Jim Fyfe


James "Jim" Fyfe is an American teacher, public speaking coach, and a former actor, writer theatre director, and acting coach from Haddon Township NJ. Beginning in 2003, he worked at Rockland Country Day School in Congers, New York. He started as a history teacher before becoming the school's Admissions Director, later its Assistant Headmaster, Upper Division Head, and then the school's Operations Administrator while continuing to teach History. In 2015, he began working alongside comedic television host Stephen Colbert, as a producer on the CBS program The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Since 2017 he has taught at EF International Academy and Homestead CCHS in Hurleyville, NY. As an actor, Fyfe was known for appearing on Broadway, TV and film, most notably on Dark Shadows, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The X-Files, Law and Order, and in Peter Jackson's film, The Frighteners. Former children may know him from HBO's Encyclopedia, and as the co-host from 1988-89 on The Dr. Fad Show, starring Ken Hakuta.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988Tanner '88Emile Berkoff10 episodes
1988EncyclopediaVariousUnknown episodes
1988-89The Dr. Fad ShowHimselfCo-Host
1991Dark ShadowsWillie Loomis/Ben Loomis12 episodes
1991A Kiss Before DyingTerry Dieter
1993Tracey Ullman Takes on New YorkDrug DealerTV special
1993The ProgramNichols
1995Something WilderScott ZacharyEpisode: "No Kids Allowed"
1996Power 98Roger Zalman
1996The FrightenersStuart
1997Tracey Takes On...Businessman #1Episode: "Food"
1997The Real BlondeRoy
1998Tracey Takes On...A.D.Episode: "Hollywood"
1998Team Knight RiderDennisEpisode: "Et Tu Dante?"
1998Smart GuyMark BreslinEpisode: "Strangers on the Net"
1998Walking to the WaterlineAnthony, the B&B Clerk
1999Kill the ManGuy
1999-2002The X-FilesJimmy the Geek/Kimmy the Geek / Kimmy Belmont2 episodes: "Three of a Kind" and "Jump the Shark"
2002Law & Order: Criminal IntentBillEpisode: "Tuxedo Hill"
2004Phantom ForceIvan CutlerTV movie
2004Tanner on TannerEmile Berkoff2 episodes
2004Red Dead RevolverEarl Weatherby, Fitch, Verne WigginsVideogame
2006Full Grown MenNight Manager

''Buy Me That! A Kids' Survival Guide to TV Advertising'' and ''Buy Me That Too''

In the late 80s, Fyfe starred as himself in the Buy Me That! series. The specials teach children about the ways commercials can be manipulative, for example making products appear better in commercials than they are in real life, or by using product placement.