Hayes MacArthur

Hayes MacArthur (born April 16, 1977) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He starred in the TBS comedy series Angie Tribeca.

Hayes MacArthur
Born (1977-04-16) April 16, 1977
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • writer
Years active2003–present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2009)​
Children2
Relatives

Early life

MacArthur was born in Chicago to Bruce and Shelley MacArthur.[1] His stepfather is businessman William F. Farley.[2] His younger brother is fellow actor and writer Scott MacArthur.

MacArthur attended Deerfield Academy and received a B.A. in Government from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, where he was quarterback on the football team. He has studied at the Groundlings Theater Company and Atlantic Theater Company.

Acting career

MacArthur took first place at the 2003 Rebels of Comedy Competition. He has appeared on such TV shows as Mad TV, Comedy Central's Premium Blend, Pushing Daisies, and Medium.

In 2005, MacArthur co-wrote, produced and starred in a 16-minute short film, The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend, with Jason Winer. The short was produced as a pilot for TV in 2006. He also appeared as a waiter in the episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm where everyone chooses Larry's wife over him after the break-up. In 2007, MacArthur appeared with fiancé Ali Larter in National Lampoon's Homo Erectus, and also appeared in a comedic supporting role in the Disney movie The Game Plan. Along with recurring roles on the television shows How I Met Your Mother and Worst Week, he appeared in supporting roles in the 2010 films She's Out of My League and Life as We Know It.

In May 2010, NBC announced that MacArthur would star in the television series Perfect Couples. The half-hour romantic comedy premiered in the second half of the 2010-2011 TV season.[3] The show was cancelled in May 2011.

In 2012, MacArthur was featured in several episodes of Whitney, as well as Go On and the Broken Lizard film The Babymakers.

Personal life

MacArthur's first name was in honor of his great-aunt, actress Helen Hayes, who was married to Charles MacArthur, his grandfather Alexander MacArthur's brother.[1][4]

MacArthur became engaged to Heroes actress Ali Larter, his girlfriend of three years, in December 2007.[5] On August 1, 2009, MacArthur married Larter in a small ceremony[6][7] at his parents' estate in Kennebunk, Maine.[8] On July 20, 2010, it was announced that the couple were expecting their first child.[9] Larter and MacArthur have a son born in 2010 and daughter born in 2015.

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Open Mike Mike Sheppard Short film
Wiener Park Dusty Wurtman TV film
2006 The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend Guy Hansen TV film
2007 Atlanta Todd TV film
Homo Erectus Thudnik
Are We Done Yet? Jimmy the Bartender
Look Tony Gilbert
The Game Plan Kyle Cooper
2008 Lower Learning Digdug O'Shaughnessy
2010 Life as We Know It Peter Novak
She's Out of My League Ron
2011 Answers to Nothing Taylor
2012 Bachelorette Dale
The Babymakers Leslie Jenkins
Jewtopia Chuck O'Connell
The Motel Life Officer Cook
2013 Another Happy Anniversary Tom Short film
2014 Someone Marry Barry Rafe
A Haunted House 2 Ned
2016 Director's Cut Reed/Himself
2018 Being Frank Stan Kempler
Super Troopers 2 Mountie Henri Podien
2019 Ode to Joy Jordan
2020 The Way Back Eric
The Binge Pompano Mike
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2005 The King of Queens Ed Episode: "Pole Lox"
Medium Randy Pilgrim Episode: "Dead Aim"
2006 Thick and Thin Greg Episode: "Mary Moves On"
2007 Curb Your Enthusiasm Doorman Episode: "The TiVo Guy"
2007, 2009 How I Met Your Mother Curt 'Ironman' Irons Episodes: "The Platinum Rule" and "Sorry, Bro"
2008 My Boys Spike Upton Episode: "The Shirt Contest"
Entourage Levinson Episode: "Gotta Look Up to Get Down"
Pushing Daisies Buddy Amicus Episode: "Frescorts"
2008–09 Worst Week Chad 5 episodes
2010–11 Perfect Couples Rex Series regular, 14 episodes
2011 Happy Endings Steven Episode: "The Code War"
2012 Suburgatory Walter Episode: "Driving Miss Dalia"
Whitney Lance Episodes: "Lance" and "48 Hours"
2012–13 Go On Wyatt Series regular, 7 episodes
2014 The Rebels Rick Massella Episode: "Pilot"
Friends with Better Lives Zac Episode: "Cyrano de Trainer-Zac"
2015 Looking Barry Foster Episode: "Looking for a Plot"
2016–17 Angie Tribeca Jay Geils Series regular, 30 episodes
2019 The Morning Show Marlon Tate Episode: "The Interview"
Into the Dark Chester Conklin Episode: "I'm Just F*cking with You"
Mr. Mom Greg Anderson Series regular, 11 episodes
Single Parents Xander Fogerty Episode: "Xander and Camille"
Merry Happy Whatever Sean Quinn Series regular, 8 episodes
2020 Schooled Greg Episode: "Garden Party"

References
  1. Carmack Bross, Judy (March 11, 2016). "Dispatch from Los Angeles, Part ll". Classic Chicago Magazine. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  2. Dolce, Laura (August 6, 2009). "Actress Ali Larter weds in Kennebunk". The Portsmouth Herald. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  3. "NBC Announces Pickup of New Comedy Series 'Perfect Couples' For 2010-11 Season" (Press release). NBC Universal. May 12, 2010. Archived from the original on May 14, 2010. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
  4. Kapos, Shia (15 March 2003). "Cynthia Wirtz MacArthur, 75". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  5. Chiu, Alex (2007-12-17). "Heroes Star Ali Larter Gets Engaged". People. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
  6. Garcia, Jennifer (2009-08-03). "Ali Larter Weds in Maine". People. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  7. "Heroes Star Gets Hitched". Sky News. 2009-08-03. Archived from the original on 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  8. "Heroes' Ali Larter Ties the Knot!". Us Magazine. 2009-08-01. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
  9. Michaud, Sarah (2010-07-20). "Ali Larter Is Pregnant!". People. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
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