Background
Rash was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he attended Charlotte Latin School.
Rash was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he attended Charlotte Latin School.
He later attended University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha.
He is known for playing Dean Craig Pelton on the National Broadcasting Company/Yahoo! sitcom Community. After graduating, he spent a post-graduate year at the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Rash played Mr. Grayson / Stitches, a sidekick to the supervillain Royal Pain, in the 2005 film Sky High.
He played Fenton on That "70s Show and Andrew (the "whore house guy") on Reno 911!.
Since 2009, Rash has starred on Community as Craig Pelton, the dean of the community college in which the show takes place. The show did not take official
Rash and Faxon wrote the screenplay for The Descendants, based on the novel of the same name by Kaui Hart Hemmings. The script appeared on the 2008 edition of the Black List, which lists the most popular unproduced scripts in Hollywood at that time.
The film was produced in Hawaii and starred George Clooney.
lieutenant was released on November 18, 2011 to critical acclaim. Rash and Faxon co-wrote and directed the film The Way Way Back, which received a standing ovation at its premiere at the 2013 Sundance Festival. Parts of the film are based on Rash"s teenage life.
Rash is a member of the Los Angeles-based improvisational and sketch comedy troupe The Groundlings.