John Michael Higgins Biography
A character player who evinced a flair for comedic portrayals of Poindexterish middle-aged types, actor John Michael Higgins jump-started his career with a dead-on evocation of David_Letterman in the made-for-cable comedy The_Late_Shift -- a picture about the cutthroat war between Letterman and Jay_Leno to be crowned "King of Late Night Talk." Higgins followed this auspicious and covetable assignment with small roles in Barry_Levinson's scathing political satire Wag the Dog (1997) and a guest appearance as one of Elaine's issue-ridden boyfriends on Seinfeld, but made his most substantial impression as an occasional character on Ally McBeal -- that of Steven Milter, an attorney who doubled as a psychoanalyst of Ally's.
Beginning with Best in Show (2000), Higgins enjoyed a multi-film run on the big screen with Christopher_Guest and his regular mockumentary collaborators that also included the farces A_Mighty_Wind (2003) and For_Your_Consideration (2006). He also had a recurring role as an attorney Wayne Jarvis on the critically acclaimed sitcom Arrested_Development and supplied the voice of Mentok the Mindtaker for the animated comedy series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. Back on the big screen, Higgins essayed two A-list supporting roles in 2007, in the Steve_Carell-headlined farce Evan_Almighty and the holiday-themed Vince_Vaughn-starrer Fred_Claus. Nathan Southern, Rovi
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