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My Take
Jim Rash strikes me as a rare double threat. He had me laughing as the gloriously unhinged Dean Pelton on Community, then turned around and won the 2012 Academy Award for Adapted Screenplay. That swing, from broad sitcom comedy to the pinnacle of prestige writing, is almost unheard of. A Charlotte native and UNC Chapel Hill graduate, he wears the hats of actor, screenwriter and producer with disarming ease. Born in 1971, he belongs to that tiny club able to wield humour and literary craft with the same hand. I have a soft spot for people who win through sheer versatility, and he is exhibit A.
Overview
James Rash (born July 15, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He played Dean Craig Pelton on the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015), for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2012.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jim Rash
- Name (Japanese)
- ジム・ラッシュ
- Reading
- じむ・らっしゅ
- Born
- July 15, 1971 (age 54)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Boar
- Origin
- Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / screenwriter / film actor / television actor / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Awards & achievements
- 2012 Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Screenwriter — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.