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Jim Nieb

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Jim Nieb
Various projects over the years.
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Jim was born in Ohio to James and Iantha Nieb. A natural performer he has worked steadily since 1991 as an actor, comedian, impersonator and variety performer. Over the years he's done just about everything from films to television to Shakespeare in the park to eating fire at renaissance festivals. Jim has taught and performed improvisation since high school and was a long time member of the comedy improvisation group ComedySportz in Washington, DC, as well as a member of The Society improv in Los Angeles.

Through is varied background Jim has become one of the most versatile actors working. In 2004 Jim began living and working out of L.A. In 2006 he was honored to have a chance to perform for the USO at various bases in Bosnia and Kosovo. Since arriving in Los Angeles in 2004 he has had a chance to work with some of the biggest names in the industry including Clint Eastwood, Pete Farrelly, and JJ Abrams. He's also made several appearances on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show doing a variety of sketches and was one of the main actors for their very popular "How Long" segments. He was also part of the audience prank for the 2017 Oscar Show playing the Hollywood tour guide.

Jim has trained as The Groundlings as well as the well respected Playhouse West Theatre and School in North Hollywood, which was founded by Robert Carnegie and co-founded by Jeff Goldblum. In 2009 he joined the teaching staff and, in addition to teaching the Meisner technique classes, founded the original Playhouse West Comedy Program (Later changed to The Zoo Comedy) which began with a focus on comedy improvisation.

In the summer of 2017 Jim made a move to begin teaching on camera acting at the Margie Haber Studio in West Hollywood, CA. And in the spring of 2019 he added improv to the studio there.
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Known for

Jimmy Kimmel in Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
6.5
TV Series
  • Juror
  • Zombie
  • Clown
  • Coughing Man
  • Godzilly String
  • Husband
  • Manatee
  • Matt
  • Peep Scientist
  • Straight Jacket Man
  • Trash Man
  • Trump TV Zombie
Barney Burman and Daniel Roebuck in Barney Burman's Wild Boar (2019)
Barney Burman's Wild Boar
3.7
  • Turtle
  • 2019
Meet the Spartans (2008)
Meet the Spartans
2.8
  • President Bush Look-a-Like
  • 2008
Ricky Mabe and Jordan Monaghan in Dirty Beautiful (2015)
Dirty Beautiful
5.5
  • Writers Group Leader
  • 2015

Credits

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  • Permanent Record
    • Completed
  • The Ones
    • Completed
  • The Invisible Ones
    • Post-production
  • Pug
    • In Production
  • Surprise
    • Completed
  • Jimmy's Pickle
    • Completed
  • Tom Sizemore and Rachel Reilly in Barbee Rehab (2022)
    Barbee Rehab
  • Pam Majumdar, Rachel Pate, Bill Kates, Ian Longway, Denver Marcus, Michael Ruesga, Kerstin Porter, and Gloria Tsai in SkeDJes Sketches (2020)
    SkeDJes Sketches
  • Uma Thurman, Kyle Chandler, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Super Pumped (2022)
    Super Pumped
  • Z-Listers (2021)
    Z-Listers
  • Melba Martinez, Kalo Moss, Dash McCloud, Shanessa Khawaja, Otmara Marrero, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Jenna Qureshi, and Justin Sun in Launchpad (2021)
    Launchpad
  • Wild Boar (2019)
    Wild Boar
  • Barney Burman and Daniel Roebuck in Barney Burman's Wild Boar (2019)
    Barney Burman's Wild Boar
  • Park Bench Parenting (2018)
    Park Bench Parenting
  • Video Palace (2018)
    Video Palace
  • Christopher Liebe in A Song for Kate (2018)
    A Song for Kate
  • I'm Dying Up Here (2017)
    I'm Dying Up Here
  • What are you thinking about?
  • Thomas Downey in Play Day (2017)
    Play Day
  • Hostel Chicago (2017)
    Hostel Chicago
  • Broken English (2016)
    Broken English
    • ...

Producer

  • Technicolour Llama (2014)
    Technicolour Llama
  • The Whisperer Whisperer (2010)
    The Whisperer Whisperer

Writer

  • Surprise
    • Completed

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Ax Man clips
Demo Reel 3:53
Ax Man clips
Comedy demo
Demo Reel 2:16
Comedy demo
Theatrical demo
Demo Reel 2:40
Theatrical demo
The Game short video
Demo Reel 0:49
The Game short video
Dirty Beautiful
Trailer 1:56
Dirty Beautiful
Fun With War Crimes
Trailer 1:05
Fun With War Crimes

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    • Canton, Ohio, USA
  • Other works
    Two Home Depot commercials.

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    Was one of the worlds top George W Bush impersonators.

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