Hugh Davidson is an American actor, writer, and producer, best known for his work on the

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television series ''

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''.

Career

Davidson made his motion picture debut in the 2001 film ''Pledge of Innocence.'' He later guest starred on television shows such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' and as himself in the '' Mike Tyson Mysteries'' episode "Unsolved Situations", which he also produces. In 2006, Davidson went to work as a voice actor and writer for ''

,'' for which he won a

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in 2010. He also worked as a voice actor and writer for the Adult Swim show '' Saul of the Mole Men''. He wrote three episodes of the series, and starred as the voice of Bertrum Burrows. In 2008, Davidson starred as

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in the Adult Swim special '' Young Person's Guide to History''. He also voiced characters on the TV show '' Mad'' as a series regular and one of the principal cast members. Davidson is an alumnus of The Groundlings, an improvisational and sketch comedy troupe based in

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. Davidson was a writer and story editor for ''

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'' and a producer for '' Mike Tyson Mysteries''. Davidson produced the short-lived

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series, '' Nobodies''. Davidson, along with Larry Dorf and Rachel Ramras, executive produced, wrote and starred in the series.

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and

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also starred in the project. Mike McDonald is the showrunner. More recently, he signed an overall deal with

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. In 2022 he co-created the Netflix dark comedy parody series '' The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window''.

Filmography

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