Hayes MacArthur Biography

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

Early life

MacArthur was born in Chicago, Illinois, to father Bruce MacArthur and mother Shelley MacArthur Farley. His stepfather is William F. Farley.

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 fiance 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 upcoming television series Perfect Couples. The half-hour romantic comedy premiered in the second half of the 2010-2011 TV season. 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, the actress Helen Hayes, who was married to Charles MacArthur, his grandfather Alexander MacArthur's brother.

MacArthur became engaged to Heroes actress Ali Larter, his girlfriend of three years, in December 2007. On August 1, 2009, MacArthur married Larter in a small ceremony at his parents' estate in Kennebunk, Maine. On July 20, 2010, it was announced that the couple were expecting their first child. Ali and Hayes welcomed a son, Theodore, in December 2010. Daughter Vivienne Margaret was born January 15, 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

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	The King of Queens	Ed	1 episode
	Medium	Randy Pilgrim
2006	Thick and Thin	Greg
2007	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Doorman
2007, 2009	How I Met Your Mother	Curt 'Ironman' Irons	2 episodes
2008	My Boys	Spike Upton	1 episode
	Entourage	Levinson
	Pushing Daisies	Buddy Amicus
2008-09	Worst Week	Chad	5 episodes
2010-11	Perfect Couples	Rex	Series regular, 13 episodes
2011	Happy Endings	Steven	1episode
2012	Suburgatory	Walter
	Whitney	Lance	2 episodes
2012-13	Go On	Wyatt	Series regular
2014	The Rebels	Rick Massella	1 episode
2016-present	Angie Tribeca	Jay Geils	Series regular