Hayes MacArthur

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Hayes MacArthur
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • screenwriter
Years active2003–present
Spouse
(m. 2009)
Children2
Relatives

Hayes MacArthur is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He starred in the TBS comedy series Angie Tribeca .

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Early life

MacArthur is the son of Bruce and Shelley MacArthur. [1] His stepfather is businessman William F. Farley. [2] His younger brother is fellow actor and writer Scott MacArthur.

MacArthur attended Deerfield Academy and received a B.A. in Government from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, where he was quarterback on the football team. He has studied at the Groundlings Theater Company and Atlantic Theater Company.[ citation needed ]

Acting career

MacArthur took first place at the 2003 Rebels of Comedy Competition. He has appeared on such TV shows as Mad TV , Comedy Central's Premium Blend , Pushing Daisies , and Medium .

In 2005, MacArthur co-wrote, produced and starred in a 16-minute short film, The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend, with Jason Winer. The short was produced as a pilot for TV in 2006. He also appeared as a waiter in the episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm where everyone chooses Larry's wife over him after the break-up. In 2007, MacArthur appeared with fiancée Ali Larter in National Lampoon's Homo Erectus , and also appeared in a comedic supporting role in the Disney movie The Game Plan . Along with recurring roles on the television shows How I Met Your Mother and Worst Week , he appeared in supporting roles in the 2010 films She's Out of My League and Life as We Know It .

In May 2010, NBC announced that MacArthur would star in the television series Perfect Couples . The half-hour romantic comedy premiered in the second half of the 2010–2011 TV season. [3] The show was cancelled in May 2011.

In 2012, MacArthur was featured in several episodes of Whitney , as well as Go On and the Broken Lizard film The Babymakers .

Personal life

MacArthur's first name was in honor of his great-aunt, actress Helen Hayes, who was married to Charles MacArthur, his grandfather Alexander MacArthur's brother. [1] [4] His grandfather's other brother, John D. MacArthur, was an insurance-company owner and executive, and founded the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the benefactor of the MacArthur Fellowships.

MacArthur became engaged to Heroes actress Ali Larter, his girlfriend of three years, in December 2007. [5] On August 1, 2009, MacArthur married Larter in a small ceremony [6] [7] at his parents' estate in Kennebunk, Maine. [8] On July 20, 2010, it was announced that the couple were expecting their first child. [9] Larter and MacArthur have a son born in 2010, and daughter born in 2015. As of 2013, the couple also had two dogs, Jackpot and Ella.

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2005Open MikeMike SheppardShort film
2007 Homo Erectus Thudnik
Are We Done Yet? Jimmy the Bartender
Look Tony Gilbert
The Game Plan Kyle Cooper
2008 Lower Learning Digdug O'Shaughnessy
2010 Life as We Know It Peter Novak
She's Out of My League Ron
2011 Answers to Nothing Taylor
2012 Bachelorette Dale
The Babymakers Leslie Jenkins
Jewtopia Chuck O'Connell
The Motel Life Officer Cook
2013Another Happy AnniversaryTomShort film
2014 Someone Marry Barry Rafe
A Haunted House 2 Ned
2016 Director's Cut Reed/Himself
2018 Being Frank Stan Kempler
Super Troopers 2 Mountie Henri Podien
2019 Ode to Joy Jordan
2020 The Way Back Eric
The Binge Pompano Mike
TBA Dear Santa TBAPost-production
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 The King of Queens EdEpisode: "Pole Lox"
Medium Randy PilgrimEpisode: "Dead Aim"
Wiener ParkDusty WurtmanTV film
2006The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little FriendGuy HansenTV film
Thick and ThinGregEpisode: "Mary Moves On"
2007AtlantaToddTV film
Curb Your Enthusiasm DoormanEpisode: "The TiVo Guy"
2007, 2009 How I Met Your Mother Curt 'Ironman' IronsEpisodes: "The Platinum Rule" and "Sorry, Bro"
2008 My Boys Spike UptonEpisode: "The Shirt Contest"
Entourage LevinsonEpisode: "Gotta Look Up to Get Down"
Pushing Daisies Buddy AmicusEpisode: "Frescorts"
2008–09 Worst Week Chad5 episodes
2010–11 Perfect Couples RexSeries regular, 14 episodes
2011 Happy Endings StevenEpisode: "The Code War"
2012 Suburgatory WalterEpisode: "Driving Miss Dalia"
Whitney LanceEpisodes: "Lance" and "48 Hours"
2012–13 Go On WyattSeries regular, 7 episodes
2014The RebelsRick MassellaEpisode: "Pilot"
Friends with Better Lives ZacEpisode: "Cyrano de Trainer-Zac"
2015 Looking Barry FosterEpisode: "Looking for a Plot"
2016–17 Angie Tribeca Jay GeilsSeries regular, 30 episodes
2019 The Morning Show Marlon TateEpisode: "The Interview"
Into the Dark Chester ConklinEpisode: "I'm Just F*cking with You"
Mr. Mom Greg AndersonSeries regular, 11 episodes
Single Parents Xander FogertyEpisode: "Xander and Camille"
Merry Happy Whatever Sean QuinnSeries regular, 8 episodes
2020 Schooled GregEpisode: "Garden Party"
2023 History of the World, Part II Saint Mark Episode: "VIII"

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