Hugh Davidson (actor)
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Hugh Davidson is an American actor, writer, and producer, best known for his work on the Adult Swim television series Robot Chicken.
Career
[edit]Davidson made his motion picture debut in the 2001 film Pledge of Innocence. He later guest starred on television shows such as Reno 911!, Arrested Development and Will and Grace and as himself in the Mike Tyson Mysteries episode "Unsolved Situations", which he also produces.
In 2006, Davidson went to work as a voice actor and writer for Robot Chicken, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2010.[1] He also worked as a voice actor and writer for the Adult Swim show Saul of the Mole Men. He wrote three episodes of the series, and starred as the voice of Bertrum Burrows. In 2008, Davidson starred as Thomas Jefferson in the Adult Swim special Young Person's Guide to History.[2] He also voiced characters on the TV show Mad as a series regular and one of the principal cast members.
Davidson is an alumnus of The Groundlings, an improvisational and sketch comedy troupe based in Los Angeles, California.[3]
Davidson was a writer and story editor for The Looney Tunes Show and a producer for Mike Tyson Mysteries.[4] Davidson produced the short-lived TV Land series, Nobodies. Davidson, along with Larry Dorf and Rachel Ramras, executive produced, wrote and starred in the series. Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone also starred in the project.[5] Mike McDonald is the showrunner.[6] More recently, he signed an overall deal with Warner Bros. Animation.[7] In 2022 he co-created the Netflix dark comedy parody series The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window.
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Actor | Writer | Producer | Role(s) | Notes |
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| 2001 | Pledge of Innocence | Yes | Stretch | Theatrical film | ||
| 2004 | Reno 911! | Yes | Monkey Man | Episode "President Bush's Motorcade" | ||
| Crossing Jordan | Yes | FBI Suit #1 | Episode "Out of Sight" | |||
| 2005 | Arrested Development | Yes | Police Officer #1 | Episode "Meat the Veals" | ||
| Hollywood Vice | Yes | Lee Vanderhook | Television film | |||
| Bewitched | Yes | Network Executive | Theatrical film | |||
| 2006 | Will & Grace | Yes | Dan | Episode "Partners 'n' Crime" | ||
| 2006-2018 | Robot Chicken | Yes | Yes | Various voices | Actor in 17 episodes Writer in 25 episodes | |
| 2007 | Saul of the Mole Men | Yes | Yes | Bertram (voice) / Various | Actor in 19 episodes Writer in 3 episodes | |
| The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman | Yes | Lars Ahlstrom | 3 episodes | |||
| 2008 | Young Person's Guide to History | Yes | Yes | Yes | Thomas Jefferson | Creator, executive producer and actor in 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Titan Maximum | Yes | Mr. Hammerschmidt | 2 episodes | ||
| 2010-2013 | Mad | Yes | Various voices | 59 episodes | ||
| 2011 | Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell | Yes | Unknown | Pilot | ||
| 2011-2013 | The Looney Tunes Show | Yes | Yes | Yes | Additional voices | Actor in 14 episodes Writer in 50 episodes Producer in 26 episodes Story editor in 10 episodes Composer in 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Benched | Yes | Gabriel | Episode "Curry Favor" | ||
| 2015 | Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run | Yes | Yes | Direct-to-video film Voice director | ||
| 2017-2018 | Nobodies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hugh Davidson | Creator, writer and executive producer 24 episodes |
| 2014-2020 | Mike Tyson Mysteries | Yes | Yes | Yes | Various voices | |
| 2022 | The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window | Yes | Yes | Co-creator,writer,producer 8 episodes |
References
[edit]- ^ "Hugh Davidson". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
- ^ Hugh Davidson (II), Internet Movie Database
- ^ "The Groundlings". Archived from the original on 2010-09-13.
- ^ "Hugh and Mike Interview".
- ^ "Variety Nobodies". 2 June 2016.
- ^ "Interro Bang Nobodies". 3 June 2016.
- ^ White, Peter (2020-09-17). "'Mike Tyson Mysteries' Showrunner Hugh Davidson Scores HBO Max Presentation, Strikes Overall Deal With Warner Bros Animation". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
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