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Jim was born in Canton, Ohio to James and Iantha
Nieb. A born performer he has worked steadily since 1991 as
an actor, comedian, impersonator and variety performer and
is a proud member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
and AFTRA. Over the years he's done just
about everything from film, television and national commercials
to Shakespeare in the park and eating fire at renaissance
festivals. Jim has been performing and teaching improvisation
since high school and was a long time member of the improv
comedy troupe ComedySportz in Washington, DC.
Currently living and working out of Los Angeles, Jim travels
extensively performing around the USA and world. He can be
seen performing sketch, improvisation and stand up comedy
around the Los Angeles area. In 2006 he was honored to have
had a chance to perform for the USO at various bases in Bosnia
and Kosovo. In December 2006 Jim appeared as George W Bush
on Japanese television for a huge end of year celebration.
2007 was a busy year for Jim. Here are a few highlights!
He had three national commercials (1 for Toyota, 2 for The
Home Depot). In November he shot a scene in the feature film
Changeling/The
Exchange (they are deciding on the name) directed by Clint
Eastwood and starring Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich. Jim
also co-starred on the TBS sitcom “The
Bill Engvall Show” and had a supporting role in
the independent feature "The
Ones". He also shot a few days as Sal in "Star
Trek" directed by J.J. Abrams
In
addition he made several apearances as George W Bush on film
and television in 2007: A cameo in the feature film "Meet
The Spartans" from the makers of “Epic Movie”,
the semi-finals of ABC’s “Next
Best Thing” show and a guest star role on "12
Miles of Bad Road" from Executive Producer Linda
Bloodworth-Thomason. You can also see Jim in a special Presidential
address at Jerry Zuckers comedy site NationalBanana.com.
Jim continues his acting training at the well respected Playhouse
West Theatre and School in North Hollywood, CA, which was
co-founded by Robert Carnegie and Jeff Goldblum.
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