![]() He has said that the pilot was written with him specifically in mind as the lead (the character was originally named Thomas Pickering the latter being his mother's maiden name). On January 30, 2013, Middleditch joined HBO's comedy pilot Silicon Valley playing Richard Hendricks. He had a role in the 2013 comedy fantasy film The Brass Teapot, directed by Ramaa Mosley, and played a police officer in the 2013 CBS Films coming-of-age comedy film The Kings of Summer. On August 23, 2012, he appeared in The Office 's final season episode " The Farm". On July 23, 2012, Middleditch joined the cast of the comedy film Someone Marry Barry, directed and written by Rob Pearlstein and produced by Barry Josephson. ![]() On December 12, 2011, he joined Jay Roach's The Campaign, starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis. On August 8, 2011, he joined Road to Nardo, a film that would have been Scot Armstrong's directorial debut. On May 31, 2011, Middleditch joined the cast of the Paramount Pictures' comedy film Fun Size, directed by Josh Schwartz. On May 5, 2011, Middleditch made his first appearance in Jake and Amir, in the episode "Jake and Amir: Doobs". On March 25, 2010, he joined a CBS pilot, Hitched, written by Josh Schwartz and directed by Rob Greenberg. He appeared in the 2009 romantic comedy Splinterheads, portraying the lead role of Justin Frost. In 2007 a sketch video for Chicken McNuggets he made with Fernando Sosa in Chicago was purchased by McDonald's and used as a commercial. While living in New York City, Middleditch began acting in commercials. Though he did not get cast, the routine he used in his audition landed him a network holding deal and he moved to New York City. While performing on a Second City cruise, he got an audition for Saturday Night Live. Due to immigration issues, he worked various cash jobs until Charna Halpern sponsored him to get his work visa. He was a founding member in 2005 of The Improvised Shakespeare Company. He relocated to Chicago, where he took classes at The Second City and iO Theater, while also performing regularly. He instead opted to make sketches on his own and worked at a New Balance store for an income. He studied theatre at the University of Victoria before moving to Toronto, where he auditioned for and enrolled in George Brown Theatre School, but never began his course. His first job was acting in Canadian Heritage Plays for his hometown. He discovered improv in grade school from performing with Theatresports. He was cast in a play in eighth grade which he said "changed everything" for him. Middleditch was born on March 10, 1982, in British Columbia, Canada. Middleditch also appears in ads for Verizon Wireless. He has voiced Penn Zero in the Disney XD animated series Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (2014–2017), Harold Hutchins in Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017), Sam Coleman in Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) and Terry in the Hulu adult animated sci-fi series Solar Opposites. ![]() He is known for his role as Richard Hendricks in the HBO series Silicon Valley (2014–2019), earning a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. Thomas Middleditch (born March 10, 1982) is a Canadian and American actor and comedian.
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