	All in the Hall (S01E09)
	The Todd Capsule (S01E08)
	more episodes (7)
	Single Parents
	The Angie-Man (S02E11)
2019	Archibald's Next Big Thing
	The Enchanted Mansion / The Shell Game (S01E10)
	Bob's Burgers
	What About Blob? (S09E17)
	Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
	Turtle-dega Nights: The Ballad of Rat Man (S01E41)
	Warren & Hypno, Sitting in a Tree (S01E30)
	The Evil League of Mutants (S01E23)
	Sunnyside
	The Ethiopian Executioner (E02)
2018	Angie Tribeca
	Heading to the Legal Beagle (S04E08)
	Bob's Burgers
	Roller? I Hardly Know Her! (S09E08)
	Fortune Rookie
	Great News
	Early Retirement (S02E13)
	The Fast Track (S02E12)
	Competing Offer (S02E11)
	more episodes (4)
	Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
	Stuck on You (S01E17)
	Newsworthy (S01E05)
	War and Pizza (S01E04)
2017	All Hail King Julien
	The End Is Here (S06E13)
	Night Creatures (S06E03)
	Bob's Burgers
	Zero Larp Thirty (S07E17)
	Doc McStuffins
	Daisy Makes the Call / Visiting Hours (S04E26)
	Great News
	Carol's Eleven (S01E10)
	Carol Has a Bully (S01E09)
	Love Is Dead (S02E09)
	more episodes (13)
	Niko and the Sword of Light
	From the Depths of Despair... (S01E14)
	From the Cursed Volcano to the End of Hope (S01E13)
	From the Sea of Suffering to the Faraway Shore (S01E06)
	Sofia the First
	The Royal Dragon (S04E07)
	The Secret Library: Tale of the Eternal Torch (S04E02)
2016	All Hail King Julien
	Love Gauntlet (S03E05)
	Oh Brother Where Aren't Thou? (S03E04)
	Dance, Dance, Resolution (S03E03)
	more episodes (2)
	Angie Tribeca
	The Thumb Affair (S01E04)
	Awkward.
	Happy Campers. Happier Trails (S05E24)
	Bob's Burgers
	The Gene and Courtney Show (S06E07)
	Doc McStuffins
	Blast Off to the Unknown! / Bust a Move (S03E22)
	The Crossroads of History
	The Tom and Jerry Show
	Cheesy Ball Run / Say Uncle / Here Comes the Bribe (S02E04)
2015	Doc McStuffins
	Space Buddies Forever! / Liv Long and Pawsper (S03E20)
	Take Your Pet to the Vet / Master and Commander (S03E06)
2014	Bob's Burgers
	Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl (S05E01)
	Doc McStuffins
	Take Your Doc to Work Day / Blazer's Bike (S02E18)
	Franklin & Bash
	Love Is the Drug (S04E03)
	Jessie
	Between the Swoon and New York City (S03E21)
	Phineas and Ferb
	Star Wars (S04E41)
	The Legend of Korra
	The Last Stand (S04E13)
	Day of the Colossus (S04E12)
	Kuvira's Gambit (S04E11)
	more episodes (11)
	Wilfred
	Resistance (S04E09)
	Responsibility (S04E07)
2013	Back in the Game
	Bob's Burgers
	A River Runs Through Bob (S04E01)
	Happily Divorced
	For Better or for Worse (S02E24)
	Sleeping with the Enemy (S02E23)
	Happily Divorced... With Children (S02E22)
	more episodes (4)
	Instant Mom
	Men at Work
	The New Boss (S02E03)
	Mike & Molly
	Mind Over Molly (S04E12)
	The Good Wife
	A More Perfect Union (S04E21)
	The Legend of Korra
	Light in the Dark (S02E14)
	Night of a Thousand Stars (S02E11)
	The Guide (S02E09)
	more episodes (5)
	Turbo FAST
2012	Bob's Burgers
	The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene (S03E08)
	Doc McStuffins
	Tea Party Tantrum / Blast Off! (S01E03)
	Happily Divorced
	Follow the Leader (S02E17)
	A Star Is Reborn (S02E16)
	The Back-Up Fran (S02E15)
	more episodes (14)
	Sullivan & Son
	The Punch (S01E05)
	Wilfred
	Service (S02E09)
2011	Happily Divorced
	Torn Between Two Lovetts (S01E10)
	Vegas Baby (S01E09)
	A Kiss Is Just a Kiss (S01E08)
	more episodes (7)
	Man Up
	Camping (E10)
	The Good Wife
	Parenting Made Easy (S03E10)
	Wilfred
	Compassion (S01E09)
2010	Batman: The Brave and the Bold
	The Criss-Cross Conspiracy! (S02E19)
	A Bat Divided! (S02E08)
	Community
	Pascal's Triangle Revisited (S01E25)
	Glee
	Dream On (S01E19)
	Glory Daze
	Psych
	Chivalry Is Not Dead... But Someone Is (S05E04)
2009	Community
	Debate 109 (S01E09)
	Introduction to Film (S01E03)
	Numb3rs
	Dreamland (S06E06)
2008	Kath & Kim
2007	Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
	The Death of Harvey (S04E07)
	Juror in Court (S04E06)
2006	Arrested Development
	Exit Strategy (S03E12)
	Fakin' It (S03E10)
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
	Time of Your Death (S06E22)
	Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
	Grodin (S04E05)
	Birdnapped (S04E04)
	Incredible Hippo (S04E02)
	Shazzan (S04E01)
	So noTORIous
2005	Arrested Development
	Righteous Brothers (S02E18)
	Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
	Identity Theft (S03E12)
	Sebben and Sebben Employee Orientation (S03E11)
	Mindless (S03E10)
	more episodes (7)
	Joey
	Joey and the Christmas Party (S02E13)
	Joey and the Tijuana Trip (S02E12)
2004	Arrested Development
	Sad Sack (S02E05)
	Boston Legal
	Still Crazy After All These Years (S01E02)
	Head Cases (S01E01)
	Game Over
	Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
	Guitar Control (S02E11)
	Gone Efficien...t (S02E09)
	Peanut Puberty (S02E08)
	more episodes (7)
	Monk
	Mr. Monk and the Game Show (S03E08)
2003	Arrested Development
	In God We Trust (S01E07)
	Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
	X, the Exterminator (S01E09)
	Deadomutt: Part 2 (S01E08)
2002	Ally McBeal
	Blowin' in the Wind (S05E09)
	Playing with Matches (S05E08)
	George Lopez
	Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
	The Dabba Don (S01E06)
	Shoyu Weenie (S01E05)
2001	Ally McBeal
	Cloudy Skies, Chance of Parade (S04E20)
	The Obstacle Course (S04E18)
	Reach Out and Touch (S04E13)
	more episodes (7)
	Frasier
	It Takes Two to Tangle (S08E17)
2000	Ally McBeal
	Love on Holiday (S04E07)
	Bette
	Gideon's Crossing
1999	Get Real
	Mad About You
	Paved with Good Intentions (S07E19)
	Movie Stars
1998	Brother's Keeper
	From the Earth to the Moon
	The Original Wives Club (E11)
	Guys Like Us
	Mad About You
	Breastfeeding (S06E10)
1997	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show
	Party of Five
	S'Wunnerful Life (S04E11)
	Seinfeld
	The Little Jerry (S08E11)
	Weird Science
	I, Chettus (S05E11)
1995	Cybill
1994	The George Carlin Show
1987	Mathnet
1984	Miami Vice

Series

2022

Bob's Burgers

Video Killed the Gene-io Star (S12E14)

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

Grow or Die (E01)

2021

Bob's Burgers

Gene's Christmas Break (S12E10)

Monsters at Work

The Vending Machine (S01E06)

The Cover Up (S01E05)

Saved by the Bell

Let the Games Begin (S02E10)

Dancing to the Max (S02E09)

The Gift (S02E08)

more episodes (7)

2020

Saved by the Bell

Showdown (S01E10)

All in the Hall (S01E09)

The Todd Capsule (S01E08)

more episodes (7)

Single Parents

The Angie-Man (S02E11)

2019

Archibald's Next Big Thing

The Enchanted Mansion / The Shell Game (S01E10)

Bob's Burgers

What About Blob? (S09E17)

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Turtle-dega Nights: The Ballad of Rat Man (S01E41)

Warren & Hypno, Sitting in a Tree (S01E30)

The Evil League of Mutants (S01E23)

Sunnyside

The Ethiopian Executioner (E02)

2018

Angie Tribeca

Heading to the Legal Beagle (S04E08)

Bob's Burgers

Roller? I Hardly Know Her! (S09E08)

Fortune Rookie

Great News

Early Retirement (S02E13)

The Fast Track (S02E12)

Competing Offer (S02E11)

more episodes (4)

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Stuck on You (S01E17)

Newsworthy (S01E05)

War and Pizza (S01E04)

2017

All Hail King Julien

The End Is Here (S06E13)

Night Creatures (S06E03)

Bob's Burgers

Zero Larp Thirty (S07E17)

Doc McStuffins

Daisy Makes the Call / Visiting Hours (S04E26)

Great News

Carol's Eleven (S01E10)

Carol Has a Bully (S01E09)

Love Is Dead (S02E09)

more episodes (13)

Niko and the Sword of Light

From the Depths of Despair... (S01E14)

From the Cursed Volcano to the End of Hope (S01E13)

From the Sea of Suffering to the Faraway Shore (S01E06)

Sofia the First

The Royal Dragon (S04E07)

The Secret Library: Tale of the Eternal Torch (S04E02)

2016

All Hail King Julien

Love Gauntlet (S03E05)

Oh Brother Where Aren't Thou? (S03E04)

Dance, Dance, Resolution (S03E03)

more episodes (2)

Angie Tribeca

The Thumb Affair (S01E04)

Awkward.

Happy Campers. Happier Trails (S05E24)

Bob's Burgers

The Gene and Courtney Show (S06E07)

Doc McStuffins

Blast Off to the Unknown! / Bust a Move (S03E22)

The Crossroads of History

The Tom and Jerry Show

Cheesy Ball Run / Say Uncle / Here Comes the Bribe (S02E04)

2015

Doc McStuffins

Space Buddies Forever! / Liv Long and Pawsper (S03E20)

Take Your Pet to the Vet / Master and Commander (S03E06)

2014

Bob's Burgers

Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl (S05E01)

Doc McStuffins

Take Your Doc to Work Day / Blazer's Bike (S02E18)

Franklin & Bash

Love Is the Drug (S04E03)

Jessie

Between the Swoon and New York City (S03E21)

Phineas and Ferb

Star Wars (S04E41)

The Legend of Korra

The Last Stand (S04E13)

Day of the Colossus (S04E12)

Kuvira's Gambit (S04E11)

more episodes (11)

Wilfred

Resistance (S04E09)

Responsibility (S04E07)

2013

Back in the Game

Bob's Burgers

A River Runs Through Bob (S04E01)

Happily Divorced

For Better or for Worse (S02E24)

Sleeping with the Enemy (S02E23)

Happily Divorced... With Children (S02E22)

more episodes (4)

Instant Mom

Men at Work

The New Boss (S02E03)

Mike & Molly

Mind Over Molly (S04E12)

The Good Wife

A More Perfect Union (S04E21)

The Legend of Korra

Light in the Dark (S02E14)

Night of a Thousand Stars (S02E11)

The Guide (S02E09)

more episodes (5)

Turbo FAST

2012

Bob's Burgers

The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene (S03E08)

Doc McStuffins

Tea Party Tantrum / Blast Off! (S01E03)

Happily Divorced

Follow the Leader (S02E17)

A Star Is Reborn (S02E16)

The Back-Up Fran (S02E15)

more episodes (14)

Sullivan & Son

The Punch (S01E05)

Wilfred

Service (S02E09)

2011

Happily Divorced

Torn Between Two Lovetts (S01E10)

Vegas Baby (S01E09)

A Kiss Is Just a Kiss (S01E08)

more episodes (7)

Man Up

Camping (E10)

The Good Wife

Parenting Made Easy (S03E10)

Wilfred

Compassion (S01E09)

2010

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

The Criss-Cross Conspiracy! (S02E19)

A Bat Divided! (S02E08)

Community

Pascal's Triangle Revisited (S01E25)

Glee

Dream On (S01E19)

Glory Daze

Psych

Chivalry Is Not Dead... But Someone Is (S05E04)

2009

Community

Debate 109 (S01E09)

Introduction to Film (S01E03)

Numb3rs

Dreamland (S06E06)

2008

Kath & Kim

2007

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

The Death of Harvey (S04E07)

Juror in Court (S04E06)

2006

Arrested Development

Exit Strategy (S03E12)

Fakin' It (S03E10)

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Time of Your Death (S06E22)

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

Grodin (S04E05)

Birdnapped (S04E04)

Incredible Hippo (S04E02)

Shazzan (S04E01)

So noTORIous

2005

Arrested Development

Righteous Brothers (S02E18)

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

Identity Theft (S03E12)

Sebben and Sebben Employee Orientation (S03E11)

Mindless (S03E10)

more episodes (7)

Joey

Joey and the Christmas Party (S02E13)

Joey and the Tijuana Trip (S02E12)

2004

Arrested Development

Sad Sack (S02E05)

Boston Legal

Still Crazy After All These Years (S01E02)

Head Cases (S01E01)

Game Over

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

Guitar Control (S02E11)

Gone Efficien...t (S02E09)

Peanut Puberty (S02E08)

more episodes (7)

Monk

Mr. Monk and the Game Show (S03E08)

2003

Arrested Development

In God We Trust (S01E07)

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

X, the Exterminator (S01E09)

Deadomutt: Part 2 (S01E08)

2002

Ally McBeal

Blowin' in the Wind (S05E09)

Playing with Matches (S05E08)

George Lopez

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

The Dabba Don (S01E06)

Shoyu Weenie (S01E05)

2001

Ally McBeal

Cloudy Skies, Chance of Parade (S04E20)

The Obstacle Course (S04E18)

Reach Out and Touch (S04E13)

more episodes (7)

Frasier

It Takes Two to Tangle (S08E17)

2000

Ally McBeal

Love on Holiday (S04E07)

Bette

Gideon's Crossing

1999

Get Real

Mad About You

Paved with Good Intentions (S07E19)

Movie Stars

1998

Brother's Keeper

From the Earth to the Moon

The Original Wives Club (E11)

Guys Like Us

Mad About You

Breastfeeding (S06E10)

1997

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show

Party of Five

S'Wunnerful Life (S04E11)

Seinfeld

The Little Jerry (S08E11)

Weird Science

I, Chettus (S05E11)

1995

Cybill

1994

The George Carlin Show

1987

Mathnet

1984

Miami Vice

Documentaries
2015	Adam Ruins Everything (series)

Documentaries

2015

Adam Ruins Everything (series)

Short
2002	The Burbs (TV movie)

Short

2002

The Burbs (TV movie)

Shows
2023	Split Second - moderator
2022	Pickled
2020	The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition
2018	America Says - moderator
2017	Steve
2016	The $100,000 Pyramid
2015	Guys Choice Awards 2015
	Lip Sync Battle
2005	Entertainment Tonight Canada
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2023

Split Second - moderator

2022

Pickled

2020

The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition

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America Says - moderator

2017

Steve

2016

The $100,000 Pyramid

2015

Guys Choice Awards 2015

Lip Sync Battle

2005

Entertainment Tonight Canada

1994

Sidewalks Entertainment

WGN Morning News

1993

Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)

Great News - Chuck Pierce Is Blind (2017)

Harvey Birdman, Attorney General (TV movie)

Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (TV movie)

Terry the Tomboy (TV movie)

The Thick of It (TV movie)

Monte Walsh (TV movie)

The Late Shift (TV movie)

Video Killed the Gene-io Star (S12E14)

Grow or Die (E01)

Gene's Christmas Break (S12E10)

The Vending Machine (S01E06)

The Cover Up (S01E05)

Let the Games Begin (S02E10)

Dancing to the Max (S02E09)

The Gift (S02E08)

Showdown (S01E10)

All in the Hall (S01E09)

The Todd Capsule (S01E08)

The Angie-Man (S02E11)

The Enchanted Mansion / The Shell Game (S01E10)

What About Blob? (S09E17)

Turtle-dega Nights: The Ballad of Rat Man (S01E41)

Warren & Hypno, Sitting in a Tree (S01E30)

The Evil League of Mutants (S01E23)

The Ethiopian Executioner (E02)

Heading to the Legal Beagle (S04E08)

Roller? I Hardly Know Her! (S09E08)

Early Retirement (S02E13)

The Fast Track (S02E12)

Competing Offer (S02E11)

Stuck on You (S01E17)

Newsworthy (S01E05)

War and Pizza (S01E04)

The End Is Here (S06E13)

Night Creatures (S06E03)

Zero Larp Thirty (S07E17)

Daisy Makes the Call / Visiting Hours (S04E26)

Carol's Eleven (S01E10)

Carol Has a Bully (S01E09)

Love Is Dead (S02E09)

From the Depths of Despair... (S01E14)

From the Cursed Volcano to the End of Hope (S01E13)

From the Sea of Suffering to the Faraway Shore (S01E06)

The Royal Dragon (S04E07)

The Secret Library: Tale of the Eternal Torch (S04E02)

Love Gauntlet (S03E05)

Oh Brother Where Aren't Thou? (S03E04)

Dance, Dance, Resolution (S03E03)

The Thumb Affair (S01E04)

Happy Campers. Happier Trails (S05E24)

The Gene and Courtney Show (S06E07)

Blast Off to the Unknown! / Bust a Move (S03E22)

Cheesy Ball Run / Say Uncle / Here Comes the Bribe (S02E04)

Space Buddies Forever! / Liv Long and Pawsper (S03E20)

Take Your Pet to the Vet / Master and Commander (S03E06)

Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl (S05E01)

Take Your Doc to Work Day / Blazer's Bike (S02E18)