Ben Schwartz

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Schwartz in 2019
Born
Benjamin Joseph Schwartz

(1981-09-15) September 15, 1981 (age 43)
Education Union College (BA)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
Years active2006–present
Website www.rejectedjokes.com

Benjamin Joseph Schwartz (born September 15, 1981) is an American actor and comedian. He 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 , and Leonardo in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . He also appeared many times in the CollegeHumor web series Jake and Amir .

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Schwartz voices Sonic the Hedgehog in the 2020 film of same name, and its sequels Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022), and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024). His film career also includes roles in Peep World ; [1] 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+ murder mystery comedy series The Afterparty (2022–2023). He also voiced in the Netflix interactive special We Lost Our Human as Pud. [2]

Early life

Benjamin Joseph Schwartz [3] was born on September 15, 1981, [4] in The Bronx, New York City, to a Jewish family. [3] [5] His parents, both Bronx natives, [6] raised Schwartz in Riverdale, a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the Bronx. His father was a social worker before going into real estate [7] and his mother was a music teacher at P.S. 24, an elementary school in Riverdale. [8] He also has a sister named Marni. [9] In an interview with Kevin Pollak, he stated, "When I told people I was from the Bronx, it was like 'Oh, do you have bullet wounds?' And I'm like 'No, it's just me and, like, Jewish people.'" [7]

When he was eleven years old, his family moved to Edgemont, New York, in adjacent Westchester County. [7] Schwartz attended Edgemont Junior–Senior High School where he played basketball and sang in the chorus; he graduated in 1999. [10] He then attended Union College, graduating in 2003 with a double major in psychology and anthropology. [11]

Career

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Schwartz in 2014

On television, Schwartz guest-starred as Jean-Ralphio Saperstein on NBC's Parks and Recreation [12] and was a lead in the Showtime show House of Lies . [13] 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 [14] sketches including the popular web series Jake and Amir.

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. [15]

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 , [16] retitled El Fuego Caliente and reworking the original's American soap opera into a Latin telenovela, [17] 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 . [12]

Schwartz is an alumnus of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (UCBT). [12] 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 . [18] Schwartz also played a cameo role as a Stormtrooper in the film. [19]

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 . [20] 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. [21] He provided the voice of Leonardo in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . [22] In August 2018, Schwartz was announced to voice the titular character in the 2020 film Sonic the Hedgehog . [23]

On September 26, 2019, it was announced that Schwartz was cast as F. Tony Scarapiducci in the Netflix comedy series Space Force . [24]

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. [25]

In 2022, 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.

In January 2023, Schwartz guest voiced a character, TAY-0, a droid who participates in races for Cid, on Star Wars: The Bad Batch . [26]

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. [27]

Filmography

Key
Denotes productions that have not yet been released

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 New York City Serenade Russ
2009 Mystery Team Dougie's Buddy
I Hate Valentine's Day Tammy's Date
Everybody's Fine Writer
2010 The Other Guys Beaman's Assistant
Peep World Nathan Meyerwitz
2013 Turbo SkidmarkVoice [28]
Coffee Town Gino
Runner Runner Craig
2014 Happy Christmas Party Guest
Better Living Through Chemistry Noah
Transformers: Age of Extinction Bumblebee Radio Voice [29]
I'm A MitzvahDavidShort film
This Is Where I Leave You Rabbi Charles "Boner" Grodner
The Interview Eminem's Publicist
2015 The Walk Albert
Star Wars: The Force Awakens BB-8 / Stormtrooper [19] Voice consultant [18] [28]
2016 The Intervention Jack
2017 How to Be a Latin Lover Jimmy / Valet
Outside In Ted
2018 Happy Anniversary Sam
Blue Iguana Paul Driggs
An Actor Prepares Jimmy
Monster ChallengeHimselfShort film [30]
Night School Marvin
2019 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part BanarnarVoice [28]
Standing Up, Falling Down Scott
2020 Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog Voice and facial motion-capture [31] [28]
2021 Music Rudy
Flora & Ulysses George Buckman [32]
Rumble Jimothy Brett-Chadley IIIVoice [33] [28]
2022 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Sonic the HedgehogVoice and facial motion-capture [34] [28]
Sonic Drone Home Voice, short film [28]
DC League of Super-Pets MarkVoice [28]
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie Leo, Janitor Man [35]
2023We Lost Our HumanPudVoice, interactive special [2]
Renfield Teddy Lobo [36]
2024 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Sonic the HedgehogVoice and facial motion-capture [37]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Late Night with Conan O'Brien Various1 episode
2007 Starveillance GlennVoice, 3 episodes
2007–2008Bronx World TravelersBen5 episodes; also producer and director
2008–2009Mayne StreetEvan Mintz10 episodes
2009Intercourse With A VampireWaiter1 episode
Accidentally on Purpose Max Silver [38] Episode: "Working Girl"
Happiness Isn't EverythingJacky HamburgerTelevision film
2010 The Sarah Silverman Program WriterEpisode: "A Slip Slope"
2010–2012 Undercovers Bill Hoyt13 episodes
2010–2015
2020
Parks and Recreation Jean-Ralphio Saperstein 22 episodes
2011 Funny or Die Presents BenSegment: "Terrible Decisions"; also producer
Mad Narrator / Announcer / Jim Halpert Voice, episode: "Ribbitless / The Clawfice"
2012 Tron: Uprising RiloVoice, episode: "The Renegade" [28]
2012–2016 House of Lies Clyde Oberholt58 episodes
2012–2015 Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja Randy Cunningham/NinjaVoice, 50 episodes [28]
2013 Arrested Development John Beard Jr.Episode: "Colony Collapse"
2013–2020 Bob's Burgers Josh / RickVoice, 4 episodes [28]
Robot Chicken Roger Radcliffe / Scaredy Smurf / Dickwax / Oog / ZeekoVoice, 3 episodes
2013–2016 Comedy Bang! Bang! Rodney Wayber4 episodes
2014 Wallykazam! Skydasher SteveVoice, episode: "The Big Goblin Problem" [28]
2015–2019 BoJack Horseman Rutabaga RabitowitzVoice, 8 episodes
2015 The Simpsons ClerkVoice, episode: "Cue Detective"
Drunk History Meyer Lansky Episode: "Las Vegas"
2016–2017 Animals. Antonio / GeoffVoice, 2 episodes [28]
2017The New V.I.P.'sLennyCancelled pilot [39] [40]
Hot Date Rich BoyfriendEpisode: "Gold Diggers"
Home: For The HolidaysHimselfTelevision film
2017–2021 DuckTales Dewey Duck Main voice cast [20] [28]
2018 The Wrong Mans SamCancelled [41] [42]
Medal of Honor Vito Bertoldo1 episode
2018–2019 Modern Family Nick3 episodes
2018–2020 Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Leo Main voice cast [28] [43] [44]
2019 Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television HimselfEpisode: "Execution Dependant"
Pinky Malinky Coach FreebirdVoice, episode: "Advanced" [28]
Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ Quistian Gayle2 episodes
Human DiscoveriesLeader ElkVoice, episode: "And Then They Discovered the Wheel"
2020 Middleditch and Schwartz VariousMain cast, also creator [45]
2020–2021 American Dad! VariousVoice, 3 episodes
Crossing Swords KeeferVoice, 2 episodes
2020–2022 Space Force F. Tony ScarapiducciMain cast [46]
2021 Earth to Ned HimselfEpisode: "Party Like It's Nineteen Ninety Ned"
Calls AndyVoice, episode: "The Beginning"
Bless the Harts BryceVoice, episode: "Haul Force One"
M.O.D.O.K. Lou TarletonMain voice role [47]
HouseBroken VariousVoice, 4 episodes
Rugrats Lord CraterVoice, episode: "Final Eclipse" [48]
2021–2022 Staged Tom / Ben Schwartz / Bob Marley 5 episodes [49]
Fairfax CodyVoice, 5 episodes [50]
2022–2023 The Afterparty Yasper E. LennovMain cast (season 1); guest role (season 2) [51]
2022 The Boys Presents: Diabolical Simon / Kingdom's DadVoice, 2 episodes [28]
Central Park VariousVoice, 2 episodes
2023 Star Wars: The Bad Batch TAY-0Voice, episode: "Faster" [28]
Die Hart Andre7 episodes [52]
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
The Muppets Mayhem Gus D'VoreEpisode: "Track 3: Exile on Main Street"
2023–present Invincible The Shapesmith / Rus Livingston, additional voicesVoice, season 2 [53] [28]
2024 Knuckles Sonic the Hedgehog Voice, episode: "The Warrior" [54]

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007–14CollegeHumor OriginalsHegie / Himself / Gino13 episodes: "High Times Editorial Office: Episode 1", "High Times Editorial Office: Episode 2", "High Times Editorial Office: Episode 3", "High Times Editorial Office: Episode 4", "High Times Editorial Office: Episode 5",

"How Many Times Has This Happened To You?", "Porn Rental", [55] "Stay Awake Contest", "Drinking Soda Contest", "Eating Contest", "Fasting Contest", "Ham Sandwich Lie Detector Test", [56] "Should We Make Another Contest Video?"

2008–10Hardly WorkingHimself5 episodes: "All-nighter: Handicap Suicide", [57] "Hypnotist", [58] "All Nighter III: New Boss", "Josh's Mindhouse: Autograph", "Fish Dance"
2009–11Terrible Decisions with Ben SchwartzAlso producer
2009–15 Jake and Amir Dating Coach (Amir Blumenfeld) / Couples Therapist / Private Eye (Jope) / Office Painter / H.R. Guy (Skolbilassus Jim) / Mountain Hiker (Stanley) / Interrogator (Carrot Slat) / Milk Man (Charles Crooshtoost) / Usher (Sulu Candles) / Real Estate Agent (Cherry Dude) / Himself23 episodes
2012Dorkly OriginalsHermit1 episode: "Legend of Zelda Hermit Wants to Haggle (with Ben Schwartz)" [59]

Voice

2012, 2017 Kevin Pollak's Chat Show Himself / Guest2 episodes: "143", "291"
2016 The Earliest Show Josh Bath6 episodes; also writer and director [60]
Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
2018 Lonely and Horny Bernand1 episode: "Game Night" [61]
2018, 2020 Good Mythical Morning Himself2 episodes: "Crazy Free Stuff On Craigslist (GAME) ft. Ben Schwartz", [62] "Who Is the Fastest? (SPEED CHALLENGE)" [63]
2019–2023 Guest Grumps 4 episodes: "Playing Magic Kingdom w/ Ben Schwartz!", [64] "Playing Games with Epic Gamer BEN SCHWARTZ - Guest Grumps - Aladdin", [65] "Playing Quiplash with Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz!", [66] Episode: "Ben Schwartz OBLITERATES Super Castlevania IV" [67]
2020–2023 The George Lucas Talk Show 6 episodes

Video games

YearTitleVoice role
2013 Turbo: Super Stunt Squad Skidmark [28]

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