# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-michael-higgins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:52:41.062Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-michael-higgins"
name: "John Michael Higgins"
slug: "john-michael-higgins"
description: "John Michael Higgins is an American actor, comedian and game show host whose film credits include Christopher Guest's mockumentaries, the role of David Letterman in HBO's The Late Shift, and a starring role in the American version of Kath & Kim. He portrayed Peter Lovett in the TV Land original sitcom Happily Divorced and provided the voice of Iknik Blackstone Varrick in The Legend of Korra and Mini-Max in Big Hero 6: The Series. He also starred in the NBC sitcom Great News as Chuck Pierce for two seasons. From 2018-2022, and 2026-present he hosted the game show America Says, which earned him a 2019 Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Game Show Host. Higgins attended Amherst College, graduating in 1985, and was a member of the a cappella group the Zumbyes. From 2023 to 2024, he hosted a new version of the game show Split Second on Game Show Network."
tagline: "American actor and comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Michael_Higgins_2018_(275563741).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1963-02-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  momentum:             0.6540550869434663
  historical:           23.07171066666667
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump