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Jimmi Simpson More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth
21 November 1975, Hackettstown, New Jersey, USA

Birth Name
James Raymond Simpson

Nickname
Jim-ster

Height
5' 11" (1.80 m)

Spouse
Melanie Lynskey (14 April 2007 - present) (filed for divorce)

Trivia

Has two older brothers.

Graduated from Bloomsburg University.

Worked at Nap's Pizza while in college.

Was known by the crew of Loser (2000) as "Lips".

Was roommates both in New York and Los Angeles with fellow actor Charlie Day.

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.


Where Are They Now

(June 2003) Filming for The Academy (2003) (V), that should be coming out later this year or next.

(2008) Occasionally appears on "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) as "Lyle the Intern".



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