Early life

Herman was born in New York City and raised in Washington Heights. He graduated from the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in 1987, then attended the acting program at SUNY Purchase. Herman appeared in the films Born on the Fourth of July, Lost Angels, and Let It Be Me; but he is probably best known for his role as Michael Bolton in Mike Judge's Office Space. Earlier, Herman had joined the cast of John Leguizamo's House of Buggin' in 1994; however, that show was short-lived. When Fox decided to mount a sketch comedy show to replace House of Buggin', Herman was kept on as an original MADtv cast member. Herman is of Ukrainian, Hungarian, German, and distant Polish and Danish descent; he is Jewish. His mother, Sarah Beatrice Herman, worked as a secretary for a publishing company, and his father, Abraham George Herman, owns a chocolate shop. He has two siblings: brother Dennis (born August 24, 1965) is a chef working at a steakhouse in Queens, and sister Rebecca (born July 21, 1971) is an illustrator who works mainly for her mother's company. Herman's father left the family when Herman was seven; his mother followed four years later. Both parents died the same year they abandoned the family.

Career

MADtv

Herman was one of nine original cast members of MADtv when the series debuted in 1995. Unlike the other original repertory and featured players, he was one of the few cast members who came to the show with an established acting career. Herman's MADtv characters included Mike Lawson (Incredible Findings), Generation X anchorman Marsh (X News), and concerned father Joel Linder. Former cast-mate Artie Lange referred to Herman as "a brilliant, talented actor" and called him "one of my best friends in show business."

Herman lampooned celebrities and famous figures such as Tom Hanks, Woody Allen, Joel Schumacher, Regis Philbin, Alex Trebek, Brent Spiner, Pauly Shore, Bill Clinton, Patrick Stewart, Larry King, John Ritter (as Jack Tripper from Three's Company), Bob Dole, Larry Flynt, David Duchovny, Nicolas Cage, Robert Shapiro, Tim Allen, and Kenny Kingston.

Herman was a repertory performer on the show for two and a half seasons. He left MADtv in the middle of the show's third season (1997-98) to pursue a movie career and other projects.

Other television projects

Herman's television credits include guest-starring on the WB's Angel and Fox' action drama 24.

Film projects

Although he is primarily a television actor, Herman has appeared in several films including Dude, Where's My Car? and Fun with Dick and Jane. Herman had a prominent role in the 1999 comedy Office Space, where he played a gangsta rap-loving nerd unfortunately named Michael Bolton who must endure questions about his relationship to the famous singer. In 2006, he appeared in another Mike Judge film, Idiocracy.

Voice acting

Herman is also known for his work as a voice actor in cartoons and video games, notably in Futurama, where he provides the voices of many recurring characters (including Scruffy the Janitor, Roberto the psycho robot, Mayor Poopenmeyer, and Professor Farnsworth's rival Ogden Wernstrom), and King of the Hill, for which he voiced Anthony "Twig Boy" Page (the social worker from the pilot episode who accused Hank of beating his son and from season two's "Junkie Business", where he forces Strickland Propane to hire a drug addict who has his addiction listed as a disability), Hank's childhood friend, Eustace, and other incidental characters. His other voice work includes Family Guy, American Dad!, Father of the Pride (in which he voices Roy Horn), and the Jak and Daxter video game series. He starred as Ubuntu Goode (and other supporting voices) in The Goode Family. Recently, he has been providing voices in Fox' Bob's Burgers and most recently, Herman has starred in the Comedy Central series Brickleberry as self-absorbed park ranger Steve Williams.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Lost Angels	Carlo
1989	Born on the Fourth of July	VA in Hospital
1997	Kirk and Kerry	Dave	Short film
1998	Gunshy	Dan
1999	Olive, the Other Reindeer	Guard Shack Elf	Voice
1999	Office Space	Michael Bolton
2000	Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth	Mr. Lowelle Buchanan
2000	Dude, Where's My Car?	Nelson
2000	Table One	Norman
2000	Monsignor Martinez	John Smith
2003	Life on Parole	Dave	TV movie
2005	The Lather Effect	Corey
2005	Kicking & Screaming	Referee
2005	Fun with Dick and Jane	Angry Caller	Voice only
2006	Idiocracy	Secretary of State
2007	Bee Movie	Buzz Bob Rumble Pilot	Voice
2007	Futurama: Bender's Big Score	Nudar Scruffy the Janitor Turanga Morris Terry Nude Bartender Additional voices	Voice Direct-to-video
2008	Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs	Dr. Ogden Wernstrom Mayor Poopenmeyer Pazuzu Chu Fatbot Warden Vogel Three-Eyed Zebra Additional Voices	Voice Direct-to-video
2008	Futurama: Bender's Game	Larry/Larius Turanga Morris Scruffy the Janitor Dr. Ogden Wernstrom Roberto/King Roberto Additional voices	Voice Direct-to-video
2009	Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder	Number 9 Man Scruffy the Janitor Michael Additional voices	Voice Direct-to-video
2013	Bad Milo	Ralph	Voice

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	House of Buggin'	Various characters	Sketch comedy Series regular
1995-1997	MADtv	Various characters	Sketch comedy Series regular (Seasons 1-3)
1997-2010	King of the Hill	Buckley Eustis Anthony Page Jimmy Witchert Additional voices	Voice
1999-2003; 2008-2013	Futurama	Scruffy the Janitor Various characters	Voice Series regular
2000	Angel	David Nabbit	Episodes: "War Zone", "To Shanshu in L.A", and "First Impressions"
2001	Primetime Glick	Various characters
2004	24	Dalton Furrelle	Episodes: "Day 3: 1:00 a.m.-2:00 a.m." and "Day 3: 2:00 a.m.-3:00 a.m"
2004	Grounded for Life	Dave J.J. Bodybuddy Lomax	2 episodes
2004	Father of the Pride	Roy	Voice Main role
2006-2007; 2011	American Dad!	Arboreus Mr. Aids Zach Additional voices	Voice
2006	Ergo Proxy	Dog Cop #3	Voice Episode: "Shôjo sumairu"
2008	Moral Orel	Coach Stopframe Principal Fakey Additional voices	Voice
2008	The Drinky Crow Show	Uncle Gabby The Captain	Voice Main role
2009	The Goode Family	Ubuntu Goode	Voice Main role
2011-present	Bob's Burgers	Mr. Frond Additional voices	Voice Recurring role
2011	Eric Kaplan's Sketch World	Additional Characters	Voice
2011	Beavis and Butt-head	Additional voices	Voice
2012	Family Guy	David Strathairn	Voice Episode: "Tom Tucker: The Man and His Dream"
2012-2015	Brickleberry	Steve Williams Additional voices	Voice Main role
2014-present	TripTank	Various characters	Voice Sketch comedy
2014	The Simpsons	Scruffy the Janitor	Voice Episode: "Simpsorama"
2015	Ridin' with Burgess	Duzenthal, Narrator	Voice Pilot

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy	Sculptor Boggy Billy
2003	Futurama	Larry Adoy Ra-Ra the Sun King Additional voices
2003	Jak II	Erol Agent 2 Krimzon Guards
2004	Jak 3	Erol Male Citizens
2005	Jak X: Combat Racing	Razer Ximon Thugs
2006	Daxter	Ximon Tik Erol Krimzon Guard Miner

Other

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Zombie College	Scott	Voice Main role Web series

[ Source: Wikipedia ]