Hayes MacArthur’s screen career, from Angie Tribeca to The Runarounds

By Celeb Pages · Updated November 1, 2026

Hayes MacArthur is an actor whose screen credits span sitcoms, studio comedies and drama. If you recognize him as Rashida Jones’s detective partner in Angie Tribeca, the character is Jay Geils—the role identified in TBS’s cast announcement.

His career also includes Perfect Couples, Life as We Know It, Merry Happy Whatever and The Runarounds. Here are selected credits and the characters that help place the face; this is not a complete filmography.

Television roles

Perfect Couples: Rex

MacArthur played Rex, opposite Olivia Munn as Rex’s wife, Leigh, in NBC’s relationship comedy Perfect Couples. The series followed three couples with different approaches to staying together. Rex and Leigh considered themselves relationship experts, having attended classes and seminars on the subject. NBC’s 2010 series description, preserved by The Futon Critic, confirms both the role and the pairing.

Angie Tribeca: Jay Geils

In Angie Tribeca, MacArthur’s Jay Geils was the partner of Jones’s lone-wolf LAPD detective. The comedy came from Nancy and Steve Carell. TBS’s April 2016 announcement confirms MacArthur’s return for the second season and notes that the series launched that January. It is a useful starting point if you want to see him in a central television-comedy role.

Merry Happy Whatever: Sean

MacArthur played Sean, the Quinn family’s only son, in the holiday sitcom Merry Happy Whatever. Deadline’s casting report describes him as a working-class family man. Netflix’s official listing confirms MacArthur in the cast and identifies the show as a 2019, eight-episode series starring Dennis Quaid.

The Runarounds: a later ensemble credit

MacArthur is also in The Runarounds, the 2025 series about recent high-school graduates forming a rock band. Amazon MGM Studios’ official credits list him in the ensemble; Prime Video’s season listing confirms the year. The studio’s cast list does not identify his character.

Selected movie credits

The film credits below reach back to 2007 and include both comedy and drama.

Film	Year	MacArthur’s role	Credit source
The Game Plan	2007	Kyle Cooper	Disney’s D23 reference
Life as We Know It	2010	Peter Novak	Apple TV cast listing
A Haunted House 2	2014	Ned	Fandango filmography
Super Troopers 2	2018	Mountie Podien	Fandango filmography
The Way Back	2020	Eric	Apple TV cast listing

For a film starting point, choose The Game Plan for the Dwayne Johnson football-and-family comedy, or The Way Back for the Ben Affleck basketball drama. MacArthur appears in both, but neither is a MacArthur-led vehicle. The character names above help distinguish his parts from those of the films’ leads.