Actors - H. Jon Benjamin

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H. Jon Benjamin (born May 23, 1966 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American comedian and actor, known mostly for his extensive voice acting.

His television credits include starring roles in Home Movies and Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist. He has also made guest appearances in Aqua Teen Hunger Force episodes The Bus Of The Undead and The Last One as Mothmonsterman, and as Mr. Sticks in Broodwich. He also Guest-Stared on Space Ghost Coast to Coast Episode 78, King Dead. He co-starred in Todd Barry's short film Borrowing Saffron and portrayed a hallucinatory talking can of vegetables with a shameful habit of autofellatio in the film Wet Hot American Summer
. He has also appeared in the television show Cheap Seats, on ESPN Classic, as "Gene Stapleton" and "Rabbi Marc Shalowitz". He is currently working on Freak Show
, a cartoon co-starring David Cross.

Benjamin's live projects include the Midnight Pajama Jam, a show performed in New York City, and Tinkle a show combining stand-up comedy and live music co-hosted by Todd Barry and David Cross. A Midnight Pajama Jam DVD is currently in production.

Benjamin's comedy career began when he was around twenty-four in Boston where he was first in a comedy duo with Sam Seder, then a member of Cross Comedy, a comedy team lead by David Cross. Originally, for around the first seven years of his career, Benjamin almost exclusively worked in groups rather than independently. Afterwards his independent work remained more experimental, rejecting traditional styles of stand-up comedy in favour of playing with the medium.

He is known for carefully selecting the roles he plays and often rejecting offers for guest appearances.

Quotes

"I don’t know about that. I’ve turned down some sitcom work but I don’t know if it’s important enough to note." (In regards to the claim that he turns down more work than any other actor)

"When I saw my character I was thrilled because they made him really fat and dumpy while I am this tiny balding Jewish guy." (Describing his first reaction to seeing Coach McGuirk, one of the characters he voiced in Home Movies)

"I've never had the desire to tell jokes. I've always been more interested in not making people laugh, but people seem to laugh at that. So actual jokes have always been the antithesis of what I've wanted to do. I started doing comedy with a lot of people who were great at telling jokes so I just wanted to not do what they did."

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