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Thomas Haden Church (b. 1960) plays Ursula's unworthy fiancee, Lyle Van de Groot, in the 1997 film George of the Jungle, which included animatronic effects by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
Church first became well-known as Lowell on the early 1990s sitcom Wings, and subsequently starred in the sitcom Ned and Stacey. In film, Church played Jack in Sideways (for which he received an Academy Award nomination), and the Sandman in Spider-Man 3. Church made his directorial debut in 2003 with Rolling Kansas.
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