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