John Michael Higgins (born February 12, 1963) is an American actor and voice actor whose film credits include Christopher Guest\'s mockumentaries, the role of David Letterman in HBO\'s The Late Shift, and a starring role in the American version of Kath & Kim. He portrayed Peter Lovett in the TV Land original sitcom Happily Divorced, and provided the voice of Iknik Blackstone Varrick in The Legend of Korra. He also starred in the NBC sitcom Great News as Chuck Pierce for 2 seasons.\n', '

In 1991, Higgins was featured in Broadway\'s La Bête and, in 2000, he was seen Off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre in a production of Edward Albee\'s Tiny Alice. He also originated the title role in Paul Rudnick\'s Jeffrey Off-Broadway in 1994.\n', '

Higgins\' numerous television credits include recurring characters on Ally McBeal, Brother\'s Keeper, Boston Legal and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show. In Season 8 of Seinfeld, he portrayed Elaine\'s boyfriend Kurt. He also played attorney Wayne Jarvis in five episodes of Arrested Development. Higgins arranged the dense vocal harmonies sung by the nine-part ("neuftet") New Main Street Singers in 2003\'s A Mighty Wind, a change from the writers\' original concept to have the group sing in unison, leveraged by Higgins\' musical talent.\n', '

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