Jim Piddock

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Jim Piddock
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Piddock exiting the premiere of the film Mascots at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival
Born
James Anthony Piddock

(1956-04-08) April 8, 1956 (age 68)
Rochester, Kent, England
Alma mater Drama Studio London
King's College, London University
Occupation(s)Actor, producer, writer, and author
Years active1978–present
Spouse(s)
Margaret Oberman
(m. 1991;div. 2004)
[1]
(m. 2023)
Children1
Relatives Joan Cusack (sister-in-law)
John Cusack (brother-in-law)
Dick Cusack (father-in-law)

Jim Piddock (born April 8, 1956) is an English actor, producer and writer who began his career on the stage in the United Kingdom before immigrating to the United States in 1981.

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Early life

Piddock was born James Anthony Piddock on April 8, 1956, in Rochester, Kent, the son of Celia Mary (née O'Callaghan) and Charles Frederick Piddock. [2]

Career

Piddock began his acting career on the stage in the UK before immigrating to the US in his early twenties. He made his US theatrical debut in a one-man show, The Boy's Own Story, in 1982. He also appeared in 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 . [3] [4]

Stage career

Piddock made his theatrical debut in the US in The Boy's Own Story, a one-man show about a football goalkeeper, at the Julian Theatre in San Francisco. 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. [3] [4]

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. [5]

In November 2007, he appeared at the Ricardo Montalbán Theatre in Hollywood, starring on stage 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. [6] When the play officially premiered in 2012, with the addition of Russell Brand, he was again in the cast. [7] He also appeared in 2009 at the Montalban Theatre and on Broadway in An Evening Without Monty Python. [3] [4]

Piddock attending a Test match between England and Australia at Lord's cricket ground in 2019 At Lord's cricket test match (2019).jpg
Piddock attending a Test match between England and Australia at Lord's cricket ground in 2019

Film and television career

Of his transition into television, Piddock said:

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. [8]

He has appeared in close to a hundred TV shows, including The Haunting of Bly Manor , Modern Family , A Confession , Designated Survivor , Get Shorty , Training Day , Mom , Childrens Hospital , The Royals , Touch , Two and a Half Men , Castle , ER , Law & Order: LA , Party Down , Chuck , Dollhouse , Without a Trace , Monk , Lost , Crossing Jordan , Citizen Baines , Friends , Yes, Dear , Angel , The Tracey Ullman Show , Murder She Wrote , Coach , Tour of Duty , Max Headroom , and The Twilight Zone . He has 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 . [3] [4] He also created, wrote and produced the BBC series Too Much Sun. [3] [4]

His film appearances include Get Him to the Greek , Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger . Falling Up , The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising , Who's Your Caddy? , Epic Movie , Meet the Spartans , The Prestige , Love for Rent , A Different Loyalty , See This Movie , Austin Powers in Goldmember , Multiplicity , Independence Day , Traces of Red , and Lethal Weapon 2 . He also 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 and produced. [3] [4]

Voice work

As a voice actor, Piddock provided the voice of Major Zero in the English version of the video game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater as well as Agent One in Return to Castle Wolfenstein for Xbox and PlayStation 2. In film he provided the voice of Bolero the Bull in the film Garfield 2 and of Kenneth Loring, the fictional artistic director of Forever Young Films, in the commentary of 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 The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure , Batman's butler, Alfred Pennyworth, in the DC Comics animated film Batman: Under the Red Hood , and voiced Chic for the animated science fiction film Dead Space: Downfall , based on the video game Dead Space . [9]

Later work

Piddock 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 , 1915, Kill Your Friends , and The Dictator with Sacha Baron Cohen. [3] [4]

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 . [3] [4] The show subsequently aired in 2013.

On 13 October 2016, Mascots , which he also co-wrote with Guest, stars in, and produced, premiered on Netflix. Since then he has appeared in several television shows, including Modern Family , Designated Survivor , Get Shorty , Training Day , Blunt Talk, and The Royals .

In 2021, he played Captain Carradine in the film Haunting of the Queen Mary , which was shot in the UK and the US and released in 2023.

Writing and producing

Piddock wrote the story for and produced Tooth Fairy in 2010, New Line's action-comedy The Man , One Good Turn , Traces of Red , and the Cold War romantic thriller A Different Loyalty starring Rupert Everett and Sharon Stone, in which Piddock played a supporting role.

In November 2019, it was announced that his screenplay Frankel would begin shooting in 2022 with Jeremy Irons playing the lead role of Sir Henry Cecil. [11]

Author

His light-hearted and irreverent memoir, CAUGHT WITH MY PANTS DOWN and Other Tales from a Life in Hollywood, chronicling his four decades in the entertainment industry, is being released on March 23, 2022, in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats. British comedian, actor, and writer, Russell Brand said of the book: "Jim has done that rare thing that perhaps only Michael Caine and David Niven have done before; conjured a funny, inclusive, whimsical, and magical tale." American actress Jean Smart wrote: "This laugh-out-loud book... entertains endlessly and most wisely". And British actor Hugh Bonneville described it as "hilarious, passionate, beautifully told, and memorably waspish."

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 Lethal Weapon 2 Consulate Envoy
1992 Traces of Red Mr. MartynAlso writer
1996 Independence Day Reginald
Multiplicity Maitre d'
1997 Burn Hollywood Burn Attendant #1
2000 Best in Show Trevor Beckwith
2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember Headmaster
2003 A Mighty Wind Leonard Crabbe
2004 See This Movie Martin Hughes
A Different Loyalty George QuennellAlso writer and co-producer
2005 Love for Rent Frank Bauman
Death to the Supermodels Self-help RyanVoice, direct-to-video
2006 Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties BoleroVoice [12]
For Your Consideration Simon Whitset
The Prestige Prosecutor
2007 Epic Movie Magneto
Who's Your Caddy? Harrington
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising Old George
2008 Meet the Spartans Loyalist / Simon Cowell Look-Alike
Dead Space: Downfall ChicVoice, direct-to-video [12]
2009 Falling Up Phillip Dowling
Endless Bummer Mr. Newell
2010 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Peter Wicklow
Get Him to the Greek Limousine Driver in London
Batman: Under the Red Hood Alfred Pennyworth Voice, direct-to-video [12]
2012 The Cold Light of Day Meckler
The Five-Year Engagement George Barnes
The Dictator UnknownUncredited
2014 Think Like a Man Too Declan
2015 1915 Jeffrey
Kill Your Friends Derek Sommers
2016 Mascots Owen Golly, Sr.Also writer and executive producer
2023 Haunting of the Queen Mary Captain Caradine

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 Wildside Bank RobberEpisode: "The Crimea of the Century"
1985 The Twilight Zone BrianEpisode: "Take My Life... Please!/Devil's Alphabet/The Library"
1986 Fame The Record ProducerEpisode: "Fame and Fortune"
1987 The Tracey Ullman Show Derrick2 episodes
1988 Max Headroom Mr. KellyEpisode: "Neurostim"
CBS Summer Playhouse HankEpisode: "Old Money"
1989 Tour of Duty Maj. ShadlowEpisode: "Lonely at the Top"
1990 A Mom for Christmas WilkinsTelevision film
1990–1991 Coach Alan / Attendant2 episodes
1993 Murder, She Wrote Malcolm BrookerEpisode: "Murder in White"
1994–1996 Mad About You Logic Professor / Hal Conway7 episodes
1997–1998 Team Knight Rider Max Amendas2 episodes
1998 From the Earth to the Moon John HodgeEpisode: "Can We Do This?"
The New Batman Adventures MartinVoice, episode: "Cult of the Cat" [12]
1999 Tracey Takes On... VicarEpisode: "Hair"
2000 The Geena Davis Show Mr. LevensteinEpisode: "Piece of Cake"
Angel The ValetEpisode: "The Trial"
2001 Yes, Dear VetEpisode: "Worst in Show"
Friends Dennis PhillipsEpisode: "The One After I Do"
She Creature Captain DunnTelevision film
Citizen Baines LarryEpisode: "The Appraisal"
2002 Maybe It's Me Judge ParksEpisode: "The Quahog Festival Episode"
The Drew Carey Show Lord Mercer4 episodes
ER Dr. Earl WhiteheadEpisode: "Chaos Theory"
2003 Crossing Jordan Norman GibsonEpisode: "Family Ties"
2004 The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch Troy NixonTelevision film
2005 Lost Francis HeathertonEpisode: "Homecoming"
2006 That '70s Show TV AnnouncerVoice, episode: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"; uncredited
Monk Jake ColbertEpisode: "Mr. Monk Can't See a Thing"
2007 Without a Trace Dr. McNeilEpisode: "Claus and Effect"
2008 The Middleman Arthur MendelsonEpisode: "The Cursed Tuba Contingency"
2009 Dollhouse BizEpisode: "Stage Fright"
2009–2011 Batman: The Brave and the Bold Doctor Sivana, Dr. Watson, Shazam 4 episodes [12]
2010 Chuck Curator of Classical ArtEpisode: "Chuck Versus the Mask"
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien King Urien, Color Commentator, Chair UmpireVoice, episode: "Duped"
Party Down Leland CorkeEpisode: "Not on Your Wife Opening Night"
Law & Order: LA Jay BicksonEpisode: "Hollywood"
Castle Lord HenryEpisode: "Punked"
2011 Up All Night Matthew TaylorEpisode: "New Car"
Two and a Half Men EdwardEpisode: "One False Move, Zimbabwe!"
2012 Touch Dr. KnoxEpisode: "Zone of Exclusion"
Childrens Hospital Cyrus MittlemanEpisode: "British Hospital"
2013 Family Tree Mr. Pfister5 episodes; also writer and executive producer
NTSF:SD:SUV:: Hobson ChippsEpisode: "Hawaii Die-0"
Work It CarlEpisode: "My So-Called Mid-Life Crisis"
2014 Turbo Fast Sir Reginald, Rich Man #2Voice, episode: "The Escargot Affair" [12]
Franklin & Bash Dean CassedayEpisode: "Spirits in the Material World"
Mom KennethEpisode: "Forged Resumes and the Recommended Dosage"
2015 Man Seeking Woman UnknownEpisode: "Stain"
Marry Me ChuckEpisode: "Date Me"
Instant Mom Dr. Ian HouserEpisode: "Ghost Busted"
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Lord Simultaneous, Sir John, Overmind, WarbotVoice, 2 episodes [12]
The Grinder Barrister CromwellEpisode: "Buckingham Malice"
The Royals Truman2 episodes
2016 Blunt Talk UnknownEpisode: "Your Therapist and His Pussy Are Here"
2017 Elementary Tom SaundersVoice, episode: "Fidelity"; uncredited
Training Day Abel CribbsEpisode: "Sunset"
Get Shorty Julian PynterEpisode: "A Man of Letters"
Designated Survivor Dr. RuneEpisode: "Line of Fire"
2017-2021 The Tom and Jerry Show AlistairVoice, 3 episodes
2018 Modern Family Malcolm FennermanEpisode: "The Escape"
2019 A Confession Judge Griffith WilliamsEpisode #1.6
2020 The Haunting of Bly Manor Father StackEpisode: "The Pupil"
Big City Greens Additional voicesVoice, 2 episodes
2021 Star Trek: Lower Decks Commander MandelVoice, episode: "First First Contact"
2022 The Blacklist Harris GramercyEpisode: "Caelum Bank (N°169)"
2023 Captain Fall Additional voicesVoice, episode: "An Unconventional Cruise Line"

Video games

YearTitleVoice roleNotes
1995 Shannara Leah Servant [12]
2001 The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure Zazu [12]
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Bilbo Baggins, Elrond [12]
2004 The Bard's Tale Additional voices [13]
2004 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Major Zero English dub [12]
2006 Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
2010 The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest Elrond, Bilbo Baggins [12]
2011 The Lord of the Rings: War in the North [12]
2012 Lego The Lord of the Rings
2013 Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure Alfred Pennyworth [12]

Personal life

Piddock was married to producer Margaret Oberman from 1991 until 2004. [14] [15] Together they have one child, a daughter, who was born in 1994. [16] [17]

Piddock married actress Ann Cusack on April 1, 2023 in a private ceremony in their home in Los Angeles, California. [18] [19]

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