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| name = Jim Piddock | image = Jim Piddock at TIFF 2016.jpg | caption = Piddock exiting the premiere of the film Mascots at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival | birth_name = James Anthony Piddock | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1956|4|8}} | birth_place = Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = 1985–present }} James Anthony Piddock (born 8 April 1956) is an English actor, writer, and producer who began his career on the stage in the United Kingdom, before emigrating to the United States in 1981. Personal lifePiddock was born in Rochester, Kent, the son of Celia Mary (née O'Callaghan) and Charles Frederick Piddock.[1] After completing his tertiary studies at Worth School, a Roman Catholic Benedictine boarding school in the south of England, Piddock attended London University, gaining an Honours degree in English literature.{{cn|date=July 2018}} Piddock began his acting career on the stage in the UK, before emigrating to the US in his early twenties. He made his US theatrical debut in The Boy's Own Story in 1982. A large number of film and television credits followed, most notably Lethal Weapon 2, Independence Day, The Prestige, Austin Powers In Goldmember, The Five Year Engagement, Think Like A Man Too, and several Christopher Guest films, including Best in Show and A Mighty Wind.[2][3] Stage careerPiddock made his theatrical debut in the US in The Boy's Own Story, a one-man show about a football (soccer) goalkeeper, at the Julian Theatre in San Francisco. The show won Piddock the Bay Area Critics' Best Actor Award. The show was then produced Off-Broadway. That same year (1982), he was cast in Noël Coward's Present Laughter, and other Broadway and Off-Broadway shows followed, including the original US production of Noises Off, The Knack at the Roundabout Theatre, Make and Break, and Design For Living.[2][3] He won a Drama Desk award for his performance in "Noises Off". "I spent the first few years of my career pretty much doing nothing but stage work. I started in rep companies in England then did a one-man show in the US which led very quickly to doing several Broadway shows. I got very lucky early on. They were fun shows to do. I was in the first ever production of Noises Off in America and my first ever job in New York was being directed by and appearing with George C. Scott", Piddock said.[4] In the 1980s, Piddock moved to Los Angeles where he pursued work in television. In November 2007, he was seen onstage at the Ricardo Montalbán Theatre in Hollywood, starring in a production of What About Dick? alongside an all British expat cast, including Billy Connolly, Tim Curry, Eric Idle, Eddie Izzard, Jane Leeves, Emily Mortimer and Tracey Ullman.[5] When the play officially premiered in 2012, he was again in the cast.[6] He also appeared in 2009 at the Montalban Theatre and on Broadway in An Evening Without Monty Python.[2][3] Television careerFollowing a successful stint as a stage performer, Piddock started successfully carving out a career for himself as a TV actor, now spanning over three decades. "I'd always wanted to end up working in film and TV. I guess I could have stayed in New York and probably had a long and fruitful career in the theatre but in the mid-1980s I felt like it was time to change gears and I'd certainly not been short-changed in terms of getting to perform live", Piddock said of his transition into television.[7] TV credits
He also appeared in several TV films and mini-series, including From The Earth to the Moon, A Mom for Christmas, She Creature on HBO, and The Women of Windsor.[2][3] He also created, wrote and produced the BBC series Too Much Sun.[2][3] FilmographyFilm credits
He appeared in the Christopher Guest comedies Best in Show (as the Dog Show commentator with Fred Willard), A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration, and Mascots, the last of which he co-wrote.[2][3] Voice workAs a voice actor, Piddock provided the voice of Major Zero in the English version of the video game Snake Eater as well as Agent One in Return to Castle Wolfenstein for Xbox and PlayStation 2. Regarding films he provided the voice of Bolero the Bull in the film Garfield 2, the fictional artistic director of Forever Young Films, Kenneth Loring, doing the commentary in the directors' cut of the Coen Brothers' Blood Simple, he also voiced the part of King Mufasa's hornbill majordomo, Zazu in the Disney games Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games and Simba's Mighty Adventure, in the DC Comics animated film Under the Red Hood, he voiced the part of Batman's butler, Alfred Pennyworth, and also voiced Chic for the animated science fiction film Downfall, based on the video game Dead Space.[8][9] Recent workPiddock appeared in 2012's The Five-Year Engagement, which starred Jason Segel and Emily Blunt, playing Blunt's father, The Cold Light of Day starring Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver, and The Dictator with Sacha Baron Cohen.[2][3] In August, 2012 it was announced[10] that Piddock would be co-writing, acting, and producing a new TV comedy series with Christopher Guest for HBO and the BBC titled Family Tree.[2][3] On 13 October 2016, Mascots, which he co-wrote with Guest, stars in, and produced, premiered on Netflix. Filmography
References1. ^Jim Piddock Biography (1956-) 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite web|title=Jim Piddock Biography|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/48/Jim-Piddock.html|publisher=Film Reference}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite web|title=Jim Piddock|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/1118594/jim-piddock#credits|publisher=Hollywood.com}} 4. ^{{cite web|last=Willoughby|first=Shane|title=Major Zero Speaks!|url=http://thegamingliberty.com/index.php/2011/01/15/major-zero-speaks-an-interview-with-jim-piddock/|publisher=The Gaming Liberty|accessdate=4 September 2012}} 5. ^{{cite web|title= Eric Idle Workshops 'What About Dick?' with Izzard, Curry|url=http://losangeles.broadwayworld.com/article/Eric_Idle_Workshops_What_About_Dick_with_Izzard_Curry_20071012|publisher=Broadway World|date=12 October 2007}} 6. ^{{cite web|author=Michael Gioia|title=What About Dick?, With Russell Brand, Eddie Izzard, Jane Leeves, Tracey Ullman, Offered April 26-29 in L.A.|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/165295-What-About-Dick-With-Russell-Brand-Eddie-Izzard-Jane-Leeves-Tracey-Ullman-Offered-April-26-29-in-LA|publisher=Playbill|date=26 April 2012}} 7. ^{{cite web|last=Willloughby|first=Shane|title=Major Zero Speaks!|url=http://thegamingliberty.com/index.php/2011/01/15/major-zero-speaks-an-interview-with-jim-piddock|publisher=The Gaming Liberty}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Jim Piddock|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Jim-Piddock/|publisher=Behind the Voice Actors}} 9. ^{{cite web|author=Shane Willoughby|title=Major Zero Speaks! An Intervie with Jim Piddock|url=http://www.thegamingliberty.com/2011/01/major-zero-speaks-an-interview-with-jim-piddock/|publisher=The Gaming Liberty|date=15 January 2011}} 10. ^{{cite web|last=Morris|first=Clint|title=Christopher Guest, Jim Piddock & Chris O’Dowd plant Family Tree|url=http://moviehole.net/201256700christopher-guest-jim-piddock-chris-odowd-plant-family-tree|publisher=Moviehole|accessdate=4 September 2012}} External links
11 : 1956 births|Living people|English male film actors|English male television actors|English male voice actors|People from Rochester, Kent|English emigrants to the United States|English people of Irish descent|English Roman Catholics|People educated at Worth School|Male actors from Kent |
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