Rob Benedict

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Rob Benedict
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Benedict at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con
Born
Robert Patrick Benedict

(1970-09-21) September 21, 1970 (age 54)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • writer
  • musician
Years active1995–present
Spouse
Mollie Benedict
(m. 1995;div. 2019)
Partner Ruth Connell
Children3
Relatives Amy Benedict (sister)

Rob Benedict (born September 21, 1970) is an American actor and writer. His near 30 year career includes more than 90 television and movie credits. He is best known for his work on the television series Supernatural , Threshold , Felicity and the comedy film Waiting... . He is also the lead singer/songwriter of the Los Angeles based band Louden Swain.

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Early life

Benedict was born in Columbia, Missouri. He graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor's degree in Performance Studies.

Career

Acting

In the WB series Felicity he appeared as Felicity Porter's dorm mate, Richard Coad. In CBS's Threshold Benedict played physicist Lucas Pegg, member of a secret government team investigating the first contact with an extraterrestrial species. In seasons 4, 5, 10, 11, 14 and 15 of Supernatural he played a writer, Chuck Shurley, previously thought to be a prophet of the lord but later revealed to be God, who eventually becomes the series main antagonist. On Lucifer, he recurred as baddie Vincent LeMec.

Other credits include Sydney Bristow's short CIA partner, Brodien on Alias. Additional early television series credits include Birds of Prey and Come to Papa , with guest appearances on NCIS, CSI, Monk , Medium , Chicago Hope , NYPD Blue , Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Snoops , Burn Notice , and Beverly Hills, 90210 .

Other Recurring characters include roles in Bosch, NCIS: New Orleans , Masters of Sex , Fox's Touch, Franklin & Bash, the digital series Susanna with Anna Paquin, and he was the irreverent power agent Jeremy Berger in the Starz Original comedy series Head Case .

His feature film credits include A Little Help , with Jenna Fischer, State of Play with Russell Crowe. In 2005 he starred as Calvin in the cult comedy Waiting... with Ryan Reynolds, and later revised the role in the sequel Still Waiting... Other films include Kicking & Screaming , with Will Ferrell, Group Sex , Say Goodnight with Aaron Paul, Two Days , with Paul Rudd, The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest , starring Rosario Dawson, and Not Another Teen Movie . In 2018, he had a starring role in the horror film 30 Miles from Nowhere , with Carrie Preston, Clearmind, and Connescence with Kevin Bacon. Benedict has also done some voice acting work, most notably voicing the character Vin, in the video games Jak II and Jak 3 .

Writing and producing

He co-wrote and starred in the independent short film Lifetripper, which made its debut at the LA Short Film Festival. He also co-wrote and played Miles Davis-Davidson in the Unauthorized Hangover 2 Documentary, which was featured on the DVD of The Hangover Part II .

In 2013 he wrote, produced and starred in the 30 minute short film The Sidekick, which starred Jordan Peele, Lizzy Caplan, Ike Barinholtz, Ron Livingston and Jason Ritter.

In 2017, he wrote, produced and starred in the 10 episode series Kings of Con with friend and fellow actor Richard Speight Jr. [1] The series first aired on Comic-ConHQ. It is set behind the scenes at fan conventions, based loosely on their real-life experiences at conventions.

He started a podcast on 27 March 2020 along with friend and fellow actor Richard Speight Jr., called ...And my Guest is Richard Speight. It ran for 10 episodes, ending on 5 August 2020. In September 2020, the two started a new podcast called Kings of Con: The Podcast, after their short series by the same name. The two also present a podcast called Supernatural: Then and Now, where they discuss Supernatural .

Music

Benedict is the frontman and guitar player in the Los Angeles band Louden Swain, which has released eleven albums. He has been featured on the work of other artists, including Jason Manns, and bandmate Billy Moran. He has released a solo album, Leave the Light On.

Personal life

Benedict was married to Mollie Benedict from 1995 to 2019 and together they have two children: Audrey and Calvin. Benedict is in a relationship with his Supernatural co-star, Ruth Connell. They have a daughter, who was born in January 2024. [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
1995Run a Mile in My Shoes (short)Unknown
1999Tequila Body ShotsTed
Bad City Blues Tommy
2001 Not Another Teen Movie Preston Wasserstein
2002 The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest Willy
The Naked Run (short)Lancer Higgins
American Pi(short)Max
2003 Two Days Scott
My Dinner With Jimi Donovan
2005OverachieversBen Martan
Kicking & Screaming Beantown Employees
Waiting... Calvin
2007 Sex and Death 101 Bow-Tie Bob
2008Say GoodnightLeroy
2009 Still Waiting... Calvin
Call BackLevi
State of Play Milt
2010 A Little Help Paul Helms
Arts & Crafts (short)Rob
Group Sex Donny
2011LifetripperStan Norman
2012The Case of the Missing Garden Gnome (short)Seamus
Sexy Daddy
2013GrowUnknown
The SidekickMax McCabe
2015Bad, Bad MenKen
2018 30 Miles from Nowhere Larry
2021 Violet Fred Collins

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Beverly Hills, 90210 Student1 episode
1997 Alright Already Jason1 episode
1998 Pacific Blue Craig1 episode
1999 Wasteland Unknown1 episode
1998–2002 Felicity Richard Coad36 episodes
2000 Snoops Marv1 episode
Chicago Hope Dr. Peter Ball2 episodes
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Jape2 episodes
Opposite Sex Cecil Livengood1 episode
Mysterious Ways Warren1 episode
2002 NYPD Blue Jeff Gamble1 episode
2002–2003 Birds of Prey Gibson Kafka4 episodes
2004 Come to Papa Judah4 episodes
2005 NCIS Aaron Alan Wright1 episode
Medium Male Passenger1 episode
Alias Brodien2 episodes
Monk Jonathan Davenport1 episode
2005–2006 Threshold Lucas Pegg13 episodes
2008 Dirt Keith Straub1 episode
House Dr. Jaime Conway1 episode
Burn Notice Eddie Ash1 episode
2008–2009 Head Case Jeremy Berger21 episodes
2009 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Brian Morley1 episode
2009–2020 Supernatural Chuck Shurley/Carver Edlund
God
Recurring role
2010 'Til Death Rainbow1 episode
Cold Case Steve Burke '891 episode
Law & Order: LA Adam Yarborough1 episode
2011 Svetlana Unknown1 episode
2012 Shameless Dr. Noah Pitts1 episode
Psych Mandlebaum1 episode
Hawaii Five-0 Jarrod Prodeman1 episode
NCIS: Los Angeles 1 episode
Touch Walt King, The Invisible Prince2 episodes
2013 The Mentalist Paul Friedman1 episode
1600 Penn Skeptic1 episode
SusannaPeter6 episodes
Franklin & Bash Sandy Hall2 episodes
2015The Hillywood ShowCain1 episode: Supernatural Parody [3]
Documentary Now! Larry Fein1 episode
Masters of Sex Jonathan Laurents3 episodes
2016–2017Kings of ConRob Bennett10 episodes [4]
2017WannabeZThe Manager1 episode
2019 Bosch Dr. Victor Hansen2 episodes
NCIS: New Orleans Liam2 episodes
2021 Lucifer Vincent LeMec/Daniel Espinoza3 episodes [5]
NCIS: Hawaiʻi Damian Davenport1 episode
2023 Leverage: Redemption Dr. Daniel GrayEpisode: The Work Study Job
The Winchesters Tango1 episode
2024 Law & Order Scott KeltonEpisode: "Last Dance"
2024 The Boys Splinter [6] Episode: "Life Among the Septics"
2025 9-1-1 Ozzie SmithEpisode: "Disconnected"

Video games

YearTitleRole
2003 Jak II Vin
2004 Jak 3 Vin

References

  1. "Comic-Con HQ". Comic-Con HQ. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  2. "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  3. Grant, Stacey (May 21, 2015). "This "Supernatural" Taylor Swift Parody Is The Video Fans Didn't Know They Needed". Buzzfeed.com . Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  4. Prudom, Laura (November 15, 2016). "Watch the first 2 episodes of 'Kings of Con,' a love letter to fans from the stars of 'Supernatural'". Mashable.com . Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  5. Mitovich, Matt Webb (June 26, 2020). "Lucifer Season 5: Supernatural's Own God, Rob Benedict, Will Guest-Star". TVLine.
  6. Cordero, Rosy (December 1, 2022). "'The Boys': Rosemarie DeWitt, Rob Benedict & Elliot Knight Board Season 4; Simon Pegg Sets Return". Deadline. Retrieved December 2, 2023.