Hugh Davidson (actor)

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Hugh Davidson is an American actor, writer, and producer, best known for his work on the Adult Swim television series Robot Chicken.

Career

Davidson made his motion picture debut in the 2001 film Pledge of Innocence. He later guest starred on television shows such as Reno 911!, Arrested Development and Will and Grace and as himself in the Mike Tyson Mysteries episode "Unsolved Situations", which he also produces.

In 2006, Davidson went to work as a voice actor and writer for Robot Chicken, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0203345/|title=Hugh Davidson|website=IMDb|access-date=2019-03-15}} He also worked as a voice actor and writer for the Adult Swim show Saul of the Mole Men. He wrote three episodes of the series, and starred as the voice of Bertrum Burrows. In 2008, Davidson starred as Thomas Jefferson in the Adult Swim special Young Person's Guide to History.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0203346/ Hugh Davidson (II), Internet Movie Database] He also voiced characters on the TV show Mad as a series regular and one of the principal cast members.

Davidson is an alumnus of The Groundlings, an improvisational and sketch comedy troupe based in Los Angeles, California.{{cite web |url=http://www.groundlings.com/performers/alumni.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913061956/http://www.groundlings.com/performers/alumni.aspx |archive-date=2010-09-13 |title=The Groundlings}}

Davidson was a writer and story editor for The Looney Tunes Show and a producer for Mike Tyson Mysteries.{{cite news|title=Hugh and Mike Interview|url=http://collider.com/mike-tyson-hugh-davidson-mike-tyson-mysteries-interview/}}

Davidson produced the short-lived TV Land series, Nobodies. Davidson, along with Larry Dorf and Rachel Ramras, executive produced, wrote and starred in the series. Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone also starred in the project.{{cite web|title=Variety Nobodies|date=2 June 2016|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/melissa-mccarthy-comedy-nobodies-tv-land-1201787628/}} Mike McDonald is the showrunner.{{cite web|title=Interro Bang Nobodies|date=3 June 2016|url=http://theinterrobang.com/melissa-mccarthy-ben-falcones-nobodies-picked-tv-land/}} More recently, he signed an overall deal with Warner Bros. Animation.{{Cite web|last=White|first=Peter|date=2020-09-17|title='Mike Tyson Mysteries' Showrunner Hugh Davidson Scores HBO Max Presentation, Strikes Overall Deal With Warner Bros Animation|url=https://deadline.com/2020/09/mike-tyson-mysteries-showrunner-hugh-davidson-scores-hbo-max-presentation-strikes-overall-deal-with-warner-bros-animation-1234578869/|access-date=2020-09-18|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}

In 2022 he co-created the Netflix dark comedy parody series The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window.