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Jay Johnston is a Actor American born on 22 october 1968 at Chicago (USA)

Jay Johnston

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Birth name Jay Johnston
Nationality USA
Birth 22 october 1968 (56 years) at Chicago (USA)

Jay Johnston (born October 22, 1968) is an American actor and comedian best known for his work as a writer and cast member on the HBO sketch comedy series Mr. Show and for playing the role of Officer Jay McPherson on The Sarah Silverman Program.

Biography

Johnston was born and raised in Chicago and attended Columbia College Chicago, where he studied acting and comedy alongside other future Mr. Show alumni such as Dino Stamatopoulos, Scott Adsit and Eric Hoffman. After graduating college, Johnston later joined the Chicago Second City's touring comedy for a number of years and also performed in stage shows at the Annoyance Theater in Chicago.

Jay Johnston's contribution to Mr. Show were generally of the "evergreen" variety, dealing with more or less universal themes as opposed to the more political/socially satirical material that his fellow writers/performers contributed to the series. As such, Jay was responsible for many of the show's memorable sketches and characters. Johnston often incorporated physical comedy into the show, most notably in the "The Story of Everest" sketch, which features Johnston performing an astounding number of comical pratfalls.

Since the conclusion of Mr. Show, Johnston has made guest appearances in a number of television programs such as Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Parks and Recreation, as well as appearing in films such as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny.

In 2006, Johnston regularly appeared as "The Boss" on FUEL TV's American Misfits, in the show's intro and outro sketch segments. The show is a half-hour mix of skateboarding and sketches, very much in the mold of the early 1990s skateboarding videos.

Johnston starred on all three seasons of Comedy Central's The Sarah Silverman Program as "Officer Jay McPherson", the love interest of Sarah's sister Laura in the series. The series reunited Johnston with several Mr. Show cast members such as Brian Posehn, Scott Aukerman, B.J. Porter and Paul F. Tompkins. In 2011, Johnston appeared as a sketch regular in season two of the Comedy Central sketch comedy series Nick Swardson's Pretend Time.

Johnston, along with fellow Mr. Show regulars Dino Stamatopoulos and Scott Adsit, were part of the creative team (voicing, writing, directing and producing) behind Adult Swim's stop-motion animation series Moral Orel, which ran from 2005 to 2008. Johnston also provides voices for Stamatopoulos' current Adult Swim series, Mary Shelley's Frankenhole, which began airing in 2010.

Johnston currently has a recurring voice role as Jimmy Pesto, Sr. in the FOX animated series Bob's Burgers.

Usually with

Adam McKay
Adam McKay
(2 films)
Jack Black
Jack Black
(2 films)
Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow
(2 films)
Kyle Gass
Kyle Gass
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Jay Johnston (10 films)

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Actor

Hell & Back, 1h24
Directed by Tom Gianas
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Mila Kunis, Susan Sarandon, Rob Riggle, Bob Odenkirk, Danny McBride, Nick Swardson
Roles Rick
Rating53% 2.697742.697742.697742.697742.69774
Remy (Nick Swardson), Augie (T.J. Miller), and Curt (Rob Riggle) are best friends since birth. When they jokingly take a blood oath and break it, Curt is dragged to Hell to be sacrificed. Remy and Augie must save Curt from a slew of misfit demons, Greek legends, and the Devil (Bob Odenkirk) himself.
Demoted
Demoted (2011)
, 1h49
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Michael Vartan, Sean Astin, Cathy Shim, Jay Johnston, Celia Weston, David Cross
Rating52% 2.649672.649672.649672.649672.64967
Rodney (Michael Vartan) and Mike (Sean Astin) are two of the top salesmen at Treadline Tire Company. Despite their mean treatment of both the secretaries, led by Jane (Celia Weston), and annoying co-worker Kenny Castro (David Cross), the two are well liked by their boss Bob Ferrell (Robert Klein) and after a great win in softball (which concludes with Mike giving Castro a wedgie), the duo spend a wild night at a strip club with their boss.
Dirty Love
Dirty Love (2006)
, 1h31
Directed by John Mallory Asher
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Eddie Kaye Thomas, Carmen Electra, Victor Webster, Jenny McCarthy, Kam Heskin, Jessica Collins
Rating35% 1.7580251.7580251.7580251.7580251.758025
Rebecca (Jenny McCarthy), a struggling photographer, finds her model boyfriend Richard (Victor Webster) in bed with another woman. He also destroys all of her camera equipment. Her life falls apart, and she alternates between desire for revenge upon him, sexual promiscuity and abandonment of all hope of love.
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, 1h34
Directed by David Lynch, Liam Lynch
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Demons in film, Musical films
Actors Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Tim Robbins, JR Reed, Ben Stiller, Colin Hanks
Roles Gang Member #1
Rating67% 3.399943.399943.399943.399943.39994
As a young man, JB (Jack Black) leaves his religious family and oppressive Midwestern town for Hollywood on a quest to form the world's most awesome rock band. There he meets acoustic guitarist KG (Kyle Gass), who is performing on the street, and begins worshipping him as a rock god because of his skills and attitude. KG feeds JB's fantasy by pretending to be famous with a self-named band ("The Kyle Gass Project"), and exploits him to do work such as cleaning his apartment and buying him weed (under the promise that JB can audition for his fictitious band.) After JB learns KG is actually unemployed and living off his parents, the two become equal, and KG apologizes to JB by giving him a brand-new guitar. They create their own band: Tenacious D, named for birthmarks found on their behinds. (JB has a birthmark which says: "Tenac", and KG has a mark which reads: "ious D".
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, 1h34
Directed by Adam McKay
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about journalists, Films about television
Actors Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner, Fred Willard
Roles a member of the Eyewitness News Team
Rating70% 3.5478553.5478553.5478553.5478553.547855
In 1974, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) is the famous anchorman for a local San Diego television station, fictional KVWN channel 4. He works alongside his friends on the news team: lead field reporter Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd), sportscaster Champion "Champ" Kind (David Koechner), and intellectually disabled chief meteorologist Brick Tamland (Steve Carell). Station director Ed Harken (Fred Willard) informs the team that they have maintained their long-held status as the highest-rated news program in San Diego, leading them to throw a wild party, where Ron unsuccessfully tries to pick up a beautiful, blonde woman (Christina Applegate). Ed later informs the team that they have been forced to hire Veronica Corningstone, the same woman whom Ron tried to pick up. After a series of unsuccessful attempts by the team to seduce her, she finally relents and consents to a "professional tour" of the city with Ron, culminating in a sexual relationship. Despite agreeing to keep the relationship discreet, Ron announces it on air.
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie, 1h33
Directed by Adam McKay
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about television
Actors Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Fred Willard
Roles Eyewitness News Member
Rating60% 3.047243.047243.047243.047243.04724
The film "follows the KVWN Channel 4 News Team as they investigate the extremist bank-robbing organization The Alarm Clock."
The Master of Disguise, 1h20
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Jennifer Esposito, James Brolin, Dana Carvey, Dylan Sprouse, Brent Spiner, Harold Gould
Roles Rex
Rating33% 1.654531.654531.654531.654531.65453
In Palermo, Italy in 1979, Fabbrizio Disguisey, the latest in a long line of Italian secret agents known as "Masters of Disguise", breaks up a smuggling ring run by the evil Devlin Bowman but barely avoids getting caught (while disguised as Bo Derek). Bowman is arrested and Fabbrizio decides it best to keep his family's identity a secret from his infant son, Pistachio.
Men in Black II, 1h28
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Superhero films, Buddy films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville, Rosario Dawson, Tony Shalhoub
Roles the younger Pizza Parlor MIB agent
Rating62% 3.102343.102343.102343.102343.10234
Five years after Agent K's retirement, Agent J (Will Smith) is now a top operative for the MIB, the New York City-based agency that secretly monitors and regulates extraterrestrials' activity on Earth. J has no permanent partner since K resigned and Agent L returned to work in a morgue. Subsequent partners have not lived up to J's standards, so he neuralyzes them back to civilian status.
Not Another Teen Movie, 1h29
Directed by Joel Gallen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about education, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Sports films, Erotic films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Chyler Leigh-West, Chris Evans, Jaime Pressly, Eric Christian Olsen, Eric Jungmann, Mia Kirshner
Rating58% 2.9000252.9000252.9000252.9000252.900025
In the stereotypical high school community of John Hughes High in Southern California, sexy Priscilla (Jaime Pressly), a popular cheerleader, separates from her football star boyfriend, Jake Wyler (Chris Evans). After Jake discovers that Priscilla is now dating peculiar Les (Riley Smith) just to spite him, one of Jake's friends, Austin (Eric Christian Olsen), suggests seeking retribution by turning Janey Briggs (Chyler Leigh), a "uniquely rebellious girl", into the prom queen.
Jack Frost
Jack Frost (1998)
, 1h41
Directed by Troy Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Christmas films, Children's films
Actors Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston, Joseph Cross, Mark Addy, Henry Rollins, Andrew Lawrence
Roles TV Weatherman
Rating54% 2.708162.708162.708162.708162.70816
Jack Frost (Michael Keaton) is the lead singer in a rock band simply titled "The Jack Frost Band", based in the fictional town of Medford, Colorado, who make their living performing blues covers and an assortment of their own songs in the hope of signing a record deal. He then returns to his 11-year-old son Charlie (Joseph Cross), who has just returned from an epic snowball fight against the bully Rory Buck (Taylor Handley). They spend some quality time by building a snowman in their front yard. Afterward, Jack tucks Charlie into bed and gives him his best harmonica, which Jack got the day Charlie was born. He then jokes with Charlie, telling him that it's magical, and he'll be able to hear the harmonica wherever he is. Jack promises his wife Gabby (Kelly Preston) that he will attend his son's hockey game. However, he misses the hockey's game in favor of recording the ironically named "Don't Lose Your Faith". Jack then promises to take his family on a Christmas trip to the mountains, but is called in on a gig that could either make or break his career. On his way to the gig, Jack realizes his mistake and borrows his best friend Mac's (Mark Addy) car to go home and be with his family. Unfortunately, a bad storm begins to block his view. Due to a faulty windshield wiper on Mac's car, Jack is unable to navigate through the storm, and as a result, he crashes his car, and is killed instantly (offscreen).