Early life

Rash was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he attended Charlotte Latin School. Both he and his sister were adopted. After graduating, he spent a post-graduate year at the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He later attended University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha.

Career

Rash played Mr. Grayson / Stitches, a sidekick to the supervillain Royal Pain, in the 2005 film Sky High. He played Fenton on That '70s Show and Andrew (the "whore house guy") on Reno 911!. He guest starred in the final episode of Friends, and played Head T.A. Philip in Slackers. Since 2009, Rash has starred on Community as Craig Pelton, the dean of the community college in which the show takes place. Rash and comedy partner Nat Faxon moved into screenwriting, writing a pilot in 2005 for a series entitled Adopted, about an adult who finds out his parents are not his birth parents. The show did not take off.

Rash and Faxon wrote the screenplay for The Descendants, based on the novel of the same name by Kaui Hart Hemmings. The script appeared on the 2008 edition of the Black List, which lists the most popular unproduced scripts in Hollywood at that time. The film was produced in Hawaii and starred George Clooney; it was released on November 18, 2011 to critical acclaim. The film received a Golden Globe nomination and won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Rash and Faxon co-wrote and directed the film The Way Way Back, which received a standing ovation at its premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Parts of the film are based on Rash's teenage life. Rash is a member of the Los Angeles-based improvisational and sketch comedy troupe The Groundlings.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Auto Motives	Accountant
2002	Hiding in Walls	Jane's Assistant
2002	One Hour Photo	Amateur Porn Guy
2002	Slackers	Head T.A. Philip
2002	Minority Report	Technician
2002	S1m0ne	Studio Executive
2003	Wrong Hollywood Number	Caller	Short film
2003	George & Gracie	George
2005	Sky High	Mr. Grayson/Stitches
2007	Smiley Face	Talent Agency Secretary
2007	Balls of Fury	Techie
2008	The Onion Movie	Bryce's Manager
2011	The Descendants		Co-writer
2013	The Way Way Back	Lewis	Also co-writer, co-director and executive producer
2014	Yellowbird	Karl (voice)
2015	Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run	Cecil Turtle (voice)	Direct-to-DVD
2016	Captain America: Civil War	Dean of M.I.T.

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Cybill	Production Assistant	Episode: "Local Hero"
1997	Tracey Takes On...	Pollster	Episode: "Movies"
1997-1998	The Naked Truth	Harris Van Doren	3 episodes
1998	Working	Carl	Episode: "Good Val Hunting"
1999	Becker	Eddie Blatt	Episode: "Becker the Elder"
1999	Clueless	Bart	Episode: "Big Sissies"
1999	Katie Joplin	Mitchell Tuit	7 episodes
1999	Thanks	Cotton	6 episodes
2000	The Hughleys	Census Guy	Episode: "Scary Hughleys"
2001	Loomis		Pilot
2001	The Practice	Quimby	Episode: "Vanished: Part 1"
2002	Less Than Perfect	Rob McLyle	Episode: "Claude the Liar"
2002-2006	That '70s Show	Fenton	6 episodes
2003	Alligator Point		Pilot
2003	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Todd Benton	Episode: "Random Acts of Violence"
2003	The Guardian	Court Therapist	Episode: "All the Rage"
2003	Baby Bob	Dougy	Episode: "Reality Bites"
2003	Coupling	Stalker	Episode: "Check/Mate"
2003-2009	Reno 911!	Andrew	14 episodes
2004	Friends	Nervous Passenger on Plane	Episode: "The Last One"
2004	Grim & Evil	Various voices	Episode: "A Kick in the Asgard"
2004	NCIS	Dr. Joel Sanderson	Episode: "Left For Dead"
2005	Will & Grace	Brent	Episode: "Love is in the Airplane"
2005	Jake in Progress	Freddie Blake	Episode: "Rivals and Departures"
2005	Adopted		Pilot; co-creator and executive producer
2006	Saturday Night Live		Wrote "Dane Cook / The Killers"
2006-2007	Help Me Help You	Jonathan	14 episodes
2008	Hackett		Pilot
2008	Eli Stone	Bradley Kitsis	Episode: "I Want Your Sex"
2008	Samantha Who?	Artist	Episode: "The Gallery Show"
2009	American Dad!	Bouncer (voice)	Episode: "G-String Circus"
2009-2015	Community	Dean Craig Pelton	90 episodes; also wrote "Basic Human Anatomy" and co-director 2 episodes
2010	Open Books	Kyle	Pilot
2011	Worst. Prom. Ever.	Pizza Pete	Television film
2011-2014	The Soup	Various roles	7 episodes
2012	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated	JR Kipple (voice)	Episode: "The Night the Clown Cried II - Tears of Doom"
2012	The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange	Pineapple Joe (voice)	Episode: "Follow the Bouncing Orange"
2012-2013	The Looney Tunes Show	Cecil Turtle (voice)	2 episodes
2012-2015	Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja	Principal Slimovitz (voice)	34 episodes
2013-present	The Writers' Room	Himself (host)	12 episodes; also producer
2013-2014	TripTank	Various voices	3 episodes
2013-2015	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Various roles	2 episodes
2014-2015	Glee	Lee Paulblatt	2 episodes
2014-present	Mike Tyson Mysteries	Marquess of Queensberry (voice)	20 episodes
2015-2016	Jake and the Never Land Pirates	Sinker (voice)	2 episodes
2015	Rick and Morty	Glaxo Slimslom (voice)	Episode: "Big Trouble In Little Sanchez"
2016	Dr. Ken	Devon Drake	Episode: "Ken's an Expert Witness"
2016	Lucifer	Richard Kester	Episode: "Et Tu, Doctor?"
2016	The Odd Couple	Joshua Norwall	Episode: "Chess Mates"
2016	The Grinder	Bill Foosley	Episode: "The Retooling of Dean Sanderson"

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title of work	Result
2010	Gold Derby TV Award	Best TV Ensemble	Community	Nominated
2011	Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards	Adapted Screenplay	The Descendants	Won
	Toronto Film Critics Association Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	Satellite Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Won
	San Diego Film Critics Society Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Won
	Florida Film Critics Circle Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Won
	Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Won
	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	National Board of Review	Adapted Screenplay		Won
2012	Writers Guild of America	Adapted Screenplay		Won
	Vancouver Film Critics Circle	Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	USC Scripter Award	Adapted Screenplay		Won
	Online Film Critics Society Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	London Critics Circle Film Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	Independent Spirit Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Won
	Golden Globe	Screenplay		Nominated
	Central Ohio Film Critics Association	Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	BAFTA Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	Australian Film Institute	Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	Academy Award	Adapted Screenplay		Won
	Gold Derby TV Award	Best TV Ensemble	Community	Won
	TV Guide Awards	Favorite Ensemble		Won
	Critics' Choice Television Award	Best Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series		Nominated
	PAAFTJ Television Awards	Best Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series		Nominated
		Best Cast in a Comedy Series		Won
2013	Newport Beach Film Festival Audience Award	Feature Film	The Way Way Back	Won
		US Feature		Won
	Filmfest Hamburg	Art Cinema Award		Nominated
2014	St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association	Best Comedy		Nominated
	Critics' Choice Movie Awards	Best Comedy		Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Informational Series Or Special	The Writers' Room	Nominated

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