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Benjamin

American actor and comedian

Date of Birth: 15 September 1981
Age: 45 years old
In the rating: #272 Actor

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Benjamin Schwartz is an American actor and comedian. He has guest starred as Jean-Ralphio Saperstein on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation and Clyde Oberholt on the Showtime series House of Lies; voiced Randy Cunningham in Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, Dewey Duck in DuckTales, and Leonardo in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; and appeared many times in the CollegeHumor web series Jake and Amir.

Schwartz voices the title character in Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022). His film career also includes roles in Peep World; Everybody's Fine; The Other Guys; The Walk; This Is Where I Leave You; Standing Up, Falling Down; and Flora & Ulysses. On television, he has starred in the Netflix comedy series Space Force (2020–2022) and the Apple TV+ crime comedy series The Afterparty in 2022. He also voiced in the Netflix interactive special We Lost Our Human as Pud.

Career

On television, Schwartz guest-starred as Jean-Ralphio Saperstein on NBC's Parks and Recreation and was a lead in the Showtime show House of Lies. In 2010, Schwartz played series regular Bill Hoyt on J. J. Abrams' one-hour spy drama Undercovers for NBC.

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.

Schwartz has been nominated for three 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.

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.

In September 2013, he was hired by Paramount Pictures to re-make the 1991 comedy Soapdish, retitled El Fuego Caliente and reworking the original's American soap opera into a Latin telenovela, with producers Rob Reiner and Alan Greisman and he sold an original pitch to Universal Studios based on an idea by Brian Grazer with Imagine Entertainment attached to produce. He 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.

Schwartz is an alumnus of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (UCBT). He was a member of the improv group "Hot Sauce" with Adam Pally and Gil Ozeri. The group performed their long-form improv show "Something Fresh" at UCBT every month.

He and Bill Hader served as vocal consultants for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Schwartz also played a cameo role as a Stormtrooper in the film.

Since 2014 Schwartz has appeared in episodes of the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast as the only guest in "Solo Bolo" (2014), "Solo Bolo Dos Lo" (2015), "Solo Bolo Trolo" (2016), "Solo Bolo Cuatrolo" (2016), "Solo Bolo Cincolo" (2017), "Solo Bolo Sonicolo" (2020), and "Solo Bolo Hallowolo" (2021). In nearly each episode he and host Scott Aukerman compete in the Olympic Song Challenge. Ben has also 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.

In 2017, Schwartz began voicing Dewey Duck in the Disney XD revival of DuckTales. Schwartz has been featured as himself in Netflix's Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh's 2017 animated Christmas special - Home for the Holidays - alongside Kelly Clarkson. He provided the voice of Leonardo in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In August 2018, Schwartz was announced to voice the titular character in the 2020 film Sonic the Hedgehog.

On September 26, 2019, it was announced that Schwartz was cast as F. Tony Scarapiducci in the Netflix comedy series Space Force.

Ben Schwartz co-starred alongside Billy Crystal in the movie Standing Up, Falling Down, initially released on April 25, 2019.

In April 2020, Schwartz and fellow comedian Thomas Middleditch starred in Netflix's first long-form improv special, Middleditch and Schwartz, a three-part series of hour-long performances filmed at New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.

In 2022, Schwartz was in the main cast of the Apple TV+ mystery comedy series The Afterparty.

In January 2023, Schwartz guest voiced a character, TAY-0, a droid who participates in races for Cid, on Star Wars: The Bad Batch.

Books

Schwartz has co-written four books, three with writer Amanda McCall: Grandma's Dead: Breaking Bad News with Baby Animals; Maybe Your Leg Will Grow Back!: Looking on the Bright Side with Baby Animals and Why is Daddy in a Dress?: Asking Awkward Questions with Baby Animals and (with writer Laura Moses), Things You Should Already Know About Dating, You F-king Idiot.

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Date of Birth 15 September 1981

Age 45 years old

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Taurus	100%
Capricorn	80%
Cancer	80%
Pisces	76%
Virgo	76%
Scorpio	72%
Aries	72%
Libra	68%
Gemini	68%
Sagittarius	60%
Aquarius	56%
Leo	56%

Chinese horoscope Rooster Rooster - victories and achievements People born in the years of the Rooster are distinguished by straightforwardness and aggressiveness. They are harsh, not shy either in expressions or in actions. What they think is what they say, what is on their…

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Bull	96%
Snake	80%
Dragon	80%
Horse	76%
Rat	76%
Pig	72%
Tiger	72%
Monkey	72%
Dog	68%
Rooster	60%
Goat	56%
Rabbit	40%

Slavic horoscope Virgin Born under the Virgin sign of the Slavic horoscope, people often combine mythic memory with practical steadiness — reading cycles early and standing firm for those they call their own.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Eagle	96%
Pike	92%
Boar	92%
Lynx	92%
Virgin	88%
Serpent	84%
Elk	84%
Fox	84%
Swan	80%
Finist	80%
Horse	76%
Aurochs	76%
Bear	64%
Stork	60%
Wolf	56%
Raven	56%

Egyptian horoscope Mut Mut in the Egyptian horoscope marks a period ruled by a distinct god — shaping temperament, luck in affairs, and the way a person protects what they value.

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Geb	96%
Amun-Ra	92%
Mut	88%
Horus	84%
Thoth	80%
Nile	80%
Isis	76%
Osiris	76%
Anubis	64%
Sekhmet	60%
Bastet	56%
Set	56%

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Hazel	96%
Ivy	92%
Vine	88%
Elder	84%
Reed	84%
Hawthorn	84%
Oak	80%
Holly	76%
Willow	76%
Alder	64%
Birch	64%
Rowan	60%
Ash	56%

Indian horoscope Simha The Vedic rashi Simha carries a sidereal rhythm of Jyotish — temperament, dharma leanings, and the ruling graha color how a person acts and chooses.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Karka	96%
Kanya	92%
Simha	88%
Vrishchika	84%
Tula	84%
Mesha	84%
Vrishabha	80%
Makara	76%
Dhanu	76%
Mithuna	76%
Meena	64%
Kumbha	60%

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Lilac	96%
Delphinium	96%
Sunflower	96%
Orchid	92%
Camellia	92%
Heather	92%
Carnation	92%
Rose	92%
Wild rose	92%
Aster	88%
Lotus	84%
Dandelion	84%
Water lily	84%
Daisy	84%
Purslane	84%
Dahlia	84%
Foxglove	84%
Gladiolus	80%
Violet	80%
Chamomile	80%
Magnolia	80%
Edelweiss	76%
Peony	76%
Tulip	76%
Bellflower	76%
Lily of the valley	76%
Hydrangea	76%
Poppy	64%
Mistletoe	64%
Thistle	64%
Belladonna	60%
Lily	56%
Mimosa	56%
Immortelle	56%
Gentian	56%

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Zodiac Compatibility	%
Scorpio — 2nd decan	96%
Libra — 1st decan	96%
Leo — 3rd decan	96%
Leo — 1st decan	96%
Scorpio — 1st decan	92%
Libra — 3rd decan	92%
Libra — 2nd decan	92%
Virgo — 2nd decan	92%
Virgo — 1st decan	92%
Leo — 2nd decan	92%
Virgo — 3rd decan	88%
Pisces — 1st decan	84%
Aquarius — 3rd decan	84%
Capricorn — 2nd decan	84%
Capricorn — 1st decan	84%
Scorpio — 3rd decan	84%
Cancer — 1st decan	84%
Gemini — 2nd decan	84%
Taurus — 2nd decan	84%
Aries — 3rd decan	84%
Aquarius — 2nd decan	80%
Sagittarius — 3rd decan	80%
Cancer — 2nd decan	80%
Taurus — 3rd decan	80%
Aries — 1st decan	80%
Pisces — 2nd decan	76%
Aquarius — 1st decan	76%
Capricorn — 3rd decan	76%
Sagittarius — 2nd decan	76%
Sagittarius — 1st decan	76%
Cancer — 3rd decan	76%
Gemini — 3rd decan	76%
Gemini — 1st decan	76%
Taurus — 1st decan	76%
Aries — 2nd decan	76%
Pisces — 3rd decan	56%