Jimmy Shaw

Jimmy Shaw is an American actor of film television and theatre He was born in Los Angeles and raised in Northern coastal Massachusetts He went to New York on a journalism scholarship to The School of Visual Arts It was there that a classmate asked him if hed be interested in being his scene partner for an audition for Uta Hagens class at HB Studios The scene was Lyle Kesslers Orphans and Jimmy had no lines When the call came from Ms Hagens class that Jimmy was accepted he was sure there had been a mistake as he had only been helping a friend but was later assured that indeed he had been accepted on his ability to listen and be present From that very first class he knew he was in his element and there was no looking back He then went on to study under the aegis of Warren Robertson Wynn Handman Stephen Strimpell Michael Shurtleff and Alan Miller among others Mr Shaws legitimate New York theatrical debut was in Charles Buschs hit Off Broadway comedy The Lady In Question as Karel the brainwashed Hitler youth at The Orpheum Theatre In television he appeared in smaller roles in such series as Major Dad Beverly Hills 90210 Sisters and Will and Grace In 2001 he went to Spain to study Spanish for three months and was offered a job as an English teacher and stayed He leaped to international popularity within the Spanish speaking world as Matthew on Spains prime time hit comedy series La Que Se Avecina where he had a recurring role for three seasons He was Peter Fox in the internationally acclaimed Spanish miniseries El Tiempo Entre Costuras Netflix and turned his reputation in Spain as a standout comedy performer on its head with a nuanced dramatic performance He has gone on to work in numerous Spanish prime time series and films and balances a career between Madrid and Los Angeles He recently returned for his second season to the hit prime time dramatic series El Ministerio del Tiempo Netflix in a recurring role as Paul Walcott and will appear in Goya winner Alberto Rodriguezs next feature El Hombre de las Mil Caras alongside Eduard Fernandez and Jose Coronado as well as in Doug Spearmans From Zero To I Love You and Miguel Angel Jimenezs The Night Watchman In 2008 Jimmy received rave reviews for his solo performance as Christopher in James Carrol Picketts one character play Dream Man at Los Angeles California USA The Skylight Theatre in Los Angeles directed by Michael Kearns He also starred in the Dublin Edinburgh and Madrid productions of the same play