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James Urbaniak (born September 17, 1963) is an American actor.

He is known best for his portrayal of underground cartoonist Robert Crumb in the motion picture American Splendor
. That film was based on the life of Harvey Pekar as portrayed in his independent autobiographical comic American Splendor. James Urbaniak also founded the Arden Theater Group. In the R. Crumb Handbook, Robert Crumb's wife claimed that he felt his potrayal was caricaturistic, while Harvey Pekar has claimed on the DVD of the film that he felt the potrayal was excellent.

Urbaniak also provides the voice of Dr. Thaddeus Venture on the Adult Swim program The Venture Bros. created by Jackson Publick, along with guest roles on such programs as Law and Order and Sex and the City. Other works for which he is known for include Hal Hartley's Henry Fool
, and the acclaimed play Thom Pain (based on nothing). He has finished his work on the Julie Taymor helmed feature Across The Universe, and he has just returned from Berlin and Istanbul, where he was working on Hartley's sequel to Henry Fool, Fay Grim
.

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