Career

On television, Schwartz guest-starred as Jean-Ralphio Saperstein on NBC's Parks and Recreation and is a lead in the Showtime show House of Lies with Don Cheadle, Kristen Bell and Josh Lawson. In 2010, Schwartz played series regular Bill Hoyt on J. J. Abrams' one-hour spy drama Undercovers for NBC.

Schwartz has been writing, directing and acting in his own short films for some time. He had his own segment on HBO’s Funny or Die Presents called Terrible Decisions with Ben Schwartz and has appeared in multiple CollegeHumor sketches including the popular web series Jake and Amir. Schwartz has been nominated for two Emmys and won the 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special for coauthoring Hugh Jackman's opening number for the 81st Academy Awards.

He was recently hired by Paramount Pictures to re-make the 1991 classic comedy Soapdish, retitled El Fuego Caliente and reworking the original's American soap opera into a Latin telenovela, 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.

Schwartz is an alumnus of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (UCBT) and continues to perform there regularly. He is a member of the improv group "Hot Sauce" with Adam Pally and Gil Ozeri, the group performs 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.

Personal life

Schwartz grew up in Riverdale, a neighborhood in the Bronx in New York City. 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.'"

Schwartz went to Edgemont High School growing up. He was surrounded by many teachers who helped his career to advance, and whom he still keeps in contact with today.

Schwartz grew up in a family of social workers and Bronx school teachers, including his mother, a music teacher. He graduated from Union College in 2003 with a double major in psychology and anthropology.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	New York City Serenade	Russ
2009	Mystery Team	Dougie's Buddy
2009	I Hate Valentine's Day	Tammy's Date
2009	Everybody's Fine	Writer
2010	The Other Guys	Beaman's Assistant
2010	Peep World	Nathan Meyerwitz
2013	Turbo	Skidmark	Voice
2013	Coffee Town	Gino
2013	Better Living Through Chemistry	Noah
2013	Runner Runner	Craig
2014	This Is Where I Leave You	Rabbi Charles "Boner" Grodner
2014	Happy Christmas	Party Guest
2014	The Interview	Eminem's Publicist
2015	The Walk	Albert
2015	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	BB-8	Voice consultant
2016	The Intervention	Jack

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Starveillance	Glenn	Voice 3 episodes
2007-2008	Bronx World Travelers	Ben	5 episodes
2008-2009	Mayne Street	Evan Mintz	10 episodes
2009	Intercourse With A Vampire	Waiter	1 episode
2009	Accidentally On Purpose	Max	Episode: "Working Girl"
2009	Happiness Isn't Everything	Jacky Hamburger	Television film
2009-2015	Jake and Amir	Sulu Candles, Carot Slat, himself, others	22 episodes
2010-2012	Undercovers	Bill Hoyt	13 episodes
2010-2015	Parks and Recreation	Jean-Ralphio Saperstein	21 episodes
2011	Funny or Die Presents	Ben	Segment "Terrible Decisions"
2011	Mad	Various Characters	Voice Episode: "Ribbitless/The Clawface"
2012	Tron: Uprising	Rilo	Episode: "The Renegade: Part 1"
2012-present	House of Lies	Clyde Oberholt	48 episodes
2012-2015	Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja	Randy Cunningham	Voice 100 episodes
2012-present	Doc McStuffins	Stuffy
2013	Arrested Development	John Beard Jr.	Episode: "Colony Collapse"
2013	Bob's Burgers	Josh	Voice 2 episodes
2013-2014	Robot Chicken	Various Characters	Voice Episode: "Papercut to Aorta", "Batman Forever 21"
2013-2015	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Rodney Wayber	3 episodes
2015	BoJack Horseman	Rutabaga Rabitowitz	Voice 5 episodes
2015	The Simpsons	Clerk	Voice Episode: "Cue Detective"
2015	Drunk History	Meyer Lansky	Episode: "Las Vegas"
2016	Animals.	Antonio	Voice Episode: "Pigeons."

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Turbo: Super Stunt Squad	Skidmark	Voice

Charities

Ben Schwartz supports the following charitable cause: ALS (amyrotrophic lateral sclerosis).

[ Source: Wikipedia ]