Jim Turner

For 7 seasons, Jim Turner co-starred in HBO's comedy series Arli$$ (1996) as lovable lout, "Kirby Carlisle". Playing an ex-football-star-turned-agent and an old buddy of sports agent "Arliss Michaels" (Robert Wuhl), Jim Turner, boyishly blond behind "Clark Kent" glasses, is at once ubiquitous and indefinable. Interestingly enough, the show was canceled after the 3rd season but a public-viewer-demand campaign had it renewed. In 22 Feature Films and shorts, 28 TV Series and appearances, and 18 stage plays, one-man-shows and comedy tours, Turner has the odd distinction of creating the weirdest group of cult favorites imaginable, from pinheads to "Pinocchio". Working with talents like Joel Schumacher, Robert Wuhl, Jack Black, Paul Bartel and Tracey Ullman, if there's a likable loser or a crazy kook, Jim Turner has played it. He even voiced a foot in Philip Holahan's animated short film, "Stubble Trouble" (winner Honorable Mention, Sundance, 1999; winner Best Comedy, Hollywood Film Festiva