Rob Benedict | |
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Born | Robert Patrick Benedict September 21, 1970 Columbia, Missouri, U.S. |
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Years active | 1995–present |
Spouse | Mollie Benedict (m. 1995;div. 2019) |
Partner | Ruth Connell |
Children | 3 |
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.
Benedict was born in Columbia, Missouri. He graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor's degree in Performance Studies.
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 .
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 .
Benedict is the frontman and guitar player in the Los Angeles band Louden Swain, which has released eight albums.
Benedict was married to Mollie Benedict from 1995 to 2019 and together they have two children. Benedict is in a relationship with his Supernatural co-star, Ruth Connell. They have a daughter, who was born in January 2024. [2]
Year | Title | Role |
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1995 | Run a Mile in My Shoes (short) | Unknown |
1999 | Tequila Body Shots | Ted |
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 | |
2005 | Overachievers | Ben Martan |
Kicking & Screaming | Beantown Employees | |
Waiting... | Calvin | |
2007 | Sex and Death 101 | Bow-Tie Bob |
2008 | Say Goodnight | Leroy |
2009 | Still Waiting... | Calvin |
Call Back | Levi | |
State of Play | Milt | |
2010 | A Little Help | Paul Helms |
Arts & Crafts (short) | Rob | |
Group Sex | Donny | |
2011 | Lifetripper | Stan Norman |
2012 | The Case of the Missing Garden Gnome (short) | Seamus |
Sexy Daddy | ||
2013 | Grow | Unknown |
The Sidekick | Max McCabe | |
2015 | Bad, Bad Men | Ken |
2018 | 30 Miles from Nowhere | Larry |
2021 | Violet | Fred Collins |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Student | 1 episode |
1997 | Alright Already | Jason | 1 episode |
1998 | Pacific Blue | Craig | 1 episode |
1999 | Wasteland | Unknown | 1 episode |
1998–2002 | Felicity | Richard Coad | 36 episodes |
2000 | Snoops | Marv | 1 episode |
Chicago Hope | Dr. Peter Ball | 2 episodes | |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Jape | 2 episodes | |
Opposite Sex | Cecil Livengood | 1 episode | |
Mysterious Ways | Warren | 1 episode | |
2002 | NYPD Blue | Jeff Gamble | 1 episode |
2002–2003 | Birds of Prey | Gibson Kafka | 4 episodes |
2004 | Come to Papa | Judah | 4 episodes |
2005 | NCIS | Aaron Alan Wright | 1 episode |
Medium | Male Passenger | 1 episode | |
Alias | Brodien | 2 episodes | |
Monk | Jonathan Davenport | 1 episode | |
2005–2006 | Threshold | Lucas Pegg | 13 episodes |
2008 | Dirt | Keith Straub | 1 episode |
House | Dr. Jaime Conway | 1 episode | |
Burn Notice | Eddie Ash | 1 episode | |
2008–2009 | Head Case | Jeremy Berger | 21 episodes |
2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Brian Morley | 1 episode |
2009–2020 | Supernatural | Chuck Shurley/Carver Edlund God | Recurring role |
2010 | 'Til Death | Rainbow | 1 episode |
Cold Case | Steve Burke '89 | 1 episode | |
Law & Order: LA | Adam Yarborough | 1 episode | |
2011 | Svetlana | Unknown | 1 episode |
2012 | Shameless | Dr. Noah Pitts | 1 episode |
Psych | Mandlebaum | 1 episode | |
Hawaii Five-0 | Jarrod Prodeman | 1 episode | |
NCIS: Los Angeles | 1 episode | ||
Touch | Walt King, The Invisible Prince | 2 episodes | |
2013 | The Mentalist | Paul Friedman | 1 episode |
1600 Penn | Skeptic | 1 episode | |
Susanna | Peter | 6 episodes | |
Franklin & Bash | Sandy Hall | 2 episodes | |
2015 | The Hillywood Show | Cain | 1 episode: Supernatural Parody [3] |
Documentary Now! | Larry Fein | 1 episode | |
Masters of Sex | Jonathan Laurents | 3 episodes | |
2016–2017 | Kings of Con | Rob Bennett | 10 episodes [4] |
2017 | WannabeZ | The Manager | 1 episode |
2019 | Bosch | Dr. Victor Hansen | 2 episodes |
NCIS: New Orleans | Liam | 2 episodes | |
2021 | Lucifer | Vincent LeMec/Daniel Espinoza | 3 episodes [5] |
NCIS: Hawaiʻi | Damian Davenport | 1 episode | |
2023 | Leverage: Redemption | Dr. Daniel Gray | Episode: The Work Study Job |
The Winchesters | Tango | 1 episode | |
2024 | Law & Order | Scott Kelton | Episode: "Last Dance" |
2024 | The Boys | Splinter [6] | Episode: "Life Among the Septics" |
Year | Title | Role |
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2003 | Jak II | Vin |
2004 | Jak 3 | Vin |
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