Why did Jim Rash win an Oscar?
Henry Morales
Published Feb 12, 2026
Jim Rash won the Oscar Award through his filmThe Descendants. He received a Golden Globe nomination and won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
The American actor, comedian, and filmmaker Jim Rash was born on July 15, 1971, in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.
Rash attended Charlotte Latin School after graduating, he spent a post-graduate year at the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He was a member of The Groundlings, the improv comedy group based in Los Angeles.
Rash played Mr. Grayson/Stitches in the 2005 film Sky High, Fenton on That ’70s Show, and Andrew the “whore house guy” on Reno 911! He appeared in the final episode of Friends and played Head T.A. Philip in Slackers.
He made his debut for his role as Dean Craig Pelton on the NBC sitcom Community, for which he was nominated for the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2012.
Rash has voiced the Marquess of Queensbury for all four seasons of the Adult Swim animated comedy Mike Tyson Mysteries.
Since 2017, he has been the official voice actor for Donald Duck universe character Gyro Gearloose in the reboot of DuckTales.
