Jim Meskimen – The Big Door Prize

Jim Meskimen is an actor, impressionist, voice-artist and improvisational comedian best known for his work on WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and IMPRESS ME. Currently playing Colonel Sanders in the popular KFC commercials, as well as President George Washington crossing the Delaware Turnpike for Geiko (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpi0cMQEBbA), which led his mother, Marion Ross (Mrs C/Happy Days) to claim that she is now the mother of the father of our country.

Now, with his own star on the rise, Jim has appeared in films such as FROST/NIXON, APOLLO 13 and THE PAPER, recently adding series such as Amazon's HUNTERS (With Al Pacino, Carol Kane & Saul Rubinek), the Starz networks GASLIT (opposite Sean Penn and Julia Roberts / Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQQSrbSw9M0), and Apple TV's THE BIG DOOR PRIZE, by the creators of Schitts Creek.

Jim Meskimen, whose work is already well-known to TV and film audiences. He appeared on the British series Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1988) several times, and was a recurring character on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990) for two seasons. He has worked with director Ron Howard on five of his films, including The Paper (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), Edtv (1999), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) and Frost/Nixon (2008). He has also worked in two films by director Paul Thomas Anderson. A professional artist, Jim exhibits and sells his realist oil paintings. As a designer/cartoonist, he created dozens of characters, weapons and vehicles for the original "Thundercats" animated series. Jim continues to dazzle audiences with his improvisational skills and appears regularly on L.A. stages.

Last year, Jim helped create laughter during lockdown, when he joined a stellar cast including Barry Bostwick, Renee Taylor, John Schneider, Lynda Purl, Don Most, Susan Ruttan, Fred Melamed, Jane Kaczmarek, Robert Wuhl and Audrey Landers, to name a few in the virtual hit series VIRAL VIGNETTES ( Vignettes Trailer: https://vimeo.com/662792409 ), now featured in festivals across the country. Jim is now headed to Atlanta to start work on a new series from the creator of Schitts Creek, in a recurring role on THE BIG DOOR PRIZE.