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John Michael Higgins

John Michael Higgins TV Listings

ChannelDate & TimeTitleBuy
COMEDYMon, Nov 9, 4:30 PMA Mighty WindBuy
COMEDYTue, Nov 10, 10:00 AMA Mighty WindBuy
TNTTue, Nov 10, 11:00 PMRaising the BarBuy
NBCThu, Nov 12, 8:00 PMCommunity NewBuy
LIFESat, Nov 14, 9:00 PMThe Break-UpBuy
STARZSat, Nov 14, 9:00 PMFired Up!Buy
CINEMAXSat, Nov 14, 10:00 PMYes ManBuy
LIFESun, Nov 15, 12:00 AMThe Break-UpBuy
CINEMAXSun, Nov 15, 1:50 AMYes ManBuy
CINEMAXSun, Nov 15, 7:45 AMYes ManBuy
STARZSun, Nov 15, 11:00 AMFired Up!Buy
CINEMAXSun, Nov 15, 3:15 PMYes ManBuy
STARZSun, Nov 15, 5:50 PMFired Up!Buy
CINEMAXSun, Nov 15, 8:15 PMYes ManBuy
IFCSun, Nov 15, 10:00 PMArrested DevelopmentBuy
HBO2eMon, Nov 16, 8:00 AMFred ClausBuy
CINEMAXMon, Nov 16, 12:50 PMYes ManBuy
HBO2eMon, Nov 16, 7:00 PMFred ClausBuy
CINEMAXMon, Nov 16, 10:00 PMYes ManBuy
TNTMon, Nov 16, 11:00 PMRaising the BarBuy
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John Michael Higgins Biography

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  • 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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