Thomas Middleditch
Thomas Middleditch | |
|---|---|
 Middleditch at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con | |
| Born | Thomas Steven Middleditch[1] March 10, 1982 Nelson, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Spouse |
Mollie Gates
(m. 2015; div. 2021) |
Thomas Steven Middleditch (born March 10, 1982[2]) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Richard Hendricks in the HBO series Silicon Valley (2014–2019), earning a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. He voiced the titular character in the Disney XD animated series Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (2014–2017), Harold Hutchins in Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017), Sam Coleman in Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), and Terry Opposites in the Hulu adult animated sci-fi series Solar Opposites. Middleditch made his Broadway debut in 2024 as Eli in Eureka Day.[3] He also appeared in ads for Verizon Wireless.[4][5]
Early life
Middleditch was born on March 10, 1982, in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.[6] His parents are British.[7] He was cast in a play in eighth grade which he said "changed everything" for him. He discovered improv in grade school from performing with Theatresports.[6] His first job was acting in Canadian Heritage Plays for his hometown.[8]
He studied theatre at the University of Victoria before moving to Toronto, where he auditioned for and enrolled in George Brown Theatre School, but never began his course.[9] He instead opted to make sketches on his own and worked at a New Balance store for an income.[6] He relocated to Chicago, where he took classes at The Second City and iO Theater, while also performing regularly.[6] He was a founding member in 2005 of the Improvised Shakespeare Company.[10] Due to immigration issues, he worked various cash jobs until Charna Halpern sponsored him to get his work visa.[6] While performing on a Second City cruise, he got an audition for Saturday Night Live.[6] Though he did not get cast, the routine he used in his audition landed him a network holding deal and he moved to New York City.[6]
Career
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While living in New York City, Middleditch began acting in commercials. In 2007 a sketch video for Chicken McNuggets he made with Fernando Sosa in Chicago was purchased by McDonald's and used as a commercial.[6][11] He appeared in the 2009 romantic comedy Splinterheads, portraying the lead role of Justin Frost.[12] On March 25, 2010, he joined a CBS pilot, Hitched, written by Josh Schwartz and directed by Rob Greenberg.[13] On May 5, 2011, Middleditch made his first appearance in Jake and Amir, in the episode "Jake and Amir: Doobs".[14]
On May 31, 2011, Middleditch joined the cast of Fun Size, directed by Josh Schwartz.[15] On August 8, 2011, he joined Road to Nardo,[16] a film that would have been Scot Armstrong's directorial debut. On December 12, 2011, he joined Jay Roach's The Campaign, starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis.[17]
On July 23, 2012, Middleditch joined the cast of Someone Marry Barry, directed and written by Rob Pearlstein and produced by Barry Josephson.[18] On August 23, 2012, he appeared in The Office's final season episode "The Farm".[19] He had a role in The Brass Teapot (2013)[20] and played a police officer in The Kings of Summer (2013).[21]
On January 30, 2013, Middleditch joined HBO's comedy pilot Silicon Valley, playing Richard Hendricks.[22] He has said the pilot was written with him in mind as the lead.[6]
For his work on the show, Middleditch received four Satellite Awards nominations (winning in 2019) and two Critics' Choice Television Award nominations.[23][24] In 2016, Middleditch earned his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.[25]
On April 23, 2013, he was added to the cast of Search Party, playing Nardo.[26] Middleditch made a cameo in The Wolf of Wall Street as a broker fired for cleaning his fish bowl.[27]
He played a hipster thief in You're The Worst. On The Pete Holmes Show, he portrayed several characters from X-Men and Street Fighter. On October 16, 2013, it was announced that Middleditch would star in Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero.[28] In 2015, he co-starred in The Final Girls and The Bronze.[29][30] Also in 2015, he began streaming video games on Twitch.[31]
In 2014 he joined a CollegeHumor series on YouTube called CAMP.
Middleditch voiced Harold Hutchins in Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017).[32] As of 2017, Middleditch has appeared in Verizon commercials.[33] In 2019, he appeared in Godzilla: King of the Monsters and NBA 2K20.[34][35]
In April 2020, Middleditch and Ben Schwartz starred in Netflix's improv special Middleditch and Schwartz.[36]
In October 2020, Middleditch began playing Drew Dunbar in the CBS series B Positive.[37][38]
In 2022, Middleditch was announced as a collaborator on Pillage Party, a co‑developed original video game project for PC and consoles developed by Australian studio PlaySide. It was planned for release in 2023 on PC and consoles but was never published.[39]
In June 2025, Middleditch was announced as Chief Creative Officer of a revived Commodore.[40]
Personal life
Middleditch became engaged to costume designer Mollie Gates in June 2015.[41] They married on August 22, 2015. In a 2019 Playboy interview, he revealed they had an open relationship and said swinging "saved our marriage".[42] In May 2020, Gates filed for divorce.[43] The divorce was finalized in April 2021.[44]
Middleditch stated during a January 2022 appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that he had become a U.S. citizen.[45]
Sexual misconduct allegations
In March 2021, the Los Angeles Times published allegations that Middleditch sexually harassed women at Cloak & Dagger, a goth club, including groping a woman.[46] The woman revealed messages from Middleditch apologizing.[47]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | The Rebound | Maverick | |
| 2010 | Splinterheads | Justin Frost | |
| The Other Guys | Art Exhibition Curator | Uncredited Cameo | |
| Night Home | James | Short film | |
| 2011 | Certainty | Game Guy | |
| Michel Jean-Michel: Overexposed | Michel Jean-Michel | Short film | |
| 2012 | Being Flynn | Richard | |
| The Campaign | Travis | ||
| The Brass Teapot | Gilad | ||
| Fun Size | Manuel Fuzzy | ||
| 2013 | The Kings of Summer | Rookie Cop | Cameo |
| The Wolf of Wall Street | Stratton Broker in a Bowtie | ||
| 2014 | Someone Marry Barry | Kurt | |
| Search Party | Daniel "Nardo Narducci | ||
| 2015 | SMILF | Dan | Short film that inspired the TV series SMILF |
| The Bronze | Ben Lawfort | ||
| The Final Girls | Duncan | ||
| 2016 | Joshy | Josh | |
| Sunspring | H | Short film | |
| 2017 | Kong: Skull Island | Jerry (voice) | [48] |
| Entanglement | Ben Layten | ||
| Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie | Harold Hutchins (voice) | Also songwriter for "Saturday"[48] | |
| Once Upon a Time in Venice | John | ||
| 2018 | Tag | Dave | |
| Replicas | Ed Whittle | ||
| Henchmen | Lester (voice) | [48] | |
| 2019 | Jake and Kyle Get Wedding Dates | Kyle Westen (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Sam Coleman | ||
| Zombieland: Double Tap | Flagstaff | ||
| 2020 | Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe | Garnoz (voice) | [48] |
| 2022 | DC League of Super-Pets | Keith (voice) | |
| 2024 | Messy | Max | [49][50] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Robotomy | Additional voices | Episode: "Bling Thing" |
| 2011 | Ugly Americans | Episode: "Wet Hot Demonic Summer" | |
| Beavis and Butt-Head | Stewart Stevenson, Teacher | 7 episodes | |
| The League | Julian | Episode: "The Light of Genesis" | |
| Fact Checkers Unit | Kerry | Episode: "Fly Like a Buttress" | |
| 2013 | Newsreaders | Micah Berkley | Episode: "Auto Erotic" |
| The Office | Jeb Schrute | Episode: "The Farm" | |
| Key and Peele | Monsieur Thénardier | Episode: "Les Mis" | |
| Trophy Wife | Nurse Terry | Episode: "Lice and Beary White" | |
| The Pete Holmes Show | Gambit, Nightcrawler | 2 episodes | |
| 2014–2019 | Silicon Valley | Richard Hendricks | Main cast |
| You're the Worst | Hipster Ringleader | 2 episodes | |
| 2014–2017 | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | Penn Zero (voice) | Main role (61 episodes); also writer: "Ultrahyperball"[48] |
| 2015 | Scheer-RL | Jeff Timons | Episode: "98 Degrees" |
| Comedy Bang! Bang! | Himself, Tim Landers | 2 episodes | |
| 2015–2019 | Drunk History | Various | 3 episodes |
| 2016 | Great Minds with Dan Harmon | William Shakespeare | Episode: "William Shakespeare" |
| TripTank | Warlock, Caller (voice) | Episode: "TripTank 2025"[48] | |
| 2017 | Animals. | Simon (voice) | Episode: "Rats."[48] |
| Rick and Morty | King Tommy (voice) | Episode: "The ABC's of Beth" | |
| 2018–2019 | Bob's Burgers | Alex (voice) | 3 episodes[48] |
| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Narrator | 2 episodes | |
| 2019–2025 | Big City Greens | Donny Tinselton, Bash, various (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2020 | Middleditch and Schwartz | Himself | Main role; also creator and executive producer |
| Death Hacks | Adam (voice) | Main role | |
| Dream Corp LLC | Virgil Bottoms | Episode: "Virgil Bottoms" | |
| 2020–2025 | Solar Opposites | Terry Opposites (voice) | Main role |
| 2020–2022 | B Positive | Drew Dunbar | |
| 2021 | Amphibia | Bernardo (voice) | Episode: "Bessie & MicroAngelo" |
| 2022 | The Good Fight | Kyle Vespertine-Kalepark | Episode: "The End of Playing Games" |
Web
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Memoirs of a Manchild | Danny Nanners | 3 episodes; also writer and producer |
| 2010 | The Back Room | Die Antwoord | Episode: "Steve Agee" |
| 2009–2013 | CollegeHumor Originals | Various characters | 20 episodes |
| 2011 | Funny or Die | Woodshed Guy | Episode: "2.8" |
| Matumbo Goldberg | Lenny | 5 episodes | |
| 2011–2015 | Jake and Amir | Penis Anthony "Doobs" Doubligné | 6 episodes |
| 2012 | Bravest Warriors | Professor Fartsparkles (voice) | Episode: "Time Slime" |
| 2013 | The Funtime Gang | Randy the Racoon | Episode: "Pilot" |
| The Morning After | Dave | 5 episodes | |
| 2016 | HarmonQuest | Dildo Bogpelt | Episode: "The Doors of Fores" |
| 2019 | This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy | Guest Star | Episode: "Money Laundering: A How-To Guide" |
| 2020 | Stream of Blood: Vampires of Pittsburgh | Miles Vanderbuck | 30 episodes |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Star Wars: The Old Republic - Rise of the Hutt Cartel | Additional voices | |
| 2019 | NBA 2K20 | Zach Bailey | Voice and motion capture |
| 2022 | Warped Kart Racers | Terry | Archival audio |
| 2022 | High on Life | Ranchy |
Theater
| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024–2025 | Eureka Day | Eli | Samuel J. Friedman Theatre | [3] |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Silicon Valley | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Nominated | ||
| 2015 | Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Nominated | ||
| 2016 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Nominated | ||
| Gold Derby Awards | Best Comedy Actor | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Nominated | ||
| 2020 | Satellite Awards | Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy | Won |
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