When Michael Hitchcock was growing up in the Midwest, he dreamt of someday being a fireman, an amusement park owner, or, if all else failed, an orthodontist. Somewhere along the way his priorities got mixed up, and he somehow ended up acting, writing, and producing.

Hitchcock plays “Dave” in the new television series “Men of a Certain Age” starring Ray Romano, Scott Bakula, and Andre Braugher, premiering Monday, December 7th on TNT at 10 pm ET/PT. He also plays “Ted Mayo” on the upcoming second season of Showtime’s Emmy Award winning comedy “United States of Tara” starring Toni Collette. In addition, Hitchcock appears on Fox’s hit series “Glee” as rival choir director “Dalton Rumba.”
 

Hitchcock’s film acting credits include featured roles in all four of Christopher Guest’s critically-acclaimed films “Best in Show,” “For Your Consideration,” “A Mighty Wind,” and “Waiting for Guffman.”

“Best in Show” earned a Golden Globe nomination for “Best Comedy” and won “Funniest Motion Picture” by the American Comedy Awards and British Comedy Awards. “A Mighty Wind” won a Grammy Award and an Oscar nomination for its spirited music, and Hitchcock and his co-actors from “A Mighty Wind” were awarded “Best Ensemble Cast” by the Florida Film Critics Circle and were also nominated for “Best Ensemble Acting” by the Phoenix Film Critics Society.    

Other movie credits include “Serenity,” “Smiley Face,” “Wild Hogs,” “Pretty Persuasion,” “Happy, Texas,” “Heartbreakers,” and the upcoming films “Rogue’s Gallery” starring Ellen Barkin, Ving Rhames, and Jeffrey Tambor and “Pete Smalls is Dead” starring Steve Buscemi, Peter Dinklage, and Sam Rockwell.

Television credits include “Entourage,” “Party Down,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Pushing Daisies,” and “Arrested Development."

His writing credits include the acclaimed drama “Where the Day Takes You,” which was nominated for the “Critics Award” at the Deauville Film Festival and also marked the film acting debut of Will Smith. Other writing credits include the MGM comedy “House Arrest” starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Disney’s “The Ultimate Christmas Present.” Hitchcock also performed both writing and producing duties on the long-running Fox latenight comedy series “MAD TV.” During his tenure at “MAD TV,” the show was nominated three times by the Writers Guild of America for “Outstanding Writing of a Comedy/Variety Series.”

Born in Defiance, Ohio, and later raised in Western Springs, Illinois, Hitchcock received his Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University and a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is also a proud alumnus of The Groundlings, Los Angeles’ premiere comedy and improvisational troupe.

During the past two holiday seasons, Hitchcock performed comedy improvisation at several United States military bases in Iraq and Kuwait with “Stars for Stripes,” a volunteer organization that brings entertainment to deployed troops. He resides in Los Angeles.