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Hugh Davidson (actor)

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Hugh Davidson
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
  • writer
  • story editor
Years active1994–present
Spouse
(m. 2013)

Hugh Davidson is an American actor, writer, and producer, best known for his work on the Adult Swim television series Robot Chicken.

Career

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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

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Year Title Actor Writer Producer Role(s) Notes
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

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  1. ^ "Hugh Davidson". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  2. ^ Hugh Davidson (II), Internet Movie Database
  3. ^ "The Groundlings". Archived from the original on 2010-09-13.
  4. ^ "Hugh and Mike Interview".
  5. ^ "Variety Nobodies". 2 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Interro Bang Nobodies". 3 June 2016.
  7. ^ 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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