John Ross Bowie

John Ross Bowie (born May 30, 1971, New York City) is an American actor and comedian best known for playing Barry Kripke on The Big Bang Theory and, beginning in 2016, as Jimmy DiMeo on Speechless.

He appeared in What The Bleep Do We Know? opposite Marlee Matlin and made guest appearances on shows such as Reno 911!, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Glee, and Good Luck Charlie. In March 2011 he began a run in a series of commercials for the Ford Motor Company.[1][2][3][4]

Bowie is a regular sketch comedy performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (UCBT) in New York and Los Angeles. At UCBT he was a member of the sketch troupe "The Naked Babies" with comedians Rob Corddry, Seth Morris, and Brian Huskey.[5] He has a recurring role in Corddry's Adult Swim series Childrens Hospital. A former member of New York pop punk band, Egghead, he worked with Big Bang Theory co-star Kevin Sussman to create two television comedies, The Ever After Part (2012).[6] (2011, never aired) and The Second Coming of Rob.[7]

Bowie has written for Go Metric and The New York Press, and has authored a book on the cult movie Heathers.[8]

Personal life

A lapsed Episcopalian[9] of Scots-Irish descent,[9] he is married to comedian Jamie Denbo. They have a daughter and a son.[10]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Road Trip Diner Worker
2001 Undeclared Television Presenter Season 1, episode 5: "Sick in the Head"
2003 A.U.S.A. Wally Berman
2004 CSI: NY Lester Jayne Season 1, episode 3: "American Dreamers"
Charmed Marcus the Whitelighter Season 7, episode 6: "Once in a Blue Moon"
What the Bleep Do We Know!? Elliot
2005 Reno 911! Various characters
2006 The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause Rory
Psych George Cheslow Season 1, Episode 6: "Weekend Warriors"
2007 Heroes Attorney Season 1, Episode 12: "Godsend"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Peter Ellis Season 8, Episode 2: "A La Cart"
2008 Monk Tom Donovan Season 6, Episode 11: "Mr. Monk Joins a Cult"
Worst Week Rob
Sex Drive Dr. Clark Teddescoe
2009 Curb Your Enthusiasm John Fowler Season 7, Episode 5: "Denise Handicapped"
He's Just Not That into You Dan the Wiccan
Glee Dennis Season 1, Episode 12: "Mattress"
The Big Bang Theory Barry Kripke 18 episodes (2009–)
Wizards Of Waverly Place Simon Season 2, episode 12: "Fairy Tale"
2010 Fully Loaded Richard
Childrens Hospital Dr. Max von Sydow
Melissa and Joey Lewis Scanlon
Weeds Butter sculpture contest host Series 6, episode 7: "Pinwheels and Whirligigs"
2011 Burn Notice Paul Burkowski Season 5, episode 4: "No Good Deed"
Bones Lawrence Deighton Season 7, episode 3: "The Prince in the Plastic"
House of Lies Spaulding Winter
The Glee Project Dennis
2012 The Exes Jeff Season 1, episode 10: "The Ex Always Rings Twice"
Happy Endings Michael Season 2, episode 19
Retired at 35 Jared Recurring Season 2; 7 episodes
2013 Whitney Eddy: Lily's Boyfriend Season 2, episode 6: "Two Broke Hearts"
iSteve[11] John Sculley Internet Movie
The Heat FBI Officer
Good Luck Charlie Photographer Season 4 episode 15: "Sister, Sister"
Brooklyn Nine-Nine Sister Steve Season 1 episode 6: "Halloween"
2014 @midnight Himself Episode dated July 16, 2014
The Wrong Mans David Kinsman 4 episodes
Episodes Psychiatrist Recurring character
Riot Competitor Regular cast
Chasing Life Paul Peters 7 episodes (2014–15)
2015 Marry Me What's-His-Name Season 1 episode 9: "Test Me"
Fresh Off the Boat Lance Episode: "We Done Son"
2016 Love Rob Episode: "It Begins"
@midnight Himself July 5, 2016
Speechless Jimmy DiMeo Main cast

References

  1. Jeff Glucker (March 21, 2011). "Videos: Ford hires wisecracking, handsy puppet to promote 2012 Focus". autoblog.com. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  2. Profile, Pulse2.com; accessed November 13, 2016.
  3. David Griner (March 22, 2011). "Lecherous Non-Human Pitching Ford Focus". adweek.blogs.com. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  4. Profile, cincinnatiforddealerquotes.com; accessed September 28, 2016.
  5. Lies, Erica (March 20, 2012). "Talking to Seth Morris About Funny or Die, UCB, and First Dates with Toby Harris". splitsider.com. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  6. Wightman, Catriona (October 19, 2011). "'Big Bang Theory' John Ross Bowie, Kevin Sussman developing Fox comedy". digitalspy.co.uk. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  7. Goldberg, Lesley (August 29, 2012). "'Big Bang Theory' Duo Sell Semi-Autobiographical Comedy to CBS". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  8. Bowie, John Ross (2011). Heathers. Berkeley, CA: Soft Skull Press. ISBN 9781593764579.
  9. 1 2 "Bowieblog". Johnrossbowie.livejournal.com. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  10. Denbo, Jamie. "Episode 60: Jamie Denbo". The Mental Illness Happy Hour. Paul Gilmartin. mentalpod.com. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  11. Funny Or Die (April 15, 2013). "'iSteve". funnyordie.com. Retrieved November 13, 2016.

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