John Michael Higgins (born February 12, 1963) is an American actor,
voice actor and comedian whose film credits include Christopher
Guest's mockumentaries, the role of David Letterman in HBO's The Late
Shift and a starring role in the American version of Kath & Kim. He
portrayed Peter Lovett in the TV Land original sitcom Happily Divorced
and provided the voice of Iknik Blackstone Varrick in The Legend of
Korra. He also starred in the NBC sitcom Great News as Chuck Pierce
for 2 seasons. He currently hosts the game show America Says, which
earned him a 2019 Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Game
Show Host.In 1991, Higgins 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 1993.Higgins' numerous
television credits include recurring characters on Ally McBeal,
Brother's Keeper, Boston Legal and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV
Show. In Season 8 of Seinfeld, he portrayed Elaine's boyfriend Kurt.
He also played attorney Wayne Jarvis in five episodes of Arrested
Development. Higgins arranged the dense vocal harmonies sung by the
nine-part ("neuftet") New Main Street Singers in 2003's A Mighty Wind,
a change from the writers' original concept to have the group sing in
unison, leveraged by Higgins' musical talent.
voice actor and comedian whose film credits include Christopher
Guest's mockumentaries, the role of David Letterman in HBO's The Late
Shift and a starring role in the American version of Kath & Kim. He
portrayed Peter Lovett in the TV Land original sitcom Happily Divorced
and provided the voice of Iknik Blackstone Varrick in The Legend of
Korra. He also starred in the NBC sitcom Great News as Chuck Pierce
for 2 seasons. He currently hosts the game show America Says, which
earned him a 2019 Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Game
Show Host.In 1991, Higgins 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 1993.Higgins' numerous
television credits include recurring characters on Ally McBeal,
Brother's Keeper, Boston Legal and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV
Show. In Season 8 of Seinfeld, he portrayed Elaine's boyfriend Kurt.
He also played attorney Wayne Jarvis in five episodes of Arrested
Development. Higgins arranged the dense vocal harmonies sung by the
nine-part ("neuftet") New Main Street Singers in 2003's A Mighty Wind,
a change from the writers' original concept to have the group sing in
unison, leveraged by Higgins' musical talent.
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