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John Michael Higgins
John Michael Higgins TV Listings
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Date & Time
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FX
Thu, Feb 11, 10:00 AM
Wag the Dog
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STARZ
Fri, Feb 12, 12:05 AM
Fired Up!
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FX
Fri, Feb 12, 8:00 AM
Wag the Dog
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HBO2e
Fri, Feb 12, 11:00 AM
Yes Man
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STARZ
Fri, Feb 12, 11:40 AM
Fired Up!
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STARZ
Fri, Feb 12, 6:20 PM
Fired Up!
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HBOSGe
Fri, Feb 12, 7:00 PM
Fred Claus
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HBO2e
Fri, Feb 12, 8:00 PM
Yes Man
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TNT
Sat, Feb 13, 12:00 AM
Blade: Trinity
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TNT
Sat, Feb 13, 3:00 PM
Blade: Trinity
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IFC
Sun, Feb 14, 12:00 PM
Arrested Development
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HBOe
Mon, Feb 15, 8:00 AM
Fred Claus
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HBOe
Mon, Feb 15, 4:00 PM
Fred Claus
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STARZ
Tue, Feb 16, 12:40 PM
Fired Up!
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ENC
Tue, Feb 16, 1:10 PM
Best in Show
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ENC
Tue, Feb 16, 9:40 PM
Best in Show
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STARZ
Tue, Feb 16, 10:35 PM
Fired Up!
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HBOSGe
Wed, Feb 17, 3:00 PM
Fred Claus
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HBOe
Fri, Feb 19, 7:30 AM
Fred Claus
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HBO2e
Fri, Feb 19, 3:00 PM
For Your Consideration
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HBOe
Fri, Feb 19, 5:30 PM
Fred Claus
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HBO2e
Sat, Feb 20, 4:45 PM
Yes Man
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HBOSGe
Sun, Feb 21, 10:30 AM
Fred Claus
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HBOSGe
Sun, Feb 21, 9:00 PM
Fred Claus
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HBO2e
Mon, Feb 22, 6:00 AM
For Your Consideration
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ENC
Mon, Feb 22, 2:35 PM
Best in Show
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HBO2e
Tue, Feb 23, 12:00 PM
Yes Man
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John Michael Higgins Biography
Birth Place:
Boston, MA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign:
02/12/1963, Aquarius
Profession:
Actor
A military brat who moved myriad times while growing up, this boyishly handsome player began acting in regional theater as a child and continued to pursue an entertainment career after graduating college. Although he has played a striking number of gay roles — a flamboyant dog owner in
Best in Show
, real-life tennis star Bill Tilden in the off-Broadway play
Big Bill
, a Catholic priest dying of AIDS in a controversial episode of
Nothing Sacred
that never aired on network TV — Higgins is a straight actor who masterfully embodies over-the-top characters of all orientations. His breakthrough role came in 1996, when he did a fine (if at times grotesque) impression of David Letterman in the TV-movie
The Late Shift
. While the real late-night talk-show host despised Higgins' work, it got the actor noticed and he quickly became a perennial small-screen guest star, usually playing characters that were bitchy, uptight or both. His uproarious turn in Christopher Guest's 2000 mockumentary
Best in Show
jump-started his film career, and he subsequently appeared in supporting roles in both blockbusters (
Blade: Trinity
) and indies (Guest's
A Mighty Wind
).
John Michael Higgins Fast Facts:
Studied literature at Amherst College.
Played Kurt, Elaine's balding boyfriend, in a 1997
Seinfeld
episode.
Said artistic influences include playwright Edward Albee and actor Richard Burton.
John Michael Higgins Relationships:
Margaret Welsh - Wife
Walter Lloyd Higgins - Son
College:
Amherst College, Amherst, MA (1985)
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