Jim Rash is a performer.
 He portrayed the role of Dean Craig Pelton on the NBC sitcom Community (20092015), for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2012
 During the awards circuit for The Descendants, Rash/Faxon would deliver the acceptance speeches for all of the awards except the Academy Award; the Academy Award speech would be handled by Payne/Taylor

