Jeff Blim

The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals- Music/Lyrics/Mr Davidson/Sam Sweetly/General MacNamara
Black Friday- Music/Lyrics/Papa Sniggle/Man in a Hurry/General MacNamara/Mr Davidson
Nightmare Time- Chumby/Papa Sniggle/Mr Davidson/Tinky/Executive Andrew Kilgore
Nightmare Time 2- Barry Swift/Skud/Sam Sweetly/Trent Monroe/Gabe
Nerdy Prudes Must Die- Music/Lyrics

### Other Roles

The Wedding Singer at The Gateway Playhouse- Impersonator/Understudy Sammy
Footloose 10th Anniversary National Tour- Chuck Cranston
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change at the Palace Theatre- Cast
Native Son at Court Theatre Chicago- Jan/Ensemble
The Power of Prom at Annoyance Productions- Cast
Let it Bleed- Pete
The Handout State- David France
OMG- Houston
World's Worst Musical- Cast Member #1/The Conspiracist
The Denim Warrior- The Denim Menace
Chicago Med- Jerry
APB- Carter Knoll
Veep- Stage Manager
Mondo Hollywoodland- Xander Hischier
S.W.A.T.- Emerson
9-1-1- Chef Maurice Malone
Royalties- Polly Amorous Band Member
Rent at the Cupcake Theater - Roger Davis

**Jeff Blim** (born May 12, 1984) is an American actor, singer, writer, composer, lyricist, and performer best known for his work with American musical theatre company Team StarKid. He is due to make his Pulp Musicals debut in The Ghosts of Antikythera

## Early Life and Education

Jeff was born in Mt. Prospect, Illinois and grew up in the surrounding Chicago area. In second grade, he began learning how to play the trumpet as well as participating in show choir. He got into writing and composing songs for musical theatre during a 24 Hour Theatre event, where he put on an early production of what would become The Trail to Oregon! Jeff went on to dual-major in both jazz studies and theatre performance at the University of Michigan, from which he graduated in 2007. While at the University of Michigan, Jeff met Nick Lang when Nick came to see The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged, a show that Jeff performed in alongside Lauren Lopez.

## Work

Jeff made his professional theatre debut as Impersonator and the Understudy for Sammy in the Wedding Singer at The Gateway Playhouse in Bellport, NY and later went on to appear as Chuck Cranston in the Footloose 10th Anniversary National Tour. Jeff also featured as Jan and the Ensemble in the world premiere of Native Son at Court Theatre, American Blues Theater in Chicago as well as appearing in world premiere of The Power of Prom alongside Lauren Lopez and Jon Matteson at The Annoyance Theatre & Bar in Chicago. Additionally, Jeff has performed in several shows at the Boomstick Theatre, such as *Our Father Who Art In Cleveland,* and, alongside StarKid bassist Josh Fleury, *Emerge* (a recurring cabaret show).

Jeff has also featured in a number of short films such as appearing as Pete in Let It Bleed, David France in The Handout Saint, Houston in OMG, The Denim Menace in The Denim Warrior. Jeff has also featured in a number of TV series such as featuring as Jerry Wurtz in Chicago Med, Carter Knoll in APB, Stage Manager in Veep, Emerson in S.W.A.T. and Chef Maurice Malone in 9-1-1. Jeff also featured in the film Mondo Hollywoodland as Xander Hischier. Jeff also appeared as the Polly Amorous and the Unicorn Guild Band Member, Jonah, in the TV show Royalties, written by Nick and Matt Lang and created by Darren Criss.

He worked on the *Jim and the Povolos* album *Seems Right,* and performed and toured with them in 2013, as well as lending his trumpet, piano, and saxophone playing. He also provided lead vocals for their song *Committed.*

Jeff Blim co-hosts a podcast series with Jon Matteson called Rim Tim Timmy's Fun Time Hour, wherein he plays the eponymous Rim Tim Timmy. He also has several unreleased projects, such as his original musical *Flesh*, and *My Pet Brother,* a short film he made with Jon.

He started offering online classes on Artists & Beyond (now Broadway Plus) in September 2020, focusing on acting, musical arrangement, songwriting, vocal styling & technique, and self-taping.

## StarKid

Jeff made his StarKid debut as Sweet Tooth in Holy Musical B@man! and has since gone on to feature in five other StarKid shows: A Very Potter Senior Year, Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier, The Trail to Oregon!, The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals and Black Friday. He also appeared as a voiceover in Nerdy Prudes Must Die.

Jeff has also acted as part of the creative team for a number of StarKid shows. He features as the writer and composer for The Trail to Oregon! as well as writing the music and lyrics for all installments in the Hatchetfield Series.

Jeff has also featured in the web series Nightmare Time and it's second season Nightmare Time 2. He also featured in the concerts A Very Starkid Reunion and Starkid Homecoming as well as appearing in the sketch show 1Night 2Last 3EVER, for which he also acted as a writer. He also featured in the StarKid summer season show Sex a.k.a. Wieners and Boobs.

## Pulp Musicals

Jeff is due to make his Pulp Musicals debut in The Ghosts of Antikythera.

## Personal Life

Jeff currently resides in Los Angeles. He can play the alto saxophone, piano and trumpet. He also enjoys golf and is a big fan of baseball.