Rawson Marshall Thurber

Rawson Marshall Thurber (born February 9, 1975) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for writing and directing the 2004 comedy film Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.

Early life Thurber was born in San Francisco, California. He is the son of attorney Marshall Thurber.

He is a 1997 graduate of Union College (Schenectady, New York), where he was a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity and played wide receiver on the football team for two years. He is also a graduate of the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC.

Career Thurber worked as an assistant to screenwriter John August, beginning with the television show D.C. In 2002, he wrote and directed the original Terry Tate: Office Linebacker commercials for Reebok.

In 2004, he wrote and directed the critically and commercially successful sports comedy film Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.

He wrote and directed the film adaptation of Michael Chabon's novel The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, released in 2008.

He directed the 2013 We're the Millers, starring Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston. In June 2014, he was rumored to replace Edgar Wright to direct Marvel's Ant-Man, but later turned the job down.

He wrote and directed 2016's action-comedy Central Intelligence with Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart.

Thurber wrote and directed the 2018 action film Skyscraper from Legendary Pictures, reteaming with Dwayne Johnson and released by Universal. He next wrote and directed Legendary's $150 million budget action comedy Red Notice (2021), starring Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot and Johnson. It is the third time he has collaborated with the latter. The project was released by Netflix.

In 2021, Ubisoft announced Thurber would direct the film adaptation of its game series The Division, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain. The film will be released on Netflix.

In 2022, eOne announced that Thurber will be writing and producing the pilot for upcoming TV series Dungeons & Dragons. He also signed on to direct a live-action film based on the Voltron franchise.

In 2023 and 2024, he was planning to do a Dodgeball sequel. He also hired Clay Tarver to write the film's screenplay. Ten years on from that development, Jordan VanDina will now write the movie's script.

Filmography Film Short film Year Title Director Writer 2000 Terry Tate: Office Linebacker 2008 Manchild 2017 Play Dodgeball with Ben Stiller

Feature film Year Title Director Writer Producer 2004 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 2008 The Mysteries of Pittsburgh 2013 We're the Millers 2016 Central Intelligence 2018 Skyscraper 2021 Red Notice 2027 Voltron

Acting credits Year Title Role 2004 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Obnoxious Las Vegas Homophobe 2007 The Nines Game Night Guest 2010 Easy A Quiznos Guy 2013 We're the Millers The Ultimate Border Guard 2015 The Wedding Ringer Cop 2016 Central Intelligence Handsome Pants-Catcher 2022 Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers Voltron Vendor

Television Year Title Director Writer ExecutiveProducer Creator Notes 2006 The Loop Episode "Trouble In The Saddle" 2015 Marry Me Episode "Date Me" 2017–2019 Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television Directed 4 episodes