Acting

Jim Meskimen

Born September 10, 1959 · Los Angeles, California, USA (age 67)

Jim Ross Meskimen (born September 10, 1959) is an American comedian and actor, perhaps best known for his work on the improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway? and as the voice of President George W. Bush and other politicians for the internet Jib Jab animated shorts. He voices Thom Cat, Neighbor John, and Stumpy in Random! Cartoons. Meskimen is the son of actors Marion Ross and Freeman Meskimen…

Known For

War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds · 2025

War of the Worlds

MovieScience FictionThriller

Will Radford is a top analyst for Homeland Security who tracks potential threats through a mass surveillance program, until one day an attack by an unknown entity leads him to question whether the government is hiding something from him... and from the rest of the world.

One Last Shot

One Last Shot · 2026

MovieActionThriller

Navy Seal Jake Harris must stop a team of mercenaries, led by his disillusioned former comrade, from disabling the US missile defense network.

There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood · 2007

There Will Be Blood

Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

How the Grinch Stole Christmas · 2000

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

MovieFamilyComedy

The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...

The Punisher

The Punisher · 2004

MovieActionCrime

When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher' -- a ruthless vigilante willing to go to any length to avenge his family.

Jingle All the Way

Jingle All the Way · 1996

Jingle All the Way

MovieFamilyAdventure

Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.

Hungry

MovieHorrorThriller

A group of holidaymakers must fight for their lives against a rampaging hippo on the loose after becoming lost in the Louisiana swamplands.

Once Upon a Studio

Once Upon a Studio · 2023

Once Upon a Studio

MovieAnimationFamily

Created for Disney's 100th anniversary, the short features Mickey Mouse corralling a gallery of legendary Disney characters for a group photo.

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War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds · 2025

War of the Worlds

MovieScience FictionThriller

Will Radford is a top analyst for Homeland Security who tracks potential threats through a mass surveillance program, until one day an attack by an unknown entity leads him to question whether the government is hiding something from him... and from the rest of the world.

POTUS

One Last Shot

One Last Shot · 2026

MovieActionThriller

Navy Seal Jake Harris must stop a team of mercenaries, led by his disillusioned former comrade, from disabling the US missile defense network.

Director Finch

There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood · 2007

There Will Be Blood

Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.

Signal Hill Married Man

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

How the Grinch Stole Christmas · 2000

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

MovieFamilyComedy

The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...

Officer Wholihan

The Punisher

The Punisher · 2004

MovieActionCrime

When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher' -- a ruthless vigilante willing to go to any length to avenge his family.

Accountant #1

Jingle All the Way

Jingle All the Way · 1996

Jingle All the Way

MovieFamilyAdventure

Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.

Police Officer at Parade

Hungry

MovieHorrorThriller

A group of holidaymakers must fight for their lives against a rampaging hippo on the loose after becoming lost in the Louisiana swamplands.

Tim

Once Upon a Studio

Once Upon a Studio · 2023

Once Upon a Studio

MovieAnimationFamily

Created for Disney's 100th anniversary, the short features Mickey Mouse corralling a gallery of legendary Disney characters for a group photo.

Eeyore / Merlin (voice)

Apollo 13

Apollo 13 · 1995

MovieDramaHistory

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.

TELMU White

Magnolia

Magnolia · 1999

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.

Forensic Scientist

Nothing to Lose

Nothing to Lose · 1997

Nothing to Lose

MovieComedyCrime

Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed businessman and the incompetent crook strike up a partnership and develop a robbery-revenge scheme. But it turns out that some other criminals in the area don't appreciate the competition.

Ginger

Frost/Nixon

Frost/Nixon · 2008

MovieDramaHistory

For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans. Likewise, Frost's team harboured doubts about their boss's ability to hold his own. But as the cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted.

Ray Price

Batman: Gotham Knight

Batman: Gotham Knight · 2008

Batman: Gotham Knight

MovieActionCrime

Six interlocking stories reveal Bruce Wayne's earliest adventures as Batman and the steps he took to become the grim avenger of Gotham City.

Gordon / Deadshot (voice)

Justice League: Doom

Justice League: Doom · 2012

Justice League: Doom

MovieActionAnimation

An adaptation of Mark Waid's "Tower of Babel" story from the JLA comic. Vandal Savage steals confidential files Batman has compiled on the members of the Justice League, and learns all their weaknesses.

King (voice)

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths · 2010

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

MovieAnimationScience Fiction

A heroic version of Lex Luthor from an alternate universe appears to recruit the Justice League to help save his Earth from the Crime Syndicate, an evil version of the League. What ensues is the ultimate battle of good versus evil in a war that threatens both planets and, through a devious plan launched by Batman's counterpart Owlman, puts the balance of all existence in peril.

Captain Super (voice)

The Paper

The Paper · 1994

MovieComedyDrama

Henry Hackett, a workaholic tabloid editor, has to juggle personal issues, difficult coworkers, a tempting job offer, a looming deadline and a race to land an exclusive on a recent high-profile murder case, all during one hectic workday.

Tom

Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles · 2019

Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

MovieAnimationScience Fiction

Batman, Batgirl, and Robin forge an alliance with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to fight against the Turtles' sworn enemy, The Shredder, who has apparently teamed up with Ra's Al Ghul and The League of Assassins.

Commissioner Gordon / Scarecrow (voice)

Constantine: City of Demons - The Movie

Constantine: City of Demons - The Movie · 2018

Constantine: City of Demons - The Movie

MovieFantasyAnimation

A decade after a tragic mistake, family man Chas Chandler and occult detective John Constantine set out to cure his daughter Trish from a mysterious supernatural coma.

Beroul / Cheleb / Quedbas (voice)

Big Top Scooby-Doo!

Big Top Scooby-Doo! · 2012

Big Top Scooby-Doo!

MovieFamilyAnimation

When Scooby and the gang hear of a werewolf plaguing a traveling circus, they go undercover as circus performers to get to the bottom.

Phil Flaxman / Detective (voice)

Domestic Disturbance

Domestic Disturbance · 2001

Domestic Disturbance

MovieThrillerCrime

Frank Morrison is a divorced father with a 12-year-old son, Danny. His ex-wife Susan and son Danny now live with Rick Barnes, Susan's new husband. Danny, who has a reputation for telling lies, accuses his stepfather of committing a murder. Initially, no one believes his accusations, but then Frank becomes convinced and is the only one who believes him. Now, the father Danny trusts must protect him from the stepfather he fears.

Bob Lerner

Justice League: Gods and Monsters

Justice League: Gods and Monsters · 2015

Justice League: Gods and Monsters

MovieActionAnimation

In an alternate universe, very different versions of DC's Trinity fight against the government after they are framed for an embassy bombing.

Victor Fries (voice)

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein · 1999

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein

MovieAnimationComedy

The Chipmunks work in an amusement park attraction. After Alvin drives a crazy tour group, they miss their next performance and are locked in the park after closing time. Little do they know that the real Dr. Frankenstein has been hired in a new attraction called, "Frankenstein's Castle"; figuring that the castle isn't scary enough, the mad scientist recreates the real Monster.

Mr. Yesman (voice)

Superman: Red Son

Superman: Red Son · 2020

Superman: Red Son

MovieScience FictionAnimation

Set in the thick of the Cold War, Red Son introduces us to a Superman who landed in the USSR during the 1950s and grows up to become a Soviet symbol that fights for the preservation of Stalin’s brand of communism.

John F. Kennedy / Dwight D. Eisenhower (voice)

Justice League: The New Frontier

Justice League: The New Frontier · 2008

Justice League: The New Frontier

MovieActionAdventure

The human race is threatened by a powerful creature, and only the combined power of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and The Flash can stop it. But can they overcome their differences to thwart this enemy using the combined strength of their newly formed Justice League?

Slam Bradley (voice)

NCIS

SeriesCrimeDrama

From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.

Farrel Emerson

Family Guy

Family Guy · 1999

SeriesAnimationComedy

Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet, he keeps Stewie in check whilst sipping Martinis and sorting through his own life issues.

Ron Howard (voice)

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds · 2005

SeriesCrimeDrama

An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.

Dr. Ridgeway

Chicago Fire

Chicago Fire · 2012

An edge-of-your-seat view into the lives of everyday heroes committed to one of America's noblest professions. For the firefighters, rescue squad and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51, no occupation is more stressful or dangerous, yet so rewarding and exhilarating. These courageous men and women are among the elite who forge headfirst into danger when everyone else is running the other way and whose actions make the difference between life and death.

Maurice

Castle

SeriesDramaCrime

After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.

Randolph Addison

S.W.A.T.

S.W.A.T. · 2017

SeriesCrimeAction & Adventure

A Los Angeles S.W.A.T. sergeant is assigned to lead a highly skilled unit in the community where he grew up. Torn between loyalty to the streets, where the cops are sometimes the enemy, and allegiance to his brothers in blue, he strategically straddles the two worlds.

Wayne Storm

Two and a Half Men

Two and a Half Men · 2003

Two and a Half Men

A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.

Gangster #2

Friends

Friends · 1994

Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.

Bill

Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills, 90210 · 1990

Beverly Hills, 90210

Follow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of Beverly Hills, California and attending the fictitious West Beverly Hills High School and, subsequently, the fictitious California University after graduation.

Male shopper

Young Sheldon

Young Sheldon · 2017

SeriesComedyFamily

The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.

Dr. Nicholson

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Brooklyn Nine-Nine · 2013

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

SeriesComedyCrime

A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.

Deputy Chief Williams

This Is Us

This Is Us · 2016

Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times. As their paths cross and their life stories intertwine in curious ways, we find that several of them share the same birthday - and so much more than anyone would expect.

Bob Philips

The Middle

The Middle · 2009

The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the city of Orson, Indiana.

Professor

New Looney Tunes

New Looney Tunes · 2015

New Looney Tunes

SeriesAnimationComedy

Wabbit is an animated series starring Bugs Bunny. The series features many other Looney Tunes characters including Wile E. Coyote, Yosemite Sam, and the Tasmanian Devil.

Merle (voice)

Cold Case

Cold Case · 2003

SeriesCrimeDrama

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.

PJ Prosser

Malcolm in the Middle

Malcolm in the Middle · 2000

Malcolm in the Middle

A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.

Waiter

The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory · 2007

The Big Bang Theory

Physicists Leonard and Sheldon find their nerd-centric social circle with pals Howard and Raj expanding when aspiring actress Penny moves in next door.

Minister

The Legend of Korra

The Legend of Korra · 2012

The Legend of Korra

SeriesAnimationAction & Adventure

Avatar Korra, a headstrong, rebellious, feisty young woman who continually challenges and breaks with tradition, is on her quest to become a fully realized Avatar. In this story, the Avatar struggles to find balance within herself.

Kuruk / Hunter #1 (voice)

Parks and Recreation

Parks and Recreation · 2009

Parks and Recreation

In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much.

Martin

Community

Community · 2009

Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.

Christopher Walken Impersonator/ Tommy Lee Jones Impersonator

Mom

SeriesComedyDrama

Aan irreverent and outrageous take on true family love‐and dysfunction. Newly sober single mom Christy struggles to raise two children in a world full of temptations and pitfalls. Testing her sobriety is her formerly estranged mother, now back in Christy's life and eager to share passive-aggressive insights into her daughter's many mistakes.

Man (voice)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles · 2012

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

SeriesKidsAnimation

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back in an all-new animated series on Nickelodeon! Surfacing topside for the first time on their fifteenth birthday, the titular turtles, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello, find that life out of the sewers isn't exactly what they thought it would be. Now the turtles must work together as a team to take on new enemies that arise to take over New York City.

Carlos Chang O'Brien / Megalord (voice)

Judging Amy

Judging Amy · 1999

Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to the family-related cases that she adjudicates, many episodes of the show focus on her own experiences as a divorced mother, and on the experiences of her mother, a social worker who works in the field of child welfare. This series was based on the life experiences of Brenneman's mother.

Dr. Land

3rd Rock from the Sun

3rd Rock from the Sun · 1996

3rd Rock from the Sun

SeriesFamilySci-Fi & Fantasy

The high commander of an alien expedition lands on Earth -- what he considers to be the least-important planet -- in human form as Dick Solomon. Along for the ride are his alien compatriots Harry, Sally and Tommy -- who is the eldest of the group but is now angrily trapped in a teen's body.

Alan