1. Benjamin Joseph Schwartz was born on September 15,1981 and is an American actor and comedian.
22 Facts About Ben Schwartz
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Ben Schwartz is best known for his recurring role as Jean-Ralphio Saperstein on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, his starring role as Clyde Oberholt on the Showtime series House of Lies, and his voice roles as Randy Cunningham in Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, Dewey Duck in DuckTales, Leonardo in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Sonic the Hedgehog in the eponymous film series and its spin-off miniseries Knuckles.
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Ben Schwartz appeared many times in the CollegeHumor web series Jake and Amir.
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Ben Schwartz voiced in the Netflix interactive special We Lost Our Human as Pud.
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Benjamin Joseph Schwartz was born on September 15,1981, in The Bronx, New York City, to a Jewish family.
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Ben Schwartz then attended Union College, graduating in 2003 with a double major in psychology and anthropology.
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On television, Ben Schwartz guest-starred as Jean-Ralphio Saperstein on NBC's Parks and Recreation and was a lead in the Showtime show House of Lies.
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In 2010, Ben Schwartz played series regular Bill Hoyt on JJ Abrams' one-hour spy drama Undercovers for NBC.
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Schwartz had his own segment on HBO's Funny or Die Presents called Terrible Decisions with Ben Schwartz and has appeared in multiple CollegeHumor sketches including the popular web series Jake and Amir.
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Ben Schwartz has been nominated for four Emmys and won the 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for coauthoring Hugh Jackman's opening number for the 81st Academy Awards.
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Ben Schwartz voiced Randy Cunningham, a 14-year-old freshman student and ninja protecting his hometown Norrisville from forces of evil in Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja.
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Ben Schwartz was a staff writer for the third season of Adult Swim's Robot Chicken and served as a freelance writer for the Weekend Update segment of Saturday Night Live as well as the monologues for the Late Show with David Letterman.
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Ben Schwartz is an alumnus of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
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Ben Schwartz was a member of the improv group "Hot Sauce" with Adam Pally and Gil Ozeri.
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Ben Schwartz played a cameo role as a Stormtrooper in the film.
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Ben Schwartz has appeared on episodes of comedy podcasts If I Were You, ID1OT, You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes, and Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend.
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In 2017, Ben Schwartz began voicing Dewey Duck in the Disney XD revival of DuckTales.
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Ben Schwartz provided the voice of Leonardo in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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On September 26,2019, it was announced that Schwartz was cast as F Tony Scarapiducci in the Netflix comedy series Space Force.
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Ben Schwartz co-starred alongside Billy Crystal in the movie Standing Up, Falling Down, initially released on April 25,2019.
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In 2022, Ben Schwartz was in the main cast of the first season of the Apple TV+ mystery comedy series The Afterparty, reprising his role in a guest capacity in the series' 2023 second season.
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In January 2023, Ben Schwartz guest voiced a character, TAY-0, a droid who participates in races for Cid, on Star Wars: The Bad Batch.