Thomas Steven Middleditch (born March 10, 1982) is a Canadian actor
and screenwriter, known for his role as Richard Hendricks in the HBO
series Silicon Valley (2014â€"2019), for which he was nominated for a
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series,
and Penn Zero in the Disney XD animated series Penn Zero: Part-Time
Hero (2014â€"2017). He voiced Harold Hutchins in Captain Underpants:
The First Epic Movie (2017). Middleditch also appears in ads for
Verizon Wireless.Middleditch was born and raised in Nelson, British
Columbia. His parents are British. He was cast in a play in grade
eight which he said "changed everything" for him. He went from an
indoorsy kid who was bullied, to becoming the funny, popular kid in
high school. He discovered improv in grade school from performing with
Theatresports. his first job was acting in Canadian Heritage Plays for
his hometown.He studied theatre at the University of Victoria before
moving to Toronto, where he auditioned for and enrolled in George
Brown Theatre School, but never began his course. He instead opted to
make sketches on his own, and worked at a New Balance store for an
income. He relocated to Chicago, where he took classes at The Second
City and iO Theater, while also performing regularly. He was a
founding member in 2005 of The Improvised Shakespeare Company. Due to
immigration issues, he worked various cash jobs until Charna Halpern
sponsored him to get his work visa. While performing on a Second City
cruise, he got an audition for Saturday Night Live. Though he did not
get cast, the routine he used in his audition landed him a network
holding deal and he moved to New York City.While living in New York
City, Middleditch began acting in commercials. In 2007 a sketch video
for Chicken McNuggets he made with Fernando Sosa in Chicago was
purchased by McDonald's and used as a commercial. He appeared in the
2009 romantic comedy Splinterheads, portraying the lead role of Justin
Frost. On March 25, 2010, he joined a CBS pilot Hitched, written by
Josh Schwartz and directed by Rob Greenberg. On May 5, 2011,
Middleditch made his first appearance in Jake and Amir, in the episode
"Jake and Amir: Doobs".
and screenwriter, known for his role as Richard Hendricks in the HBO
series Silicon Valley (2014â€"2019), for which he was nominated for a
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series,
and Penn Zero in the Disney XD animated series Penn Zero: Part-Time
Hero (2014â€"2017). He voiced Harold Hutchins in Captain Underpants:
The First Epic Movie (2017). Middleditch also appears in ads for
Verizon Wireless.Middleditch was born and raised in Nelson, British
Columbia. His parents are British. He was cast in a play in grade
eight which he said "changed everything" for him. He went from an
indoorsy kid who was bullied, to becoming the funny, popular kid in
high school. He discovered improv in grade school from performing with
Theatresports. his first job was acting in Canadian Heritage Plays for
his hometown.He studied theatre at the University of Victoria before
moving to Toronto, where he auditioned for and enrolled in George
Brown Theatre School, but never began his course. He instead opted to
make sketches on his own, and worked at a New Balance store for an
income. He relocated to Chicago, where he took classes at The Second
City and iO Theater, while also performing regularly. He was a
founding member in 2005 of The Improvised Shakespeare Company. Due to
immigration issues, he worked various cash jobs until Charna Halpern
sponsored him to get his work visa. While performing on a Second City
cruise, he got an audition for Saturday Night Live. Though he did not
get cast, the routine he used in his audition landed him a network
holding deal and he moved to New York City.While living in New York
City, Middleditch began acting in commercials. In 2007 a sketch video
for Chicken McNuggets he made with Fernando Sosa in Chicago was
purchased by McDonald's and used as a commercial. He appeared in the
2009 romantic comedy Splinterheads, portraying the lead role of Justin
Frost. On March 25, 2010, he joined a CBS pilot Hitched, written by
Josh Schwartz and directed by Rob Greenberg. On May 5, 2011,
Middleditch made his first appearance in Jake and Amir, in the episode
"Jake and Amir: Doobs".
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