higgins received his big break when cast in 1994 as outspoken barista joe in the sitcom "ellen". he is perhaps most well recognized for his roles as craig feldspar in "malcolm in the middle" and mr. bitters in "big time rush". he also guest starred on nickelodeon's "true jackson, vp" as dave. he appeared in 3 episodes as minor character stan in "". he began recurring as harry in season two of the cbs series "mike & molly", and was then upgraded to a series regular in season three.