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Vice Principals Cast: Meet the Hilarious Ensemble of Characters

Danny Mc Bride as Neal Gamby

1976 saw Danny Mcbride born in Statesboro, Georgia. When his low-budget indie comedy *The Foot Fist Way* was acquired by Gary Sanchez Productions run by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, he had his major break. McBride acted and co-wrote the movie as taekwondo teacher Fred Simmons.

McBride became even more well-known playing Red in *Pineapple Express*, Cody Underwood in *Tropic Thunder*, and Rico Brown in *Hot Rod*. Among McBride's most eccentric characters, washed-up Major League pitcher Kenny Powers is in the HBO comedies *Eastbound & Down* and *The Righteous Gemstones*. McBride also portrayed Tennessee in *Alien: Covenant* and a distorted self in *This is the End*.

Walton Goggins portrayed Lee Russell

1971 saw Walton Goggins born in Birmingham, Alabama. He first came out in the police corruption series *The Shield* of FX as Detective Shane Vendrell. This resulted in a more prominent part as the primary villain in FX's neo-western drama *Justified*. Boyd Crowder

Other TV roles for Goggins are that of The Ghoul in *Fallout* and the voice of GDA director Cecil Stedman in *Invincible*. Among his cinematic roles are Stans in *Predators*, Chris Mannix in *The Hateful Eight*, and Sonny Burch in *Ant-Man and the Wasp*. His efforts on *Justified* received an Emmy nomination.

Dr. Belinda Brown was Kimberly Hébert Gregory.

1972 saw the birth of Kimberly Hébert Gregory in Houston, Texas. Her part in *Vice Principals* helped her to have a breakthrough. She was mostly known before to that as a theater actress.

Gregory played recurring parts as Veronica Hopkins in *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* and Kyra Hay in *Better Call Saul* elsewhere on TV. Gregory has acted in films as Tasha White in *Miss Virginia* and Nurse Barbara in the coming-of- age romance *Five Feet Apart*. Gregory had co-starred with McBride in the comic thriller *Arizona*, in a minor capacity as a debt collector.

King from Georgia as Amanda Snodgrass

1986 saw Georgia King born in Edinburgh, Scotland. She first broke big in the 2006 TV adaption of *Jane Eyre* playing Rosamond Oliver. She then starred in the sitcom *The New Normal* as surrogate mother Goldie Clemmons.

King has been in films like Juliet in *St. Trinary's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold*, Lady Teazle in *The Duchess*, and Harriet in *Wild Child*. She also cost Emma in the infamous box office failure *Cockneys vs Zombies*. Her other TV credits are Jess in *Vicious*, Lianne in *Devs*, and Petra Aberdeen in *Star Trek: Lower Decks*.

Edi Patterson as Jen Abbott

1974 saw Edi Patterson born in Texas City, Texas. She originally broke out in 2014 in the Kelsey Grammer/Martin Lawrence sitcom *Partners* as Veronica. After just one season, the show was shelved.

Among Patterson's film credits are Fran in *Knives Out*, Miss Aimee in *Troop Zero*, and Shirl Clarts in *Between Two Ferns: The Movie*. She played Katherine Harbor in the Netflix thriller *The Guilty*. She also appeared in the *Knuckles* spin-off series as Wanda Whipple.

Gale Liptrapp's busy Philipps

1979 saw Busy Philipps born in Oak Park, Illinois. She originally broke out in the brief but highly praised drama series *Freaks and Geeks*, as Kim Kelly. Among several future stars such Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Linda Cardellini, Martin Starr, and James Franco, the *Freaks and Geeks* cast notably launched their careers.

Philipps has starred in several well-known TV shows including Audrey Liddell in *Dawson's Creek*, Kacy Corbin in *Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles*, Laurie Keller in *Cougar Town*, and Summer Dutkowicz in *Girls5eva*. She has as Mrs. George in the musical retelling of *Mean Girls*, Duffy in *The Gift*, and Jane in *I Feel Pretty*. She also put on her own E! network discussion show, *Busy Tonight*.

Shea Wh Brigham as Ray Liptrapp

1969 saw Shea Whigham born in Tallahassee, Florida. His initial shot to prominence was as Eli Thompson in the HBO criminal drama *Boardwalk Empire*. Later he portrayed Moe Dammick in *Fargo* season 3 and Joel Theriot in *True Detective* season 1.

Whigham appeared as Agent Michael Stasiak in *Fast & Furious*, *Fast & Furious 6*, and *F9*. He portrayed George, the father of Gwen Stacy in *Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse* and acted as Jasper Briggs in *Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One*. Other movie roles he played were Captain Ted Beecham in *The Wolf of Wall Street*, Gus Grissom in *First Man*, and Carl Elway in *American Hustle*.

Vice Principals Supporting Cast and Characters

Mike O'Gorman plays North Jackson's history teacher Bill Hayden, who is Gamby's opponent for Snodgrass's devotion. O'Gorman most famously as Luther Tenet in the TV version of *True Lies* and Jacob Brianson in * Ted Lasso*.

Sheaun McKinney plays Dayshawn, the cafeteria employee that Gamby often confides in. McKinney has landed other TV roles including Wayne in *Great News*, Karvel in *Snowfall*, and Malcolm Butler in *The Neighborhood*.

Ashley Spillers plays North Jackson's secretary Janice Swift, who is based on In *Last Vegas*, Spillers portrayed Elizabeth; in *Two Step*, Amy; and in the Netflix comedy *Father of the Year*.

Susan Park is Christine Russell, the wife of Lee. Park also starred Judy Kim in ' Always Be My Maybe*, Dr. Sally Hong in *Life in Pieces*, Connie Chen in *Fresh Off the Boat*, and Linda Park in *Fargo* season 1.

Played by June Kyoto Lu is Lee's demanding mother-in--law, Mi Cha. She earlier starred Mrs. Choi in *Lady in the Water* and White Tiger in *Big Trouble in Little China*.

James M. Connor is portraying Martin Seychelles, the drama instructor at North Jackson High. Connor also acted as a Subway representative in *Community* and Deputy Commissioner Podolski in *Brooklyn Nine-Nine*.

Robin Bartlett stars as North Jackson's stuck-up English instructor Octavia LeBlanc. Playing Tina Schildkraut in *The Fabelmans*, Bridget Kearns in *Shutter Island*, and Debbie Buchman in *Mad About You*, Bartlett is well-known.

As Nash, the new principal hired in season 2, Dale Dickey plays Dickey also acted Beverly in the TV reboot of *A League of Their Own* and Rose Marie in the Netflix drama *Unbelievable*.

Brian Tyree Henry stars Dascious Brown, the estranged spouse of Dr. Brown. Henry is best known for playing Paper Boi in *Atlanta*, Phastos in Marvel Studios’ *Eternals*, and Bernie Hayes in the *MonsterVerse*.

Fisher Stevens as Brian Biehn: Fisher Stevens appears in *Vice Principals* season 2 as Brian Biehn, a successful novelist who begins dating Amanda after she breaks up with Neal. Stevens most famously plays Ben in the *Short Circuit* films. Additionally he portrayed Hugo Baker in *Succession* and Gabriel Kovac in *The Good Fight*.

An HBO original television series, Vice Principals, is a dark comedy that follows Danny McBride as Neal Gamby, a short-tempered vice principal hated by the entirety of North Jackson High School. Seeking to take over when his current boss steps down, he has to partner with co-vice principal Lee Russel when both of them are skipped over for the promotion. The two work to ruin her reputation while failing miserably as an outsider sits in the chair.

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