Mike Judge
Mike Judge | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 17, 1962 |
| Occupation(s) | Cartoonist, director |
| Known for | Beavis and Butt-head King of the Hill Office Space |
Michael Craig Judge (born 17 October 1962 in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is an American animator, actor, voice actor, writer, director, and producer, best-known as the creator and star of the hit animated television series Beavis and Butt-head and King of the Hill. He also wrote and directed the films Office Space, Idiocracy, and Beavis and Butt-head Do America.
Biography
Born in Ecuador, Judge was raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He is the son of anthropologist Jim Judge. He is a Univeristy of California, San Diego Alumnus and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in physics in 1985 from the [University of California, San Diego]]. [1] Mike Judge currently lives in Austin, Texas.
Professional career
In 1991, Judge's short "Office Space" (also known as the Milton series of shorts) was picked up by Comedy Central following a Dallas animation festival.
In 1992, Judge developed "Frog Baseball", a short featuring the characters Beavis and Butt-head, to be featured on Liquid Television. The short led to the creation of the Beavis and Butt-head series on MTV, in which Judge played both title characters as well as the majority of supporting characters. The show ran from 1993 to 1997 and spawned a feature length film, Beavis and Butt-head Do America, released in 1996. Even to this day they are arguably Judge's most popular characters.
In 1997, Judge left MTV to create King of the Hill for Fox. Many of the show's characters were based on people he had known while living in Texas. Judge confirmed that Temple, Texas was indeed the location of Arlen, Texas in several episodes by using pictorial evidence. [citation needed] Judge continued his voice acting, playing both Hank Hill and Boomhauer.
In 1999, Judge wrote and directed the live-action comedy film Office Space, which was based in part on the Milton series of cartoons he had created for Saturday Night Live. In the film, he made a cameo appearance as Stan, the manager of Chotchkie's (complete with hairpiece and fake mustache). The film, for which the budget was approximately US$10 million, grossed only $10.8 million in initial release.[1] However, as of mid-2006, Office Space had sold nearly six million video and DVD copies.[2]
He also provided the voice for Kenny in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.
Since Fall 2003, Judge has run a very successful animation festival, together with animator Don Hertzfeldt, called "The Animation Show". "The Animation Show" tours the country every year, screening animated shorts from mostly independent animators.
Judge's most recent film, Idiocracy, a dystopian comedy starring Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph, was dumped in limited release in September 2006, two years after being shelved by 20th Century Fox. It was billed by some theaters as Untitled Mike Judge Comedy. The film was released without a trailer or substantial marketing campaign. [3] In the US, the film was released to DVD in January 2007 and premium TV (Cinemax) in September 2007.
Judge has made cameo appearances in numerous films, including Jackass: Number Two, in which he can be seen during the end credits.
Filmography
- Jackass: Number Two (cameo) (2006)
- Idiocracy (director, writer, story, producer) (2006)
- Spy Kids 3D: Game Over (played 'Donnagon Giggles') (2003)
- Frasier (played 'Sexual harassment facilitator') (2003)
- Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (played 'Donnagon Giggles') (2002)
- Spy Kids (played 'Donnagon/Donnamight') (2001)
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (played 'Un-Muffled Kenny') (1999)
- Office Space (director, writer, actor) (1999)
- King of the Hill (creator, actor, executive producer) (1997 - present)
- Beavis and Butt-head Do America (director, writer, actor) (1996)
- Beavis and Butt-head (creator, director, writer, actor, executive producer, character designer, creative consultant, creative supervisor, musical theme) (1993 - 1997)
- Frog Baseball (director, writer, producer, animator) (1992)
- Office Space (Milton/SNL shorts) (director, actor, producer, animator, music) (1991)
External links
References
- ^ He had an impact, heh heh San Diego Union-Tribune. George Varga . January 6, 2006. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
- ^ Fox the day after tomorrow. Fortune Online. Marc Gunther. May 29, 2006. Retrieved 2007-10-23.
- ^ Stupid Fox. Guardian UK. John Patterson. September 8, 2006. Retrieved 2006-11-25.