James Raymond "Jimmi" Simpson is an American actor. He is best known for his work on television, which includes roles in Breakout Kings, Psych, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, My Name Is Earl and 24. His film credits include White House Dow...
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Lead Performance
Nominations
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Movies
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Date Night, Loser, White House Down, Stay Alive, Herbie: Fully Loaded, Emanuel and the Truth about Fishes, Knights of Badassdom, Zodiac, D.E.B.S., A Quiet Little Marriage, The Invention of Lying, The Mother of Invention, Seraphim Falls, Itty Bitty Titty Committee, Vi...
TV Shows
Breakout Kings, Girltrash!, Westworld, House of Cards, Hap and Leonard, Rose Red
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Theatre is really difficult, so it's important that you have a director that kind of understands that and is really hands on.
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I got my degree in theatre at a little school in Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg University. It was one of those situations where I went into the major because I loved it, but didn't really expect to see it as a moneymaking situation or career.
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I pretty much got into theatre to do community theatre and things, but then I went to Williamstown and found an agent. I then went to New York and did a lot of theatre there, so I started doing only theatre.
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There are a lot of pros to doing a film, as far as it helping your film career, and it is completely different financially. But theatre is the only place where you get to actually be the character, and nobody is going to come around and change it later.
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Filming for The Academy (2003), that should be coming out later this year or next. [June 2003]
Was offered a role in Live Free or Die Hard (2007), which he turned down to star in Aaron Sorkin's Broadway adaptation of his own (unproduced) screenplay "The Farnsworth Invention", alongside Hank Azaria.
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Was roommates both in New York and Los Angeles with fellow actor Charlie Day.
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